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Hidden Wealth in Food Waste?

Posted on April 21st, 2016 by Mary Lord

Union Market composting garbage The world wastes 1.4 billion tons of food annually, with the average American chucking out 250 pounds’ worth. Designers, engineers, and even restaurants are shrinking that global garbage heap with innovations ranging from “smart” food packaging to urban composting.

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Tags: biogas, composting, Environmental Engineering, Environmental science, food, food processing, garbage, industrial design, Sustainability, Trash, waste

Star Trek Space Food Contest

Posted on March 9th, 2016 by Mary Lord

International Space Shuttle astronaut Luca Parmitano juggling food packs Calling all Starfleet cadets! Star Trek and NASA want you to “boldly go where no one has gone before” and engineer the future of food in space by creating a digital 3-D model of a non-edible, food-related item for future astronauts living aboard the International Space Station.

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Tags: 3-D printing, ASME, Competitions for Students, Contest, food, Future Engineers, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Grades K-5, NASA, Resources for Teachers, Space, STEM education

A Tasty Experiment

Posted on November 18th, 2015 by Mary Lord

cat sniffing apple Student teams in grades 3 to 7 learn the key role that smell plays in being able to recognize foods by conducting taste tests while holding and not holding their noses. They then create bar graphs comparing the number of correct identifications.

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Tags: bar chart, CCSS, Chemical Engineering, Class Activities, flavor engineering, food, food engineering, Grades 6-8, Grades K-5, NGSS, senses, smell, taste