This document provides information about where cocoa is grown and how chocolate is made. It begins by asking students what they already know about chocolate and where cocoa comes from. It then discusses how cocoa is grown in tropical regions near the equator. The document explains the process of harvesting cocoa pods and fermenting the beans to develop flavor. It describes how the beans are transported, roasted, ground into a paste, and mixed with other ingredients to create chocolate. Students are given activities to label cocoa producing countries on a map, create a storyboard for a cocoa bean's life, and consider what life would be like without chocolate.
2. What are we learning today? Responsiveness To learn where cocoa is grown and understand how it is made into chocolate. Enquiry Creativity Skills Knowledge Attitudes
9. How chocolate is made…. Cacao trees are grown in tropical regions of South America, Africa and Asia where the climate is hot and wet. Pods grow upto 25cm long. Inside each pod there are around 45 white beans. Harvesting the pods is hardwork. Workers will often attach knives to long sticks in order to cut down the pods.
10. How chocolate is made…. After harvesting, the beans are fermented to improve the flavour. Fermentation turns the beans brown. The beans are covered in banana leaves. The beans are left to ferment for 6 days.
11. How chocolate is made…. The beans are put into sacks of around 70kgs, graded for quality and sold to the chocolate industry through ‘buyers’. The sacks are then transported to chocolate factories in the U.K., such as York.
12. How chocolate is made…. The beans are cleaned and roasted at the chocolate factory. They are then ground in order to make a liquid called cocoa liquor, which turns solid once cooled.
13. How chocolate is made…. The chocolate is turned into a paste and rolled. Milk is then added to the chocolate. Machines then stir the chocolate. Machines cool and heat the chocolate repeatedly to improve the appearance
14. How chocolate is made…. The chocolate is moulded into bars, or used to cover sweet centres. The finish product is packaged and sent to the shops.
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16. What if there weren’t any chocolate? What if there weren’t any chocolate? People would be healthier Mind Mapping - Negative Brainstorm