In this 3-6 day lesson, students complete multiple labs and explore capsaicin, peppers’ spicy molecule, and how we experience spice, extract spice, and get relief from spice.
 
Prerequisite: Students should have completed at least 2 days of our butter and vinaigrette lesson so they have the necessary background knowledge needed on solubility.
 
Grades: 6-9
 
This Lesson Includes:
Teacher Lesson Plan with Essential Questions, Objectives, and NGSS standards, Lab Preparation (Materials, Ingredients, Amazon Lists when appropriate, and Tips & Tricks) and day-by-day lesson plans
Classroom Slides with directions for lesson flow, turn and talk prompts, illustrations and graphics, embedded videos, and whole group reflection questions
Student Handouts with step-by-step lab directions and other activities
Videos: an instructional lab video and a fun and informative Science Snack video
 
All materials are included in the Google Drive folder