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Fun and Easy Food Science Labs. Stacy Fritz Chatfield High School. Why Food Science?. Expanding value added products industry Ties into multiple subject area standards Ties concepts into things students relate to Adds excitement to your lessons
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Fun and Easy Food Science Labs Stacy Fritz Chatfield High School
Why Food Science? • Expanding value added products industry • Ties into multiple subject area standards • Ties concepts into things students relate to • Adds excitement to your lessons • Labs can be easily adapted to basic or complex curriculum • A current event topic relevant to all students • Creates knowledgeable consumers!!
Soy Candles • Soy candles
Sensory Labs • Kool-Aid lab • Kool-Aid • Food Coloring • Materials to make Kool-Aid • Cups • Have students taste test and try to identify flavors accurately
Spice and Extract Lab • Ideal – plastic or glass vials (numbered) • Students attempt to identify correct substance • Food Science CDE
Food Preservation • Fruits and vegetables • Ideal – apple slices, applesauce (fruit leather), pineapple, pears
Beef jerky • Ideal – mix made for ground meat/jerky gun
Refrigerator jam • Refrigerator pickles
Plastic From Corn Lab • Document
Current Events clip on biodegradable plastic http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFlf2-7lr84
Value-added Food Project • Project • Resources • Resources2
Gum Drop Lab - Materials • Document
Dairy vs non Dairy • Dairy products to try • Organic milk vs conventional milk • Lactose free milk
Unusual cheeses • Asiago/Romano • Feta • Gouda • www.ilovecheese.com
http://www.auri.org/news/ainapr03/15page.htm http://www.americanoats.com/
More lab ideas Planting a garden for your local food shelf Planting food to use for special menus in your cafeteria
What part of the plant are you eating? • Spinach • Eggplant • Kohlrabi • Broccoli • Beets • Peas • Celery
Beano Lab • Lab
AURI • Ag Innovation News • www.auri.org
Communities of Practice • Agriscience Page • www.naae.org
Standards • Food Science • State