🍞 Sourdough Starter & Focaccia Bread Worksheets | Culinary Arts | Bread Science & Fermentation Activities

Bring the science (and smell!) of freshly baked bread to your classroom with these ready-to-use printable worksheets designed to pair perfectly with your Sourdough Starter & Focaccia Bread lesson.

Students will explore the biology, chemistry, and artistry behind breadmaking — learning how yeast, bacteria, and time work together to create texture, flavor, and rise. From starter observation logs to focaccia reflection sheets, this set makes food science hands-on, visual, and fun!

  ✏️ What’s Included

•  🧫 Sourdough Starter Observation Log: Daily tracking sheets for feeding, bubbling, and growth progress.

•  🍞 Focaccia Bread Lab Worksheet: Step-by-step reflection pages for recording texture, flavor, aroma, and technique.

•  🧠 Fermentation Science Notes: Simple, student-friendly pages explaining yeast activity, gluten development, and CO₂ production.

•  📚 History of Sourdough Reading & Response: Short comprehension activity connecting the San Francisco Gold Rush to modern breadmaking.

•  💬 Critical Thinking Prompts: “What happens if you don’t feed your starter?” “Why does fermentation slow in the fridge?”

•  🎨 Creative Extensions: Design-your-own focaccia flavor combinations and decorate bread art sketches.

•  🧾 Teacher Key & Setup Tips: Quick grading guide and flexible class timeline.

  🌟 Why Teachers Love It

✔️ Print-and-go for any kitchen or classroom setting. ✔️ Great companion to sourdough or yeast units. ✔️ Blends food science, cultural history, and hands-on skill practice. ✔️ Keeps students engaged through observation, creativity, and critical thinking.