Food Science Camp Overview

Food Science Camp Overview

Objective

Ever wonder what food is made up of? How does one get energy from eating? Beyond cooking meals, it's important to know what is in the food we eat and how science defines its nutritious benefits. Students will do fun food experiments, discover health-promoting natural food compounds, and even create their own signature flavors and design food related products.

Class Structure

• Icebreaker (10 minutes) 
• Review (30 minutes) 
• Lesson Introduction (10 minutes) 
• Lesson (60 minutes) 
• Lesson Results - Discussion and Review (30 minutes) 
• Looking Ahead- Tomorrow's Experiment and Lesson (30 minutes) 

Class Outline

Monday

• Introduction 
• Discuss class structure and expectations 
• Student Survey 
• Kitchen Safety (includes prep, hygiene, proper tool handling and storage) 
• Complete safety contract
• Sugar Crystal Experiment
• Cabbage pH Indicator Experiment
• Raisin Flotation Experiment
• What to expect in tomorrow's experiments 

Tuesday

• Review of Monday's class structure, expectations, and safety rules 
• Review of Monday's hypothesis and results 
• Today's hypothesis and experiments
• Food Taste Test Experiment 
• Pineapple Enzymes Experiment
• Jello Laser Experiment 
• Results discussion and inference 
• What to expect in tomorrow's experiments 

Wednesday

• Review of Monday's class structure, expectations, and safety rules 
• Review of Monday's hypothesis and results 
• Today's hypothesis and experiments:
• Edible Goo Experiment
• Testing for Glucose and Starch in Food Experiment
• Results discussion and inference 
• What to expect in tomorrow's experiments 

Thursday

• Review of Monday's class structure, expectations, and safety rules 
• Review of Monday's hypothesis and results 
• Today's hypothesis and experiments:
• Making Sugar Geodes Experiment
• Colored Candy and Micro Waves Experiment
• Results discussion and inference 
• What to expect in tomorrow's experiments 

Friday

• Review of Monday's class structure, expectations, and safety rules 
• Review of Monday's hypothesis and results 
• Today's hypothesis and experiments:
• Energy in Foods Experiment
•  Fat Content in Chips Experiment
• Results discussion and inference 
• Show-and-Tell:
• Reveal of sugar crystals from Monday 
• Show all of research complied in class. 

Class Materials

• Notebook (Composition or Spiral, with perforated pages) for notes and experiments 
• 3 Ringed Binder to keep all class items 
• Folders with holes to place in binder 
• Sheet protectors 
• Pencils and pens