I feel this tour would be most appropriate for the Elementary school level, probably grades 2-3. This was a virtual tour of the Hershey's chocolate making process. It starts with the harvesting of beans and follows the process until finished products are made. The videos are pretty interesting and show a process that would be tough to explain without a video showing how it is done. It would probably be best used as part of a hands on science unit or to go alongside something the students were doing. If the class read a book about chocolate then something like this could be shown. Another possibility for application into the classroom would be if the class was working with nutrition and were discussing sweets or candy.
I feel the tour is very simple though and doesn't focus on much of the science of the process or the mechanics. It's just a very brief "here is how it's done" without information that could make the processes more understandable. The simplicity is a flaw which is why I see it only useful for very young students or not useful at all.
The field trip is available at http://www.thehersheycompany.com/about-hershey/our-story/making-our-chocolate.aspx
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