Instructional Video3:23
MinuteEarth

Love Letter to Food

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Don't be rude to food! Scholars see the startling truth about food waste in a disturbing video. The series of statements from individuals around the country paints a picture of good intentions followed by wasteful habits like cooking too...
Instructional Video2:16
American Chemical Society

No, Your Microwave Isn't Dangerous - Food Myths #1

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Are microwaves a fast way to cook—or a fast way to get radiation poisoning? Science scholars get their facts straight with a video from the American Chemical Society's Reactions series. The narrator explains how microwaves work as well...
Instructional Video4:50
SciShow

The Chemistry of Fried Food

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Foods are fried in oils, which are basically a fat that is a liquid at room temperature. Another great video about the chemical reactions in cooking, this one explores frying food. The narrator explains that from the appearance of...
Instructional Video8:47
SciShow

9 Scientific Cooking Techniques

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Liquid nitrogen makes microscopic ice crystals, which make for a creamier food product than normal freezing. A gastronomical video explores nine different cooking techniques that are scientifically based. From food pairing to using...
Instructional Video8:17
Education Development Center

What's Cooking? Water

For Students 4th - 8th
What a fresh approach to learning about water! Chef Jamika Pessoa explains the chemical composition of this vital compound, what happens when heat is added or removed, and how much water is contained in different organs and...
Instructional Video9:29
Education Development Center

What's Cooking? Bacteria

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
There's no need for bacteria hysteria! With this flashy, gourmet-cooking-show-style video, young bacteriologists find that there are tremendous amounts of microbes in different foods that we eat and inside our bodies. Kitchen instruction...
Instructional Video4:39
TED-Ed

Why is Bread Fluffy, Vinegar Sour, and Swiss Cheese Holey?

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
The gourmands and foodies in your class will love this gastronomical video! Educational and entertaining, the video explains the natural and added microorganisms that occur with food production, including yeast in bread, carbonation in...
Instructional Video1:35
Curated OER

How to Make a Stuffed Crust Pizza

For Students 3rd - 8th
What is better than pizza? Stuffed crust pizza! Learn how to make your own with this fantastic video.
Instructional Video1:33
Curated OER

How to Make Hot Dog Mummies

For Students 3rd - 8th
Spook up your Halloween celebration with the hot dog mummies shown in this video. Three middle students demonstrate each step to create these deliciously scary hot dog mummies.
Instructional Video6:07
Be Smart

Why Do We Cook?

For Students 6th - 12th
Are you hungry right now? If you are, it might be because your brain is so large. The video describes the shift from larger jaw to larger brain and the relationship of larger brains to cooking. Crushing, preserving, and drying also made...
Instructional Video3:10
American Chemical Society

Why Are Avocados So Awesome?

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Is it just coincidence that avocados and awesome both begin with the letter A? Introduce young nutritionists to a super food with some super powers using a video from the Reactions playlist. Scientists from the American Chemical Society...
Instructional Video8:04
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PBS

Secrets of Sourdough

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
What makes sourdough bread different from other types of bread? An installment of a PBS food science video series explains the science behind fermentation, yeast, bacteria, and their relationship with sourdough bread. It also discusses...
Instructional Video4:32
Curated OER

How it's Made - Cheese

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Mmm, cheese! All cheeses start from milk. Take a look at the process of transporting raw milk and the process of converting it into cheese. Use this in your cooking class when actually making cheese or any food item that uses cheese.
Instructional Video4:48
Curated OER

How It's Made - Vegetable Oil

For Teachers 5th - 8th
It would be helpful for your future gourmet chefs to understand where cooking oil comes from. Here is a video that explains the cold-pressing process.
Instructional Video0:42
Curated OER

The Scrambler: An Animation Example

For Students 3rd - 6th
Watch this fun animation about "The Scrambler." She is a determined scrambled egg maker.
Instructional Video3:55
TED-Ed

The Science of Spiciness

For Students 8th - 12th
Spice up a nutrition, biology, or cooking class with this hot topic: the science behind the spiciness of many beloved foods. There are actually two different types of spice, depending on the chemical compound causing the pain:...
Instructional Video7:42
Be Smart

The Science of BBQ!!!

For Students 6th - 12th
Ready for a lesson on the wonders of cooking? Young scientists view the short video segment and explore the science of temperature changes on physical and chemical properties in food as the cooking process transforms raw ingredients into...
Instructional Video12:32
SciShow

Facts about Human Evolution

For Students 9th - 12th
In 2004, scientists found skeletons of a hobbit-like creature in Asia. This discovery is just one more part of the large human evolution puzzle. Scientists continue to build the puzzle with missing pieces and confusing information. This...
Instructional Video11:56
Domain of Science

The Map of Chemistry

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Many people study for years to understand even a subsection of chemistry, yet an informative video attempts to cover all of chemistry in 12 minutes. It starts with atoms and elements and moves through bonding, reactions, energy, and...
Instructional Video2:44
The Brain Scoop

Shark Fin CSI

For Students 6th - 10th Standards
Shark fin soup is quite a delicacy in Eastern cultures. Its high price tag makes shark fins a hot item for poachers! Scholars learn how investigators created a process to determine the shark species people hunted in a presentation. The...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood: Katerina Finally Tries a New Food

For Students Pre-K - K
Katerina discovers that she really likes bell peppers! She even tries carrots, but doesn't like them. Teach kids to understand that trying foods is important. After they have tried a new food, they can decide if they like it or not. [1:24]
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: At the Table: Food Education, Why Start Young?

For Students 9th - 10th
Kids and youth can have a huge impact on their families' spending and eating habits. Programs like Appetite For Change's Youth Community Cooks Night program offers youth a chance to learn about nutritious cooking, and have some fun in...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Healthy Eating: Cooking for a Good Cause

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this video, Sydney Mazik (age 12, Ohio) talks about her love of cooking and how two healthy foods that her family eats inspired her Healthy Lunchtime Challenge winning recipe for Spaghetti Squash Asparagus Pie. She created her dish to...
Instructional Video
Other

It's Ok to Be Smart: The Science of Bbq!!!

For Students 9th - 10th
From burning wood, fluid dynamics, and thermodynamics are all apart of the cooking process and then we look at the actual meat being cooked and how it changes during cooking. [7:42]

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