Food for Thought? - Scotland Food and Drink

Daniel Millard (10), Oran McKenna (10), Richard Lochhead MSP, Kylah Munro (10) and Freya Main (10), P6 pupils at Hopeman Primary School

Around 2,000 pupils from more than 120 schools across Scotland will soon be up to their elbows in enzymes, iodising ice cream and building jelly towers thanks to the launch of an exciting new science pack.

Date:

Tue, 04 Dec 2012

Source:

Liddell Thomson

Science on the Menu is an interactive food science kit jammed with goodies providing primary school science clubs and their teachers with all they need for exciting hands-on experiments using food and drink.?

Launched by Young Engineers & Science Clubs Scotland, a Scotland-wide programme run by the Scottish Council for Development and Industry, Science on the Menu was unveiled yesterday at Hopeman Primary School in Moray by local MSP Richard Lochhead, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment ? whose department supported SCDI with funding the science investigation kits.?

Speaking at the launch Richard Lochhead MSP said: ?Using Science to educate young people about Scotland?s food and drink is vital for Scotland?s Economy. We need even more young people with the skills, knowledge and enthusiasm for science. The food and drink manufacturing sector employs around 50,000 people in Scotland so we are hopeful that the Science on the Menu packs will feed the curiosity and imagination of the next generation of food technologists and entrepreneurs.??

Melanie Riddell of the Young Engineers & Science Clubs Scotland said; ?The packs include a wide range of teaching aides such as chemicals and colourings that make problem solving fun, helping children to learn about food and drink and hopefully making science subjects more engaging.??

She added: ?It?s also good to use products from Scotland?s larder as a great way to fuel the imagination of children to the many Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) careers open to them in the food and drink sector?.?

The Young Engineers and Science Club has a network of over 650 clubs throughout Scotland, from Orkney to Dumfries with a membership of more than 12,000 school children. The Clubs are supported by the Scottish Government and as well as many private sector sponsors.?

Source: http://www.scotlandfoodanddrink.org/news/article-info/4103/food-for-thought%E2%80%A6science-on-the-menu-for-scottish-schools.aspx

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