Food colouring – Student Activity
In this activity, students use a simple paper chromatography method to separate and identify the components present in commercially available food colouring.
Student activities are the main feature of this collection, along with a variety of resources for teachers to use in exploring Food Function and Structure.
In this activity, students use a simple paper chromatography method to separate and identify the components present in commercially available food colouring.
In this activity, students listen to AgResearch’s Dr Matthew Barnett, the singing scientist, performing his latest YouTube release called I love fibre. Students then answer sets of questions and complete activities.
In this activity, students use the Futures thinking tool to investigate vitamin C and new fruit varieties.
In this activity, students test a variety of commercially available table salts for the presence of iodine – a micronutrient essential for health and wellbeing.
In this activity, students qualitatively analyse common foods such as breakfast cereals, parsley and raisins for the presence of the micronutrient iron, which involves a colorimetric comparison method.
In this activity, students consider, critically analyse and debate statements about different types of salt used in cooking and claims made for them.
In this activity, students quantitatively analyse carrot and banana for moisture content and total solids using and comparing two drying methods.
This teacher resource provides information about carbohydrates. It follows on from the Science Ideas and Concepts article about macronutrients, giving more detail about this important group of energy-rich food substances.
This teacher resource provides information about lipids. It follows on from the Science Ideas and Concepts article about macronutrients, giving more detail about this important group of energy-rich food substances.
This teacher resource provides information about proteins. It follows on from the Science Ideas and Concepts article about macronutrients, giving more detail about this important group of energy-rich food substances.