Food Chemistry

Learning about nutrition? Well we will link food science to the material world!

From ice cream to French fries, sugar to hot dogs, the food we eat every day can be a fascinating topic. The best bit is that you can incorporate science inquiry into everyday activities and as such there are plenty of project ideas you can use to help bring food science into the classroom! So with this in mind, here’s a list of ideas that we will look into: 

• Week 1- Create honeycomb and learn about the effect of heat on bicarbonate soda
  Supplies: 
  Honey
  Water
  Sugar
  Baking soda
  Butter or oil.
  Baking Tray
  Saucepan
  Whisk
  Spoons
  Cup
  Stove and oven
  Adult help.
  

• Week 2- Grow salt crystals
  Supplies: 
  Adult help
  Three cups of table salt.
  1L of water
  One Pencil
  1 Paperclip
  A piece of string, cut to size.
  One strong plastic or Pyrex jar.
  
  
• Week 3- Grow rock candy sugar crystals
  Supplies: 
  Adult Help
  300g Of Sugar
  Saucepan or kettle with 500mL of water
  Wooden kebab stick or chopstick
  2 Clothes pegs
  A glass
  A metal spoon
  A place to leave the experiment setup away from ants
  Optional: food coloring
  
  
• Week 4- Make your own ice cream and learn about crystal formation over time
  Supplies: 
  Half a cup of milk.
  Half a cup of cream.
  Chocolate or strawberry topping.
  A medium strong plastic freezer bags
  2 Zip-loc bags.
  Half a cup of salt
  Crushed ice and a hand towel
  A mixing bowl
  A spoon