Food Chemistry
	Integration Ideas and Activities Lesson 3 Testing Liquids for Starch

Lesson	Activities to Consider	Tools
3	Mathematics
	Research major producers and consumers of rice, corn, and potatoes in the world today -- graphic data found in the USDA for Kids Web site
	Language Arts
	Bring in recipes that contain starchy foods; start a starch cookbook
	Think of a food that contains starch; make up a recipe using that food
	Research non-food uses of starch; communicate/ demonstrate findings
	Scavenger hunt in the grocery store for foods that contain iodine - why is iodine added to table salt?
	Extensions
	Design a plan to test "stiffness" of various starch/water mixtures on paper or cloth
	Art
	Dip several yards of colored craft string in liquid starch; wrap string around an inflated balloon; hang to dry; pop and remove balloon; good Easter decoration