Food Safety Lessons for Middle School Students
These lessons were designed by the Penn State Extension program to supplement the Newspapers in Education (NIE) Supplement called Food Safety: From Farm to Table. Each lesson includes lesson summaries, lesson plans, overheads, worksheets, handouts, teacher information sheets, lesson quizzes, and the National Education Standards met by this lesson.
Foodborne Illness Outbreak Investigation
The University of Delaware's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences has developed a set of resources for teaching the science of foodborne illness, prevention, and outbreak resolution. The resources include powerpoints, case studies, and online interactive web-based activities that can assist teachers in developing a food safety unit for their classroom.
The Pathogen Tracker Game
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The game centers around Listeria monocytogenes, a potentially deadly cause of "food “food poisoning," ” especially in pregnant women. Listeria was the featured organism for the initial prototype of the Pathogen Tracker bioinformatics system developed at the Laboratory of Food Microbiology & Pathogenesis of Foodborne Diseases directed by Dr. Martin Wiedmann.
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Instructional materials for middle school and high school food safety modules (including detailed lesson plans and worksheets) were developed by graduate students Travis Chapin, Rachel Pfuntner, and Matt Stasiewicz and pilot tested with 61 students during 4-H Career Explorations and at 4-H Camp Bristol Hills. These materials may be of interest to middle school and high school teachers in life sciences, consumer sciences, and forensics.
4H High School Food Safety Lesson Plan
Teaching Plan_Bristol Hills.docx
Was it something they ate? memo bristol hills 2013.docx
Bristol Hills "Was it something they ate" Memo? memo career ex.docx
Attack Rate Table_Ice cream.docx
Attack Rate Table_Ice cream (Blank).docx
Bristol Hills Attack Rate Table_picnic
Bristol Hills Attack Rate Table_picnic (Blank)
Protocol for culturing bacteria.docx
Post-Assessment Career Ex.docx
Pre-Assessment Bristol Hills.docx
Post-Assessment Bristol Hills.docx
Evaluation Sheet-Reactions-Career Ex.doc
Evaluation Sheet-Reactions-Bristol Hills.doc
Cornell University National GAPs Program's Food Safety Investigation Curriculum
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Information for Students and Teachers
This page has many links to valuable teacher resources: the Science and Our Food Supply middle and high school supplementary curricula, which are linked to the NSES and include five modules following food from farm to table; and, the Food Safe Schools Action Guide, which has roles for everyone in any given school from the teacher to the cafeteria manager to the school nurse. The Action Guide also includes the supplementary curriculum.
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Dr. X and the Quest for Food Safety
An award-winning video that accompanies the middle and high school supplementary food science curricula---"Science “Science and Our Food Supply"Supply”
Food Safe Schools Action Guide
The Guide represents the state of the science in school based foodborne illness prevention.
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CDC Food Safety Office
The homepage for CDC's CDC’s Food Safety Office with links to many resources for food safety.
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Disease Detectives
This website comes from the Cleveland Museum. In this activity, students conduct an outbreak investigation using some of the same methods as epidemiologists or "disease detectives" “disease detectives” working in the field. The site has teacher resources and student worksheets.
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Fight Bac!
This page is a consumer food safety resource with links to curriculum materials and downloads on safe food handling information from the Partnership for Food Safety Education. This organization saves lives and improves public health through research-based, actionable consumer food safety initiatives that reduce foodborne illness.
FSIS Recalls
USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service's Service’s links to information about recalls and public health alerts that involve meat, poultry, and processed egg products.
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Free Bacteriology Textbook
A free textbook with information about Listeria and listeriosis as well as all other areas of microbiology.
Hands On: Real-World Lessons for Middle School Classrooms
Hands On teaches middle school students key food safety concepts while meeting Common Core Standards in Math and Language Arts and state mandated curriculum standards science and social studies.
Listeriosis: General Information
Frequently asked questions about listeriosis.
Medical Mysteries
Medical Mysteries is a problem-based adventure game that engages the student in the role of scientist, historian, and detective. The game has three missions, each of which helps the student understand how infectious diseases are spread. There are several teacher and student resources found on the site.
Microbes 1: What's What’s Bugging You
The focus of this middle level lesson is the relationship between microorganisms and foodborne illness, as well as the implications that foodborne illness has on human health.
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juju job search engine
Another good source with many examples for careers in food safety and disease prevention.
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