The kitchen can be a laboratory for solving amazing mysteries about food. Experimenting with foods is fun. It's a way to discover exciting facts about why certain things happen when foods are prepared.

Food Mysteries consists of five student manuals and a teacher's guide. Each student manual includes two food experiments, nutrition information, and puzzles. The experiments are not designed to produce a product that can be eaten, although the results of some would be safe to consume. Only two of the experiments require a heat source. You could use a toaster oven or electric fry pay to complete the experiments.

Have fun and enjoy learning about the mysteries of food.

The topics are:

• Telltale Grains
• Fruitful Evidence
• Vegetable Magic
• Protein Puzzles
• Dairy Discoveries

Instructional Materials

Teacher's Guide and Student Manuals

Illinois State Goals & Learning Standards

22A. Explain the basic principles of health promotion, illness prevention and safety.

22B. Describe and explain the factors that influence health among individuals, groups and communities.

23A. Describe and explain the structure and functions of the human body systems and how they interrelate

23B. Explain the effects of health-related actions on body systems.

23C. Describe factors that affect growth and development.