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Fun and Easy Food Science Labs

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

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  1. Fun and Easy Food Science Labs Stacy Fritz Chatfield High School

  2. 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!!

  3. Soy Candles • Soy candles

  4. 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

  5. Typical sensory lab booth

  6. Spice and Extract Lab • Ideal – plastic or glass vials (numbered) • Students attempt to identify correct substance • Food Science CDE

  7. Food Preservation • Fruits and vegetables • Ideal – apple slices, applesauce (fruit leather), pineapple, pears

  8. Beef jerky • Ideal – mix made for ground meat/jerky gun

  9. Refrigerator jam • Refrigerator pickles

  10. Plastic From Corn Lab • Document

  11. Current Events clip on biodegradable plastic http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFlf2-7lr84

  12. Value-added Food Project • Project • Resources • Resources2

  13. Gum Drop Lab - Materials • Document

  14. Dairy vs non Dairy • Dairy products to try • Organic milk vs conventional milk • Lactose free milk

  15. Unusual cheeses • Asiago/Romano • Feta • Gouda • www.ilovecheese.com

  16. Non-dairy products

  17. http://www.auri.org/news/ainapr03/15page.htm http://www.americanoats.com/

  18. More lab ideas Planting a garden for your local food shelf Planting food to use for special menus in your cafeteria

  19. What part of the plant are you eating? • Spinach • Eggplant • Kohlrabi • Broccoli • Beets • Peas • Celery

  20. Beano Lab • Lab

  21. AURI • Ag Innovation News • www.auri.org

  22. Communities of Practice • Agriscience Page • www.naae.org

  23. Standards • Food Science • State

  24. Questions

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