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Ignite a passion for food science and inspire future careers!
The Ingredient Lab is a ✨free✨, ready-to-use program designed for junior high and middle years foods teachers. Through five hands-on lessons, students explore the fascinating world of food science – guided by videos featuring a food scientist and a chef – and investigate how ingredients work together to create delicious results.
Lesson overview
🥣 LESSON 1: Science in the Kitchen
Meet a chef and a food scientist. Practise sensory evaluation using dairy products.
🥣 LESSON 2: Raise Your Recipe to the Next Level
Explore the role of leavening agents in recipes and complete a sensory evaluation of pancakes.
🥣LESSON 3: So Much More than Sweet
Explore the role of sugar in recipes and complete a sensory evaluation of cookies.
🥣 LESSON 4: Building the Structure
Explore the role of flour in recipes and complete a sensory evaluation of biscuits.
🥣 LESSON 5: The Great Classroom Baking Challenge
Apply knowledge of leavening agents, sugar, and flour to creating personalized muffins.
🌟This program can be adapted for high school foods classes.🌟
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What Makes The Ingredient Lab Great
🔬 Benefits for Students
✅ Benefits for Teachers
What's inside The Ingredient Lab?
The Ingredient Lab: Teacher Guide and Curriculum Connections
Teacher Guide and digital curriculum resources support Foods teachers and reduce prep time.
The Ingredient Lab: Student Workbook
Students stay organized and track their learning with activities, recipes, and reflections.
The Ingredient Lab Lesson 1: Science in the Kitchen
Students meet a chef and a food scientist, then practise sensory evaluation.
The Ingredient Lab Lesson 2: Raise Your Recipe to the Next Level
Students explore leavening agents in recipes and complete a sensory evaluation of pancakes.
The Ingredient Lab Lesson 3: So Much More than Sweet
Students explore sugar in recipes and complete a sensory evaluation of cookies.
The Ingredient Lab Lesson 4: Building the Structure
Students explore flour in recipes and complete a sensory evaluation of biscuits.
The Ingredient Lab Lesson 5: The Great Classroom Baking Challenge
Students apply knowledge of leavening agents, sugar, and flour to create their own muffins.