Identifying cheese characteristics
In this activity, students investigate a range of cheeses to identify their characteristics and determine how these different characteristics are created.
Purpose
This activity will enable students to identify and describe cheese characteristics and understand how key differences in various types of cheese are produced.
Cheeseboard
Cheese comes in many different styles, textures and flavours.
Keywords
cheese, characteristics, processing, curds, whey
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The Science Learning Hub Pokapū Akoranga Pūtaiao would like to acknowledge the images supplied by www.igourmet.com for this activity.
Related content
The numerous differences in cheese characteristics are created by the source of milk, the microorganisms introduced and variations in the method of processing – even slight changes can create significant differences.
This activity uses these videos:
Useful links
Cheesemaking: check out a range of recipes to make your own cheese.
Encyclopaedia of cheese: this site presents a comprehensive list of cheeses grouped by country of origin. It includes information about the origin of the cheeses and describes their characteristics. Note it is a commercial shop so avoid the ‘shop’ links.
Types of cheese: read an introduction to different ways of categorising cheese, including some examples and descriptions of key characteristics.
A history of cheese: read about the history of cheese from its early beginnings to the present.
