Healthy Lifestyle Education 4-H Exploring Food Science North Dakota 4-H Project Sheet 4-H exploring food science Pass it on! projects are designed to help Now that you know how, share it with others. Here are you complete hands-on ideas to get you started. experiments, prepare a variety of fun recipes, and Citizenship enjoy learning about food  Make homemade muffins ingredients, characteristics using your new knowledge of leavening agents and mixing and safety. methods. Share them with older adults at a care center.  Sell healthful foods and  Learn about safe, healthful food preparation. donate the funds to a worthy  Understand the functions of ingredients in different foods. cause.  Learn how food science principles play a role in food processing.  Understand the chemical and physical reactions that occur in food. Leadership  Demonstrate skills in following written and verbal instructions.  Take responsibility for preparing cut produce to delay or prevent browning at Here’s what you can do all year! home.  Plan and help prepare soft and hard candies for dessert Unit 3: The Inner Unit 1: The Unit 2: The for a family meal. Mysteries of Unit 4: Be a Secrets of Power of Protein Fruits and Food Scientist! Communication Baking Chemistry Vegetables  Teach your family how to prepare vegetables in a way  Learn how to  Identify parts of an  Conduct food  Explore food that retains nutrients and measure egg. science science careers. visual appeal. ingredients.  Learn about protein experiments.  Understand the  Design a poster about food   Learn about gluten coagulation in Demonstrate your difference between science careers. development in recipes. knowledge of food science and  Teach your friends how to baked goods.  Understand food osmosis and food technology.  Learn how safety principles diffusion in food  Learn about flavor fold egg whites or whipped leavening agents applied to eggs. preparation. principles. cream into a mixture. affect foods.  Learn about egg  Compare the  Learn how to make  Conduct fun food properties and nutrient content of a beverage. Entrepreneurship experiments. functions in foods. fresh, frozen and  Complete a sensory  Make muffins.  Prepare chocolate canned vegetables. evaluation of  Create your own beverage.  Understand soufflé.  Learn to cook fruit. different beverages. Name and market your new ingredient ratios in  Learn how to fold  Understand how  Understand how to product. batter and dough egg whites into a acidic and alkaline make smart mixtures. mixture. ingredients affect beverage choices.  Explore mixing  Make fresh cheese vegetables’ color  Learn about methods. using principles of and texture. crystallization and  Prepare cut produce  Understand how acid and enzyme caramelization. NDSU is an equal opportunity institution altering a recipe coagulation. to delay browning. affects the end product. Learn more at www.ndsu.edu/4h/ or contact your county NDSU Extension office.

4-H Exploring Food Science North Dakota 4-H Project Sheet Here are Other Opportunities for Exploring Food Science:

 Research Dairy Science degrees and learn about what dairy scientists do.  Explore careers in science, engineering or technology.  Bring to the fair an exhibit (or piece of your project) that shows what you learned about food science.  Experiment with making different foods that contain gluten.  Meet others interested in food and food science. Exhibit Ideas  Research a professional food science organization to learn more about what its members do.  Make a portfolio or display on  Contact a food scientist, food chemist, food safety inspector or registered egg components, properties dietitian and ask if you can visit with him or her about his or her job. and/or functions in foods.  Consider taking more science classes when in high school.  Make a portfolio or display on  Think about what foods and beverages are most popular with your friends fruits that are prone to and family. Contemplate why these products are more popular than other browning, vegetables that cook products (for example: marketing, taste, nutrition). well or the nutrient content of  Attend the -4 H Youth Conference to hear motivational speakers and different fruits and vegetables. participate in workshops and a community service project. Bring ideas back to your community.  Prepare muffins, quick breads, popovers, biscuits, cookies or a  Hold a food contest with friends; decide how a winner will be chosen, and beverage. evaluate the products you create.

4-H Resources Other Resources Recordkeeping

 What’s on Your Plate? Exploring  Eat Smart. Play Hard. Together  Planning for My Project Adventure Food Science www.ag.ndsu.edu/eatsmart/ http://4-h.org/parents/curriculum/food  ND 4-H Project Plan -science/  MyPlate (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture) www.choosemyplate.gov  ND 4-H Plan of Action

 After Dinner Science  Kids a Cookin’ - Kansas State  ND 4-H Participation Summary for http://4h.missouri.edu/projects/ Research and Extension 11- to 19-year-olds ggprojects/docs/afterdinnerscience.pdf www.kidsacookin.org/

 Wacky World of Edible Science  Picture-based Recipes http://4h.missouri.edu/projects/ www.ag.ndsu.edu/globalfood/ ggprojects/docs/ picture_recipes.html Wacky&EdibleScienceGuide.pdf  Energizers for Nutrition Education http://www.extension.umn.edu/family/  Steve Spangler—Food Science health-and-nutrition/professional- http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/ development/classroom-energizers/ lab/experiments/category/food-science

Learn more at www.ndsu.edu/4h/ or contact your county NDSU Extension office.