Name: Elisabeth

Project Name: The Science of Cooking

Essential Question: What is the science behind cooking?

Statement of Definition: For my senior project I will research various recipes to attempt while documenting both the process of baking/cooking the recipe and explaining the science behind the particular recipe.

Overview:

For my project I will be spending my time either cooking/baking or researching in preparation to cook/bake. This project appeals to me because it is a way to both further my cooking/baking skills as well as easily explore science at home. I plan to make at least one dish a week, but depending on how much time I find is necessary for research and preparation it could be more or less. I will also be taking an online class from EdX called Science & Cooking. In order to measure the success of my project I would reflect on how much more knowledge I have on why recipes work the way they do, as well as reflecting on my documentation. A challenge with my project is gathering ingredients, as groceries are only delivered 1-2 times a week, so I will need to be able to plan very far in advance.

Resource List:

Book:

• The Science of Good Cooking

Professional People:

• My family friend who bakes a lot
• My dad

Other Sources:

• The internet, i.e. pages on specific scientific processes that go on under cooking
• Science meets food blog
• Scientific databases from my dad

Daily Plan and Schedule

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Online class – 1 hour Recipe research – 1.5 hours Compiling research into video/blog outline – 1 hour 3.5 hours	Online class – 1.5 hours Recipe research – 1.5 hours Compiling research into video/blog outline – 1 hours 4 hours	Online class – 1 hour Recipe research – 1.5 hours Compiling research into video/blog outline – 1 hour 3.5 hours	Online class – 1.5 hours Recipe research – 2 hours Compiling research into video/blog outline – .5 hours 4.5 hours	Cooking – 2 hours Documenting cooking (not blog documentation) – 1.5 hours Compiling research into video/blog outline – 1 hour 4.5 hours

Documentation Plan: For documentation I will document my process on both the class I’m taking and the recipes I’m researching on the senior project blog.

Materials Needed: Ingredients

Backup Plan: If for some reason I can’t get to a grocery store my backup to the backup would be to just explain the science behind the recipes without actually making them.