Glendale Chocolate Affaire-The Science of Chocolate

Date(s)
4:00 pm - 10:00 pm Friday, Feb 3, 2012
9:00 am - 10:00 pm Saturday, Feb 4, 2012
11:00 am - 5:00 pm Sunday, Feb 5, 2012

Cost
FREE

Venue
Downtown Glendale / Murphy Park

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Type: Signature Event
Region: West Valley
Topic: Arts, Culture and Social Science, Bioscience, Health and Medicine, Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics

This is a free admission chocolate festival, with over 3 dozen chocolatiers, kids rides, musical performances, horse and carriage rides, chocolate factory tours (Cerreta's), romance novelists, writing seminars, festival food, beer, wine, and craft, commercial and gift booths.

Come experience the science and medicinal properties of chocolate with Dr. Francisco Villarreal, professor of medicine at the University of California, San Diego at the Glendale Chocolate Affair. This presentation will be complemented all day by Arizona SciTech Festival science of chocolate booth.

PBS LearningMedia Resources

How Chocolate Can Save the Planet Audio Broadcast

Growing chocolate could help preserve the rainforest and reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere: "Morning Edition" audio broadcast.

 

QUEST: The Sweet Science of Chocolate

 

Chocolate makers explain the elaborate engineering and chemistry behind this tasty treat.

Reading a Thermometer

In this video segment from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad learns how to read a thermometer as they try to keep their chocolate sculpture from melting.

Squishy Edibles

Develop skills in measuring dry and liquid substances by creating individual "dirt puddings" from a chocolate pudding mix and gummy worms. Share the activity with a friend.