Brown Butter: Physical & Chemical Changes
Explore how food transforms through chemical and physical changes by making brown butter rice krispie treats.
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grade:
6
10
time:
3-7 class periods (can squeeze into 2)
active lab time:
30
minutes
objectives:
- Identify and explore evidence of physical and chemical changes that occur when browning butter and making rice krispie treats
- Consider and model changes in the particles of butter during the process of browning butter (both physical and chemical changes)
- Understand the Maillard Reaction through the lens of Conservation of Matter
science concepts:
chemical changes, physical changes, phase changes, chemical reactions
essential questions:
- How does heat transform the flavor of butter?
- What physical and chemical changes occur when browning butter?
- Why do bubbles form when we brown butter?
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