Intro to Dehydration

Introduce the dehydration unit using the attached slide show.

Research Activity

Have the students research how to dehydrate several different food items. They need to create detailed instructions on how to do the dehydrating. The attached sheet outlines this activity.

Conduct Lab

Allow the students to dehydrate their food items according to their directions that they researched and created.

Lab Review

Allow the students to evaluate each others dehydrated food items. Use the attached sesory evaluation form to evaluate the different groups products.