1. Webquest for Chocolate

2. Components Illinois Learning Standards Introduction Task Process Resources Evaluation Conclusion

3. Learning Standards Explain how chocolate is made, including chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, and cocoa powder. Demonstrate how to properly store chocolate. State in your own words how to temper chocolate.

4. Introduction The chocolate we know of goes through several steps before it hits our store’s shelves. Back in “1500 BC-400 BC - The Olmec Indians are believed to be the first to grow cocoa beans as a domestic crop.” In 250-900 CE people would make an unsweetened chocolate drink that was only for the elite members of the Myan society. It wasn’t until 1674 that chocolate started to be eaten how we know it today. To learn more about chocolate Try This Trivia!Try This Trivia

5. Task To help you understand a little more about chocolate you can take a tour of a chocolate factory! Click Here for TourClick Here for Tour Even though there is a lot of great history that is involved with chocolate, there are many different types of sweets available. Click Here for the National Confectioners Association Click Here for the National Confectioners Association

6. Process You are now the advertising group for a famous chocolate company! It is your job to create, design and market the latest candy bar. Once you have created this candy bar and decided on the ad campaign you and your group will create a 30 second to 1 minute commercial to the class explaining why we should buy your candy bar.

7. Process Cont’d First you need to decide what ingredients will need to go into your candy bar. Second come up with a name and design for the wrapper.

8. Process Cont’d Next create a poster, bulletin board or slide show telling the class about your candy bar. Finally you will present everything you and your group has created to the class.

9. Resources http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolate http://www.exploratorium.com/exploring/ex ploring_chocolate/index.htmlhttp://www.exploratorium.com/exploring/ex ploring_chocolate/index.html http://www.cookingforengineers.com/articl e/155/Tempering-Chocolatehttp://www.cookingforengineers.com/articl e/155/Tempering-Chocolate http://www.ketc.org/productions/production s_livingSTL_videoArchive.asp#archivehttp://www.ketc.org/productions/production s_livingSTL_videoArchive.asp#archive –Scroll down and check out the videos on Crown Candy Kitchen and Bissengers

10. Evaluation See attached Scoring GuideScoring Guide Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines

11. Conclusion By the end of this Webquest you will know some facts about the history of chocolate and also all the steps that it takes to successfully make a candy bar. You will have presented your candy bar and all the parts of that project, including the poster, drawings and commercial.