Mandylubug Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Anyone know of a States of matter experiments curriculum that involves chocolate in some form? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 I don't know about a curriculum, but we used chocolate when we studied states of matter. We made molds for the chocolate. It was fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandylubug Posted December 26, 2013 Author Share Posted December 26, 2013 I don't know about a curriculum, but we used chocolate when we studied states of matter. We made molds for the chocolate. It was fun. Thanks. I need 12 lessons for our co-op class. We will be reading Chocolate Fever and then having fun with chocolate. eta: off to hunt in pinterest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 If you're studying it in general, definitely do something comparing melting and reforming the chocolate at different heats and then comparing the taste. It changes the structure when it's exposed to more heat, which is why you melt it in a double boiler or at low heat in the microwave. You could also do a bunch of stuff about different fat content in chocolate. And about how chocolate is grown and processed. And the history of chocolate. You could make historic recipes for drinking chocolate. And add spice like they used to. When we were playing around with it, we were also thinking about how molds are made and how melting and cooling things and changing the state of matter and the structure of the substance is so common in our world - how many things are made that way and processed that we use all the time - food, but also products and toys and so forth. Sounds like a fun unit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerileanne99 Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 There is an awesome book called The Science of Chocalate, written by Stephen T Beckett. The experiments are laid out and discussed nicely in the book, but I also believe that the RSC (UK equivalent of the American Chemical Society) has put together lesson plans and demos to coincide. They are recommended for ages 11-16, but most certainly could be adapted! http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/eBook/978-0-85404-970-7#!divbookcontent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandylubug Posted December 26, 2013 Author Share Posted December 26, 2013 There is an awesome book called The Science of Chocalate, written by Stephen T Beckett. The experiments are laid out and discussed nicely in the book, but I also believe that the RSC (UK equivalent of the American Chemical Society) has put together lesson plans and demos to coincide. They are recommended for ages 11-16, but most certainly could be adapted! http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/eBook/978-0-85404-970-7#!divbookcontent Cool! I will check that out, thank you! I should have mentioned the age group is 2nd to 3rd grade. But I am sure I can adapt just about any experiment to fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerileanne99 Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Ah:) Well, I just had a quick look to see if the ACS had similar lesson plans as the book was an international best seller, and found the following link. Looks like quite a few lesson plans and link to every chocolate site you can imagine. Not all chemistry specific, but it might be useful. http://www.mce.k12tn.net/chocolate/index.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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