STEM Jobs in Food and Nutrition (STEM Jobs You'll Love)

What great STEM job may be waiting for you? How about a job in food and nutrition? Have you ever looked at your dinner and thought about all the people who helped get it to your table? Learn all about food chemists, dieticians, and the farmers who grow the food we eat. How and what animals eat to ensure our meat is healthy, how fertilizers play a part in the safety of our fruits and vegetables, and how what you eat plays an important role in your health. So, count your calories and read along to find out all about this exciting STEM career! This book will allow students to understand how systems may interact with other systems; they may have sub-systems and be a part of larger complex systems. What is STEM? Chemistry and food The numbers in nutrition Animals need good food, too Agriculture and the farm Food safety technology Improving nutrition STEM job fact sheets Glossary Index Show what you know Websites to visit. This book set is packed with insight into real careers--from sports engineer to sound technician--plus insider photos, fun facts, vocabulary and more. There are also real-world math problems and extension activities An overview of the sorts of jobs available in food science, nutrition, and food technology. -- Source other than Library of Congress Introduces careers in food and nutrition that utilize science, technology, engineering, and math skills