Life Skills Lab
Cook, grow, tie, stitch, drive, count money and tell time. In 3D, from zero.
Skills you use for the rest of your life, taught one step at a time with 3D models you build and take apart, motion videos, “I'm stuck” help and one goal: 100%. Every symbol and unit is explained the first time you see it. No student accounts.
Extra · Helps you succeed · Not graded
Six courses for real life
Cooking & Kitchen Math from Zero
Kitchen safety, clean hands, reading recipes, cups and spoons in 3D, fractions, conversions, scaling recipes, °F and °C, food-safe temperatures and a Recipe Box: cookies, muffins, mini pizzas and more.
All grades with a grown-up · 14 lessons + a 10-recipe Recipe Box
Start →Gardening from Zero
Seeds, a 3D time-lapse you control (water, light and soil), soil, planting depth, watering, New York zones, containers, compost, pollinators and safety.
All grades with a grown-up · 14 lessons
Start →Knots for Life: Shoes and Ties
Tie your shoes, knot a necktie and learn useful knots, with 3D hands you can turn and replay.
Pre-K to adults
Open →Crochet from Zero
Hold the hook, chain, single crochet and a first project, with every stitch in slow-motion 3D.
Grades 2 to adults
Open →Drive Smart New York
Signs, New York rules of the road, the learner permit and how to get ready for the test, with 3D street scenes.
High school and adults
Open →Clock, Money & Everyday Math
Read a clock with hands, count coins and bills, make change, compare prices and plan your time.
Pre-K to adults
Open →The first 3 lessons of every course are open to everyone.
More life skills in Goal100
💵 Money Skills
Saving, spending, budgets and more, by grade band.
Pre-K–2 · Grades 3–5 · Grade 6 · Grades 7–8 · Grades 9–12
🏠 Family and Consumer Sciences (Grade 8)
Nutrition, home, consumer and relationship skills from the Grade 8 program.
Open →Try it now: kitchen measurement converter
Type an amount and pick the unit. You will see the same amount in teaspoons, tablespoons, cups and milliliters. Every unit is explained in plain words.
Safety by age
| Age | Kitchen | Garden | Knots and crochet | Driving |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-K–2 | Wash, count, pour and spread with a butter knife. No heat, no sharp knives. | Plant seeds, water and observe with a grown-up. Gloves. Nothing in the mouth. | Shoelaces and thick cords. Cords never around the neck. | Passenger safety: seat belt and car seat. |
| Grades 3–5 | Measure, mix and no-cook recipes. Stove and oven only with a grown-up right there. | Hand trowel, rake tines down, compost with gloves. | Crochet hook and round-tip scissors. | Signs and safety as a walker and bike rider. |
| Grades 6–8 | Stove with a grown-up nearby; knife with the claw grip and supervision; food thermometer. | Full-size tools with supervision; grown-ups handle pruners and sprays. | Hooks, yarn needles and scissors; put them away when done. | Learn the rules and signs; no driving. |
| Grades 9–12 and adults | Full meals; minors still have a grown-up at home for the oven and hot oil. | Full projects; adults use fertilizer and sprays by the label. | All projects. | Road practice only with a learner permit and a supervising driver, following New York DMV rules. |
For families and teachers
🏠 At home
- Pick one 10-minute lesson together.
- The student reads and measures; the grown-up handles heat and sharp tools.
- You choose the ingredients and check allergies.
🍎 In class
- Every course has a teacher page with notes, standards and sources.
- Follow your school's allergy and food policy.
- Students send their “Send to my teacher” code.
🔒 Privacy
No student accounts. Progress stays on this device. No recipes, photos or health data are uploaded.
New York standards
| Standard | Where |
|---|---|
| NY Next Generation Mathematics: fractions (3.NF, 4.NF, 5.NF), measurement and conversions (3.MD, 4.MD, 5.MD), ratios (6.RP, 7.RP), formulas (6.EE) | Cooking: lessons 4–9; Gardening: depth and journal |
| NY P-12 Science Learning Standards (NYSSLS): K-LS1-1, 2-LS2-1, 2-LS2-2, 4-LS1-1, 5-LS2-1, 3-ESS2-2 | Gardening |
| NYS Health Education: personal safety and disease prevention | Cooking: safety and safe food; Gardening: safety |
| Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS) | Cooking; link to the Grade 8 course |
Safe temperatures come from FoodSafety.gov; hardiness zones from the USDA map (2023). Full sources are on each course's teacher page.
Privacy: the Life Skills Lab has no student accounts. Progress stays on this device. Nothing is sent anywhere.