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Lesson: Guilt-Free Chocolate Lesson PlanLesson: Guilt-Free Chocolate Lesson Plan
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eGFI
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Grade
10th - 12th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
Duration
2 days
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Collaborative Learning
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Year
2011
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Lesson: Guilt-Free Chocolate

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Experiment with chocolate coating on cookies! What a delightful way to learn about food processing and chemical engineering. Throughout this activity, groups collect measurements and make calculations. They conclude by writing recommendations for improving the chocolate coating procedure. Extensions, additional resources, and videos on the history of chocolate are provided. The well-developed lesson plan may become a favorite chemistry, engineering, or food class tradition.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

food processing, food, food science

Additional Tags

food science, chemical engineering, food processing, nutritional labeling, nutritional recommendations, science

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Common Core

RI.11-12.7 HSS-ID.A.2 HSS-ID.A.3 HSS-ID.A.4

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