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# Food Scientist

You test and invent new foods in a lab.

You run careful experiments to make food safer and tastier. That means measuring exactly, changing one thing at a time, and knowing how materials behave. School science is the job.

Category: Food, Arts & Sport
Page: https://lightmysky.com/careers/food-scientist

## Subjects it draws on

- [Science](https://lightmysky.com/learn/science)
- [Mathematics](https://lightmysky.com/learn/mathematics)

## The topics behind it

- [States of Matter Vocabulary](https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/states-of-matter-vocabulary-mt_1JFUNQDwAJ): Food turns from solid to liquid and back, and you need the words for those changes.
- [Describing Material Properties](https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/describing-material-properties-mt_auVZZEuXjs): Describing how a food feels and behaves helps you improve it.
- [Controlling variables](https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/controlling-variables-mt_ArVBEpMAPk): Changing just one thing at a time tells you what really made the difference.
- [Fair testing (age 9+)](https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/fair-testing-age-9-mt_5PgQB0QkWi): A fair test is the only way to trust what your experiment shows.
- [Choosing measurement units](https://lightmysky.com/learn/mathematics/choosing-measurement-units-mt_DOe893F6gN): Picking the right unit to measure with keeps your results clear.
- [Comparing data sets with averages and range](https://lightmysky.com/learn/mathematics/comparing-data-sets-with-averages-and-range-mt_XSXnTQoQ4l): You compare measurements from each test batch to spot the best one.

## Areas it leans on

- Science: Matter & Materials
- Science: Scientific Inquiry
- Mathematics: Measurement
- Mathematics: Data & Statistics