The Ingredient Lab Lesson 3: So Much More than Sweet
In this lesson, students explore the role of sugar in recipes and complete a sensory evaluation of cookies.
Activities:
Help Wanted
Students record key information about sugars from the chef video. This information is a helpful reference for the final challenge in Lesson 5.
Sensory Prediction
Students predict the impact of ingredient variations using the knowledge they acquired from the chef videos. In this lesson, they consider what happens when cookies are made without enough sugar and with too much sugar.
Sensory Evaluation
Students complete sensory evaluations of the recipe variations the class makes to experience the effects of different ingredients. In this lesson, they prepare oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, with each colour-coded variation using a different sugars and sweeteners: granulated sugar + brown sugar, brown sugar, granulated sugar + honey, granulated sugar + syrup.
Videos:
Lesson 3 videos are embedded in the Slide Deck or can be watched via the links below.
- So Much More Than Sweet
- Sugar: Sensory Prediction
- Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Food Science Deep Dive – What are Sugars and Sweeteners?
Next Steps
⬇️ Download the Lesson 3 Slide Deck to guide your class through the activities and videos.
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