Nebraska Career and Technical Education Conference 2026

This session introduces middle and high school teachers to engaging ways to teach science concepts using food and the human senses. Participants will experience hands-on activities using sensory analysis – especially smell and taste –and simple food-based investigations that model real-world scientific thinking to explore food properties. By the end of the session, teachers will be able to implement sensory activities that encourage student questioning, evidence-based reasoning, and data interpretation, while increasing student engagement and curiosity about food science and related careers.