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Usda: Virtual Labs: Understanding Water Activity
In this science simulation, students investigate the behavior of water in food and how this can contribute to food spoilage.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: The Science of Cooking Meat
How does muscle turn into meat? What gives meat its flavor and color? What makes meat juicy and tender? At this site from the Exploratorium you can rind out the science behind the food.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: The Science of Pickles
What is pickling? What role does fermentation play in food? What is salt brine? Understand this and more at the Exploratorium.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Bread Science
From Chinese baozi to Armenian lavash, bread comes in thousands of forms. Find out, on the most basic level, what chemistry ties them all together.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Chemistry of Cookies
Short video explains via basic chemistry principles the science of baking cookies. Stephanie Warren discusses how the dough spreads out, at what temperature we can kill salmonella, and why that intoxicating smell wafting from your oven...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Project Ideas: Processed Cheese
The goal of this cooking and food science fair project is to understand how processed cheese is made, and to determine which percentage of emulsifying salt produces the best processed cheese. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Hey, There's Corn in My Candy!
In candy making, corn syrup is known as an "interfering agent." You can find out just what this agent does by making two batches of lollipops, one with corn syrup and one without and examining the differences between the two. Once you...
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Physics 2000: Einstein's Legacy: Microwave Ovens
A series of pages that explain how microwave radiation is utilized by ovens to cook food. Includes several Java applets.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Candy Chromatography: What Makes Those Colors?
One of the characteristics that makes M&Ms so popular is dye that colors the hard shell, and of course the chocolate. But, many are unaware of what dyes are used to make those colors. This day long lab uses paper chromatography to...
Royal Society of Chemistry
Royal Society of Chemistry: Kitchen Chemistry: Video Clips
Sixteen program clips of various kitchen chemistry topics. See chefs at work carrying out edible chemistry experiments.
Royal Society of Chemistry
Royal Society of Chemistry: Kitchen Chemistry
A scientific approach to kitchen skills takes a look at the chemistry involved in preparing the food we eat.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Shaking for Butter
In this food science fair project, the student will determine the best conditions for making butter.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Science of Milk
Jonathan J. O'Sullivan describes how milk is made. [5:23]
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Beneficial Bacteria That Make Delicious Food
Erez Garty shows how your kitchen functions as a sort of biotechnology lab, manned by microorganisms that culture your cuisine. [4:39]
Other
British Nutrition Foundation: Food a Fact of Life: Food Functions [Pdf]
This food science poster summarizes six functions that foods perform and the different ingredients that can be added to perform those functions.
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Biblioteca Pre Escolar: Gorilito Va De Compra
Help the gorilla with his shopping with this interactive site.
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Artturi Virtanen
Learn how Artturi Virtanen's inventions and research in agricultural and nutrition chemistry made him a Nobel Prize Laureate.
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Ernesto Illy
UNderstand more about the man behind the brand name, Illy, and consider what he did for coffee.
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Justus Von Liebig
This article will give the biography of Justus von Liebig.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Take a Look at Cooking
At this site discover the world of cooking and meal preparation through these simple guidelines for finding recipes and creating meals. This article is organized into the following sections: "Kitchen Basics," "The Best Kinds of Recipes,"...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Tween Tribune: How to Make a Tastier Tomato
How do you make tomatoes taste even better? Read about a scientist whose goal is to make tomatoes taste as sweet as candy by using natural breeding techniques.
US Department of Agriculture
Usda: Safe Food Handling: Food Safety While Hiking, Camping & Boating
Everything you need to know about food safety for the outdoors. What to bring and not to bring, cooking at camp, keeping foods at the right temperatures and much more!
Maryland Science Center
Maryland Science Center: Caramel Chemistry [Pdf]
This activity demonstrates the Maillard Reaction, which explains how browning and flavor develop when something is cooked.
Other
South Coast Today: Fast Food, Faster Calories
A personal account of eating at fast food restaurants. Learn how you can still eat at fast food restaurants without consuming all the calories you need in one meal.