How chocolate is made interactive site

I found this great website that is interactive and discusses how to make chocolate. I like it because it would be fun for students, and it is very informative (I even learned something)! It starts you off with growing coco beans and takes you through the entire process up to making it into a chocolate bar (allowing you to cut down the bean, stir the chocolate etc...).  I am going to use this site as my introduction to my chocolate themed Valentines Day.  Let me know what you think of the site, or if you know of a better one.

Click here to go to the site.

Valentines Day Writing Prompt

So if you haven't figured out already my theme for Valentines Day is chocolate. I plan to write more posts about my activates,  so stayed tuned for that! This will be my morning writing prompt for Valentines Day. Hope you enjoy and if you have any chocolate themed activities comment below!

Good morning and happy Valentines Day! Today we are going to have a great day! Please complete the prompt in your journals :)

If I were a piece of Valentines Day candy I would be...... because....

Valentines Day Science Lab: Melting point of chocolates

I can across this on the Hershey website and thought it would be a fun activity for my class.

Materials:
- Milk chocolate chips
- White chocolate chips
- Dark chocolate chips
- Hot plate
- Bowls
- Stop watch

Objective: To see which type of chocolate will melt the fastest.

Have students make a prediction. You could make a graph as well.

Break class into groups.

Give each group one of each type of chocolate.

Have the groups put the chocolate in a bowl one at a time on the hot plate and time how long it takes to melt.

Have them record their observations.