Simple experiment to test the food we eat

Do food tests (carbs, proteins, fats and vitamin c) and test various food items for these nutrients.

Play the nutrimania game to learn:

• Nutrient values in 40 different raw food items.
• Importance of balance diet & making your own balanced diet chart
• Role of each nutrient & their deficiency diseases

Formative Assessment Questions

Nutrimania!

The most basic and also the most enjoyable of all essentials of subsistence, food is one of man’s best friends. As we all know, food is the easiest way to a child’s heart, and also the most fulfilling of all experiences – metaphorically and physically.

But apart from the enjoyability quotient, food is necessary for survival – majorly because of the various nutrients and nourishment it provides. But what are these nutrients? How are they provided, and how are they segregated within a food? And most importantly, how does one maintain a balanced diet that consists of all nutrients?

With this multipurpose Do-It-Yourself project, not only will we answer all these questions for your curious child, we will address the growing problem of obesity and unbalanced diets, whilst also teaching children a crucial element of their academic syllabus.

First, this kit will teach how to perform food tests on more than 40 food items! With apparatus that we provide, your child will be able to test various food items for their nutrition content of carbohydrates, fats, proteins and vitamins!

And now we make it even more interesting – we introduce to you, our very own Nutrition trump-card game, Nutrimania! With the help of the game, your child will learn the importance of a balanced diet and how to make a balanced diet chart, along with the knowledge about the role of every single nutrient, and the diseases their deficiencies can cause!

The Components of Food project is a multi-faceted kit to introduce to your child with scientific basis, the monumental significance of a balanced diet, thus equipping them with an everyday knowledge of their food, to achieve a sense of accomplishment both academically and at home!

A nutritious diet of Knowledge and Science

The world is changing – waking up from their stupor of malnutrition, obesity and a lack of know-how. While everyone is bracing up and taking control of their diet, fitness and health, many of us have missed on the same chance to have begun a health-conscious life as children – but let’s not allow the same problem wreak havoc on our children!

With the help of Butterfly Fields’ DIY-Components of Food kit, we equip your child with the quintessential knowledge about food, nutrition, various nutrients, and the impact their dearth can have on your child’s body! This is not just beneficial to your child’s health, it also equips them with an academic knowledge very important to their syllabus!

First, this kit will teach how to perform food tests on more than 40 food items! With the apparatus that we provide, your child will be able to test various food items for their nutrition content of carbohydrates, fats, proteins and vitamins!

And now we make it even more interesting – we introduce to you, our very own Nutrition trump-card game, Nutrimania! With the help of this game, your child will learn the importance of a balanced diet and how to make a balanced diet chart, along with the knowledge about the role of every single nutrient, and the diseases their deficiencies can cause!

The Components of Food project is a multi-faceted kit to introduce to your child with scientific basis, the monumental significance of a balanced diet, thus equipping them with an everyday knowledge of their food, to achieve a sense of accomplishment both academically and at home!