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transform your students' experience in science through food & cooking

We aim to make science education more engaging, accessible, and equitable by supporting science teachers through instructional resources and professional learning.

science lessons rooted in food-based phenomena

Teach traditional science topics through labs, investigations, videos, and readings centered around food and cooking.

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best lessons to start the school year

Air in Ice Cream: Lab Design & Density

Explore the importance of air in ice cream by analyzing the amount of air in different ice cream samples and comparing methods of adding air in an easy no-churn ice cream lab.

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Chai and Tea: States of Matter and Models

Explore states of matter and temperature by making tea. This lesson also builds a foundation for making observations, developing models, and designing investigations.

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Flour & Chocolate Chip Cookies: Measurements & Precision

Explore measurements, precision/accuracy, conversions and scaling through a classroom-friendly chocolate chip cookie recipe.

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Salt: Separation Methods and Properties (gr5-8)

Explore how salt is extracted and made, how and why different types of salt vary, and salt’s purpose in food and cooking.

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Sports Drinks & Electrolytes: Atomic Structure & Ions

Explore atomic structure and ions by unpacking what electrolytes are, why we need them, and why they are in sports drinks.

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Flour & Flatbread: Measurements & Precision

Explore the importance of precision and accuracy when measuring ingredients by gathering evidence in multiple activities that can be used to support a Claim in a Claim-Evidence-Reasoning response.

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fresh out of the oven: new or recently updated lessons

Sugar (Rock Candy & Tanghulu): Solutions & Covalent Bonding

Essential Questions:

- What is sugar and how is it different than salt?
- How do we make sugar-based candies? What steps are important and why?
- Why does sugar dissolve in water?

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Spiciness (Peppers): Polarity & Mixing Substances

Essential Questions:

- What makes food spicy?
- How do we best extract spice?
- What foods help us get relief from spice and why?

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Yeast Breads & Proofing: Chemical Reactions & Temperature (HS Chem)

Essential Questions:

- Why do we add yeast to bread?
-What is occurring as the dough sits (proofs) and why?
- How can we influence the proofing process?

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Why teach science through food?

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  • Food and cooking promote inclusive opportunities to draw on student assets and facilitate community-oriented learning

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  • Food helps connect science to students’ everyday lives and the world around them

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  • Food can make science learning more accessible and approachable

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  • Food and cooking provide meaningful and safe ways to “do science” and build science practices through tinkering and student-designed investigations

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Why Bite Scized Education?

 

We believe that many educators already know the potential impact food can have! Our goal is to help by providing high-quality instructional resources and teacher training to maximize student impact.

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“I’ve always been interested and knew there was science behind food and cooking, but I didn’t know exactly what it was or how to approach it, let alone how to implement it with students.

There are so many different lessons where I say- oh my gosh- it ties into so many of my classes.”

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