Companion Resource
Biotech Cheese Kit
Make cheese in your classroom using the same fast methods as industry. This kit includes the recipe to make cheese (also available to download), cheesecloth, and two different types of rennet - one from an organic animal source and one from a genetically modified yeast source. You add water, powdered milk, and buttermilk. This is a great activity for exploring enzymes and chemistry as well as the benefits and concerns surrounding genetic modification. Order this kit online from agclassroomstore.com.
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Author
Debra Spielmaker
Organization
Utah Agriculture in the Classroom
Lessons Associated with this Resource
- Farmland
- Good Guys or Bad Guys?
- Blue's the Clue: Souring Milk for Science (Grades 6-8)
- FoodMASTER Middle: Cheese
- Blue's the Clue: Souring Milk for Science (Grades 9-12)
- Milk: The Scoop on Chemical and Physical Changes
- FoodMASTER: Milk and Cheese
- Milk Makin' Math
- Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and Organic Foods
- Evaluating Perspectives About GMOs
- The Science of GMOs
- Energy's Journey from Farm to You
- Survival of the Fittest: Comparing the Needs of Humans and Cows
- Cheesemaking: From Liquid to Solid
- Science You Can Eat
- Food Evolution