Camden, NJ- According to Matt Flowers of the Courier-Post, “Kneading dough for noodles. Counting vegetable servings. Measuring ounces of chicken.
It's all in a hard day's work for a research and development engineer at Campbell Soup Co."
It's all in a hard day's work for a research and development engineer at Campbell Soup Co."
"Thirty Camden Academy Charter High School students got to play that role during Campbell's second annual STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Career Accelerator Day Thursday.
Career Accelerator Day was presented by STEMconnector — a national initiative that maps out STEM education and activities in organizations throughout the state.
The program aims to expose 10,000 high school students to engage in STEM careers through a hands-on and observational visit and interaction with professionals.
Campbell's employees created an experiential program showcasing culinary and food sciences inside the R&D laboratories.
Each student used their culinary skills to make a product, package it, and sell it to hungry consumers. They were asked to create a recipe and package design for one of Campbell's more recent products: "Star Wars" chicken noodle soup.
Students got their hands dirty becoming chefs for a day, adding ingredients such as starch, chicken and carrots into a can of soup. They also observed how the entire company works as a whole to get food into grocery stores across the country.
Fifteen-year-old sophomore Julianna Jimena enjoyed the experience.
"It was fun," the engineering major said. "I liked how it was hands-on instead of them just talking to us because it's nice to get a feel of what they do instead of hearing it."”
For the complete story click here: http://www.courierpostonline.com/story/news/local/south-jersey/2015/10/22/stem-campbell-soup-camden/74267086/.
Career Accelerator Day was presented by STEMconnector — a national initiative that maps out STEM education and activities in organizations throughout the state.
The program aims to expose 10,000 high school students to engage in STEM careers through a hands-on and observational visit and interaction with professionals.
Campbell's employees created an experiential program showcasing culinary and food sciences inside the R&D laboratories.
Each student used their culinary skills to make a product, package it, and sell it to hungry consumers. They were asked to create a recipe and package design for one of Campbell's more recent products: "Star Wars" chicken noodle soup.
Students got their hands dirty becoming chefs for a day, adding ingredients such as starch, chicken and carrots into a can of soup. They also observed how the entire company works as a whole to get food into grocery stores across the country.
Fifteen-year-old sophomore Julianna Jimena enjoyed the experience.
"It was fun," the engineering major said. "I liked how it was hands-on instead of them just talking to us because it's nice to get a feel of what they do instead of hearing it."”
For the complete story click here: http://www.courierpostonline.com/story/news/local/south-jersey/2015/10/22/stem-campbell-soup-camden/74267086/.
