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Science Buddies: How Sweet It Is! Measuring Glucose in Your Food
You know that sugar makes food sweet. But did you know that there are different kinds of sugar? Sucrose is the granulated sugar that you usually use for baking. Another kind of sugar, which is found in honey and in many fruits, is...
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Science Buddies: Project Ideas: Kimchi Chemistry
In this cooking and food science fair project, the student will make a batch of kimchi, the national dish of Korea, and investigate the changes in pH and glucose concentration as it ferments. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up...
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Science Buddies: Project Ideas: How Much Water Is Required to Cook Pasta?
In this cooking and food science fair project, determine if you really need 6 quarts of water to cook a pound of pasta. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently beginning with an abstract, objective, and introduction,...
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Science Buddies: The Science of Making Cheese!
Oooey gooey cheese - yum. Who doesn't like a slice of warm pizza straight from the oven? There's nothing quite like a slice of pizza and a glass of milk, so what makes pizza so great? The cheese. But did you know that making cheese is...
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Science Buddies: Great Globs of Gluten! Which Wheat Flour Has the Most?
Close your eyes for a moment and think about your favorite cake, pasta, and crusty bread. OK, you can open your eyes now, and please don't drool on your computer. What was the cake you pictured like? Was it light and fluffy? Did you...
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Science Buddies: Maple Syrup: For Pancakes, Waffles, and Crystal Candy?
Maple syrup is deliciously gooey and great on breakfast foods like pancakes and waffles. But it has another amazing property. It can form crystals under the right circumstances, and the crystals change in size and shape, depending on...
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Science Buddies: How Can Tofu Pack Such a Flavorful Punch?
Spicy fried tofu. It's a delicious and savory main dish at many Asian restaurants. Stab a golden-brown piece, bite into it, and the juice inside rushes out, filling your mouth with rich flavors. Continue eating and you find the texture...
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Science Buddies: Egg Cellently Cooked Eggs: The Process of Soft Boiling an Egg
Sometimes on a busy day, it's hard to get things done. The rush to get things done can start first thing in the morning, when you're so busy getting ready and gathering your homework, that you barely have time for breakfast. It takes...
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Science Buddies: How Greasy Are Your Potato Chips?
One of America's favorite snacks is potato chips. Although potato chips are very tasty, some varieties are not very healthy for you. A typical 1-ounce (oz.) serving of a well-known national potato chip brand contains 150 calories, 90 of...
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Science Buddies: Project Ideas: How Much Sugar Is Really in That Soda?
In this science fair project, use a precision hydrometer to measure the amount of sugar in soda. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently beginning with an abstract, objective, and introduction, followed by a section on...
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Science Buddies: Project Ideas: Simple Device to Measure the Strength of Tea
In this science fair project, measure the strength of tea, using plastic cups, a photoresistor, and a multimeter. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently beginning with an abstract, objective, and introduction, followed...
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Science Buddies: Project Ideas: Bitter to Sweet: Sugar Changes in Ripening Fruit
In this science fair project, use a refractometer to measure changes in sugar content in ripening fruit. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently beginning with an abstract, objective, and introduction, followed by a...
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Science Buddies: Old Salty: Does Age Affect the Ability to Detect Salt?
Sauerkraut, pickled fish, pickled vegetables, kimchi, corned beef, processed cheeses, smoked lunch meats. Do you like these high-salt foods? What about your grandparents, do they? Do your grandparents seem to like most foods to be a bit...
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Science Buddies: Career Profile: Food Scientist or Technologist
The role of food scientist or food technoloigst affects us all. Read about the responsibilities of the food scientist to ensure food safety in its production and processing. This Science Buddies site lays out the requirements needed to...
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Science Buddies: How Blue Is Your Sports Drink?
Do you read the list of ingredients in foods and drinks before you buy them at the grocery store? If you do, you may have noticed that many of the items that are blue in color have the same dye, called FD&C blue 1. In this chemistry...
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Science Buddies: Do You Have the Willpower to Taste Something Sour?
Do try this mouth-puckering science fair project to find out if people of all ages love sour tastes, or if there a difference between the sour preferences of kids and adults. You might be able to sell creations of your own based on your...
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Science Buddies: Lowering the Freezing Point of Water
When it comes to making ice cream, in order to make the mixture cold enough to freeze, you surround the container with ice and rock salt. This experiment helps you learn how the addition of salt (or other substances) affects the freezing...
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Science Buddies: Primary Productivity and Plankton
The oceans contain both the earth's largest and smallest organisms. Interestingly they share a delicate relationship linked together by what they eat. The largest of the ocean's inhabitants, the Blue Whale, eats very small plankton,...
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Baltimore Co. Public Schools: Chesapeake Bay Food Webs (Online Research Model)
Food webs lesson, which focuses on Chesapeake Bay habitats, integrates biological concepts with literacy knowledge and skills. Lesson directs students to answer the question, how does a human-caused stress placed on the environment...
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Science & Plants for Schools: Project Ideas
A website featuring project starter ideas to help students carry out hands-on practical investigations on plants. Some ideas featured on the page include exploring food waste, medicinal plants, enzymes in fruits, and much more! Project...
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Habitat Network: Food
Find out about different birds' food preferences, and how those affect their habitats.
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Science Buddies: How Sweet It Is: Hummingbird Food Preferences
Do you like to watch hummingbirds? Have you ever wondered why there is specialty hummingbird food? What is it about the food that makes it so appealing? In this zoology science fair project, you will observe these remarkable creatures...
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Science Buddies: Gel Well: Which Additives Make the Strongest Gelatin?
Gelatin. It's hard to think of another food that is used as frequently on the dinner table as off. You can find it in all sorts of sweet foods, from ice cream, yogurt, and gummy bears, to marshmallows and yellow colorings for sodas. Off...
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Science Buddies: You Are What You Eat!
Thinking about improving your sports performance? Want to help friends and family make the most of their physical fitness activities? One factor to consider is food. Whether you realize it or not, what you eat does change your body. It...
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