Lesson Objectives=
Students will understand how chocolate is made.
Students will be able to recognize the difference in
chocolate taste.
Lesson Objectives=
Students will be able to describe how chocolate is
made. Students will be able to recognize the different
chocolate taste.
On your mini-board/notebook draw the 5 stages
and a small picture to match each stage.
Can you put the pictures in order to show where chocolate comes from?
1 2 3 4 5
Do it!
Can you put the pictures in order to show where chocolate comes from?
Correct – Well
Done!
Where Does Chocolate Come
From?
Chocolate comes from cacao pods that
grow on a cacao tree.
These trees usually grow near the equator
because they need a very warm climate to
survive.
About 70% of the world’s cacao pods are
grown in Africa.
Cacao
Pods
Cacao pods grow from trees.
When they are ready, they are
removed with a machete.
They grow in the shape of a rugby ball.
Cacao Beans
The pods have seeds inside them called
cacao beans.
The pods are opened carefully by the
workers.
If you were to eat these beans at this point,
they would taste very bitter.
Fermenting the
Beans
The beans are set aside and left to ferment.
The heat takes the bitter taste away and makes it sweeter.
This process can take around a week.
Drying
After the beans have fermented, they must be dried out.
They are laid out on a flat surface in the sun for up to a week to make
sure they are completely dry.
Roasting
Once the beans are dry, they must be roasted.
This can be done in many ways.
In a factory, this takes place in a huge oven and can take from 30
minutes to a few hours.
Finding the Nibs!
Once the beans are completely dry and roasted, the chocolatey
nibs must be taken from inside.
This is done by crushing the beans. The outer shell cracks and
inside are the nibs.
Making a Paste
The cocoa nibs must now
be ground up.
As they are ground, the cocoa butter
inside them is released, making the
mixture into a paste.
This can take a long time.
Sweetening
Once the mixture is made, it still tastes very bitter and grainy.
Factories will add ingredients such as sugar and milk to make it
taste sweeter and creamier.
No Bits Please!
The mixture would still be very grainy and wouldn’t taste like the
chocolate bars that you know at this point.
It must be pressed many times to mix down all of the grains.
Mouldin
g
Once the chocolate has been
processed and melted down, it can be
placed into a mould.
This is then wrapped up and sent out
to shops for us to buy!
Enjoy!
Once all of these steps are complete, the chocolate is ready to eat!
Can you taste the difference between dark chocolate and milk chocolate?
Listen and Learn
[Link]
Chocolate Acrostic Poem
X1 mini-board.
In your team write a practice
poem.
Be ready to share your work
when the timer stops.
Chocolate Acrostic Poem
In your notebook write
your own acrostic poem.
Draw some pictures when
you finish your writing.
