Eating insects - have a Hob Nob...

As part of our Year 7 work, we explore the eating of insects: entomophagy.

As part of this work I say that I am going to eat some insects (given that we have some edible ones ready for them).

I then open a packet of chocolate Hobnobs (one of my preferred biscuit options)

Think about a field of wheat and the wildlife that is within it when it is collected in a combine harvester and then sent to be processed...

It is inevitable that fragments of insect bodies, chitin and the like will be contained within any flour or similar cereals that may then become part of a biscuit.

The same goes for breakfast cereals and other products...

Should we be eating insects?

Year 7 have got to this point in the year again...

Insects - on the menu?

Another article on the eating of insects, which we look at later in Year 7.

Are insects the food of the future?

A good question.

STEM Talk

Gave the final talk to this year's STEM club. They have been exploring sustainability and done a range of experiments and other activities. I talked about everything from the psychology of hunger, to the impact of beef production. Here are my slides...

STEM Club Talk by GeoBlogs on Scribd