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Overview
Testing Chocolate Chip Cookies is a hands-on activity to help students learn about some of the work related to the Environmental and Agricultural Systems career field. One of the objectives of the activity is to provide the opportunity for students to do work tasks and then to reflect upon those tasks. The exploration activity is set up to be completed in one class period. The activity could used to introduce the career field.
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Standards
School Counseling
K-12.3.1 Identify values, attitudes, and beliefs.
K-12.1.1 Develop an awareness of personal abilities, skills, interests, and motivations.
K-12.1.2 Identify personal skills, interests, and abilities and relate them to current career choices.
K-12.1.3 Identify personal preferences and interests which influence career choices and success.
K-12.1.3 Demonstrate how interests, abilities, and achievement relate to achieving career goals.
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Science
8.2.1 Design and conduct a scientific investigation.
8.2.1 Use appropriate tools and techniques to gather, analyze, and interpret data.
8.2.1 Given evidence, develop explanations.
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Materials and Supplies
- Three different brands of chocolate chip cookies with enough so each group receives two of each brand. (Be sure to check for allergies to nuts and other ingredients).
- Paper towels.
- Droppers and containers to hold a small amount of water.
- Scales to weigh cookies and chocolate chips.
- Handouts to record data regarding the quality of the cookies .
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Instructions for Educators
1. Have students/clients work as teams of food scientists. Assign each team to one of the companies that makes a brand of the chocolate chip cookies.
2. Give each team two cookies from each brand and have the droppers and water and scales available for their use.
3. Have each team complete the “Quality Control Data Sheets”.
4. When the teams have completed the quality control activity, have them report to the vice president in charge of quality control. Remind them to cite their conclusions and make recommendations for improving their chocolate chip cookies.
- Have them do an oral presentation to the vice president; or
- Have them write a formal letter to the vice president.
5. Have them do “Thinking about Testing Chocolate Chip Cookies”.
6. Discuss how interest, abilities, and skills are related to career options and choices.
7. Have the students/clients save the “Testing Chocolate Chip Cookies” activity in the career portfolios.
8. An optional activity is to have the students/clients, who are interested in this career field, explore occupations related to this activity or the Environmental and Agricultural Systems field.
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Testing Chocolate Chip Cookies Worksheet
Instructions
1. You are a member of a team of food scientists who are given the task of making recommendations about how to improve your company’s chocolate cookies.
2. You will complete an experiment where the team will compare your company’s cookies to those from two other companies.
3. Once the experiment and quality control data is collected, you will be asked to give an oral or written recommendation to the vice president in charge of quality control. Your presentation will include your conclusions from the quality control experiment and recommendations for improving your company’s cookies.
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Thinking about Testing Chocolate Chip Cookies |
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1. This was a challenging activity. |
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2. This was an enjoyable activity. |
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3. This activity helped me understand what I am good at and not so good at. |
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| 4. This activity helped me think about doing food science work? |
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5. What did you specifically like or dislike about this activity?
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6. Would you be interested in testing the quality of food products? Developing new foods? Creating new recipes? Making sure food products are safe? Enforcing food safety laws? |
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Explain why you are interested or not interested in these options.
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Save these thoughts in your career portfolio. In the future, review your responses and consider if your interests and preferences have changed. Do you still have the same attitude about the testing cookies project? What has stayed the same or changed and why?
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Quality Control Data Worksheet
Food being studied ___________________________________________________ |
| Scientists doing the study _______________________________________________ |
Brand of cookie |
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Cost for package of cookies |
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Number of cookies in package |
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Weight of individual cookie |
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Number of chocolate chips in cookie |
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Weight of chocolate chips in cookie |
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Cost per cookie |
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Opinion of taste of cookie
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Opinion of texture of cookie |
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Opinion of size of cookie |
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Main ingredient in the cookie |
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Conclusions: How does the cookie from your company compare with the other two cookies? How is your cookie better than the other two cookies? How can your company's cookie be improved?
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