Food Science Projects

In the 4-H Food Science Group projects, you will learn:

• how to use knowledge, skills, and better practices relating to personal health and safety;
• how to increase positive activities that promote physical health and well-being; and
• skills such as decision-making, getting along with others, planning and organizing, and responsibility.

KITCHEN SCIENCE FOR KIDS
(For Youth Ages 5-13)

The goal is to make science accessible and fun for children and to encourage discovery-based knowledge.  Each activity can be completed in one 20-minute period or expanded to provide additional learning opportunities.  An excellent resource for home schools, clubs, after-school programs, as well as formal classrooms. Produced by Cornell Extension. 

Leader Manual (Ages 5-13)
Kitchen Science for Kids

IN THE BAG! Families Sharing Science Together
(For Youth Ages 5-7)

This Leader's Guide and Activity Sheets combo teaches kids and adults about food and nutrition through science and reading. The 20 reproducible handouts and activity guidelines cover basic tastes, smell and taste together, and sound and smell together. Each section suggests books for the adult and child to read together and then do the related experiment. Helps build skills related to science processes, techniques and concepts, including observation, classification, estimation, prediction, and communication. Produced by Cornell Extension. 

Member and Leader Manuals (Ages 5-7)
In the Bag! Member Activities
In the Bag! Leader Guide

 

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