Students enrolled in January’s Innovation After School Program will learn all about a career in being a Flavor Specialist. “Taste: The Art and Science of Flavor Development” Come join a Flavorist and learn all about flavors through SCIENCE! Playing with your food is highly encouraged.
Week 1:
Become a trained Taste Tester! Learn about flavor and how it impact our daily lives.
(Hands on activity for the basic taste groups and describing what we taste through buzz words.)
Week 2:
Playing with our food! Dissecting and understanding our food labels.
(Activity: looking at ingredient declarations, meeting the ingredients, matching sugar content in products).
Week 3:
Science in the kitchen: How does cooking change our food’s flavor. What is the science behind cooking? (Activity: looking/tasting edible cookie dough versus baked cookies. How cooking methods change flavor.)
Week 4:
Becoming a Food Scientist/Flavorist: A look into our lab, ingredients, the process of developing a flavor. (Activity: hands on work with building a flavor and tasting the progression in soda water).
- Dates: 01/09, 01/16, 01/23, 01/30
- Time: 4:00 – 5:00 pm
- Location: Hendricks CareerTek
- Grades: 6-8
- Spots Available: 15
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