Reduced Gravity, Low-Fat
Your Mission: Discover the fat content of a meal and formulate a balanced meal using fat content information.
- Make an emulsification from a fast food meal
- Evaluate the invisible fat content of the fast food meal
- Make observations of NASA Astronaut menus to determine if they are having a balanced meal in space
- Per group (4-5 students per group):
- food guide pyramid
- beaker
- stirring spoon
- water
- marker
- fast food cheeseburger
- fast food French fries
- nutrition label of a cheeseburger and fresh fries
- pan
- Per class:
- cooker (or microwave oven)
- freezer
- blender
- Pre-lesson Preparation (1 day before delivery):
- Secure an appropriate number of cheeseburger and French fries from a fast food restaurant
- Secure the use of a microwave or cooker, refrigerator and freezer
- Copy enough food guide pyramids for one per group
- You may find a nutrition facts label on the fast food meal packaging or by searching the web with the key words “cheeseburger nutrition facts” and “French fries nutrition facts”
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