Summary
In a professional kitchen the SciGirls remake comfort foods to be more nutritious, testing swaps and discovering that mixing ingredients can produce something genuinely new.
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Ages 7+
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Discussion questions
Discussion
Full episode (28 min) from SciGirls, season 1.
- What happened when ingredients were mixed and heated?
- How did the girls decide whether a swap actually worked?
- What makes a recipe change 'better' -- taste, nutrition, or both?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: ingredient, substance, nutrition, substitute.
Try it: Pick a favorite snack and propose one healthier swap. Predict how it will change the taste and how you'd test that.