The Monrad Food Lab ROCKS!!!
Welcome to 2011 in the food lab.
For the year 8 students who come to the food lab first in terms 1 and 2, your programme is an introduction to bio technology and food chemistry and processes. Your program includes such things as - yeast and how it works, microbes and essential conditions for growth, creating end products from living things. Food chemistry includes using the PH scale for ingredient testing and how and why we change food. Sound like a mouth full ... it isn't really! Your sessions are information and hands on based and will provide you with many different ideas that you could use for science and tech fair this year. So I hope to see some of you take advantage of the starter ideas given to you!
For the year 7 students who I will see in terms 3 and 4, your program will include lots of different opportunities to acquire new skills. Monrad purchased new sewing machines at the end of 2009 and all of you will get the opportunity to use them when you design and make an apron to use later in the term. Your food programme which is later in the term will help you gain: