How Do You Make Chocolate?

SOCIAL STUDIES, HEALTH

Curiosity trigger

Students will test three types of chocolate and analyze their shape, colour, hardness, smell and taste. They will watch a video about making chocolate and assess which type of chocolate is the healthiest choice.

Curriculum and Skills

Work and Life Skills:

Critical thinking and drawing conclusion

In this lesson, you will cover:

SOCIAL STUDIES CORE CURRICULUM:
Grade 3.Challenge of meeting needs and wants in world communities. People in world communities use human, capital, and natural resources.
Grade 3.Challenge of meeting needs and wants in world communities. People in world communities locate, develop, and make use of natural resources.

National Health Education Standards:
7.2.1. Demonstrate healthy practices and behaviors to maintain or improve personal health.
5.5.5. Choose a healthy option when making a decision.
7.5.2. Demonstrate a variety of healthy practices and behaviors to maintain or improve personal health.

You will need

dark, milk and white chocolate, cocoa, plates and paper.

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Authors

Author: Kamil Majerczyk
Science consultant: Piotr Klepacki
Methodology: Agnieszka Staroń
Translation: Ursula O’Donoghue
Producer: Marta Przywara

Source

This lesson plan is a modified version of one created by the Children’s University Foundation under the CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0 license.

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