Chocolate

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**Software**
Google Earth

**Websites**
Cacao Web A feature with photographs about chocolate production and manufacture. World Meteorological Association Maps, monthly average temperatures and total rainfall figures. UNCTAD Features statistics and information from the International Cocoa Organisation. National Geographic Useful background information: On the Trail of Chocolate (with further links). Dubble Information and videos for children, ‘Bean 2 Bar’. Scharffenberger Explains the process of chocolate making at their factory. Cocoaskiss Provides useful information and photographs for teachers about everything to do with chocolate. National Geographic Photographs of deforestation in the rainforest. Rainforest Saver Explains what slash-and-burn farming is. Eden project Explains the importance of the rainforest. Sustainable Tree Crops Information about sustainable cocoa, coffee and cashew production. Chocolate History Features Columbus, Cortès and Montezuma in the history of chocolate. Exploratorium Explores the history of chocolate. About.com An historical timeline of the cocoa bean. SFU A world atlas of chocolate and useful history. Kinderart Information for teachers about making pottery. KidsPast Has a biography of Cortès. Mr Donn Has a feature about Cortès and the Aztec empire. BBC History Biographical information about Cortès. Aztec-Indians Has historical, religious and cultural information. National Maritime Museum has an interactive ‘triangular trade’ map. Wikipedia Provides photographs and information on the slave trade. Mr Donn A feature and lesson plans about the Atlantic slave trade. Xocoatl Information and photographs about the life cycle of the cacao tree. Scharffenberger Information and photographs of the cacao pod and beans. Cadbury Nutritional information on all its chocolate products. KidsHealth website has a series of features about healthy eating. Choose My Plate Information about the main food groups. Exploratorium Explores different activities using chocolate. Nestlé Information about its fair trade chocolate bar. Dubble Information about fair trade chocolate. Nestlé Information about fair trade and its cocoa plan. DAGOBA Organic Chocolate website has information about its fair trade chocolate. Hershey’s Information about its social responsibility. SFU A world atlas of chocolate and information about the main consumers. Hotel Chocolat website has information about the British cocoa grower and chocolatier that is committed to ‘Engaged Ethics’ [|All About Chocolate] - a very in-depth site with lots of information. [|How Chocolate Works] - lots of information. [|Chocolate History] - a timeine of chocolate history [|History of Chocolate] [|The Story of Chocolate] - lots of information about the history of chocolate [|Chocolate History Timeline] - interesting application from Google. Worth a look. [|Food Timeline] - a detailed timeline that dates back 17000BC. Interesting. [|Ancient Chinese Food] [|Ice Cream History] [|History of Fast Food] [|The Production of Chocolate] - information and pictures from the cocoa bean to the chocolate bar. [|The Dark Side of Chocolate]- some of the problems associated wioth producing chocolate [|The Cocoa Story] - lots of information, more difficult to read. [|Cocoa Information] [|Cocoa Farming in Ghana] [|Real Trees for Kids]- information about the types of trees and classifying them

**Videos**
To watch a YouTube video in safe mode, scroll to the bottom of the page and click on ‘Safety mode: Off’, then select the ‘On’ option. World Cocoa Foundation Information and videos about sustainable cocoa farming National Geographic Video about how organic farming of cacao is actually saving the rainforest in the Dominican Republic. Cargill Information and videos about its company’s sustainable sourcing of cocoa beans. [|Hersery’s] How we make chocolate