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Alabama A&M University participated in multiple food science sessions with high school teachers and students during the Fall 2011 semester. Further sessions are planned for the Spring 2012 semester in which Alabama A&M University will be visiting schools during science classes. Please contact Martha Verghese martha.verghese@aamu.edu for more information. |
Aim 1 Completed Efforts:
Rachel Pfuntner, a graduate student at Cornell University held a food safety workshop during the 2012 Conference of the New York Association of Agricultural Educators on June 24, 2012 in Croghan, NY.
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Cornell University held their first Food Safety Workshop for Middle and High School Science Teachers workshop on October 22, 2011. Nine teachers from NY state attended the 6-hour course which included lectures, demos, and hands-on sessions. For an agenda and learning outcomes, click here.
Cornell University submitted an abstract, entitled "Introducing Food Safety Investigation in the Science Classroom" and presented two back-to-back sessions at the 2011 Science Teachers Association of New York State (STANYS) conference on November 7, 2011 in Rochester, NY. Cornell University held an interactive workshop through the Cornell Institute of Biology Teachers on Food Safety Investigation in the Science Classroom on January 14, 2012. Twenty teachers attended this one-hour session, which involved an interactive demonstration of investigating a foodborne illness outbreak. Dr. Alicia Orta-Ramirez and Travis Chapin from the Department of Food Science at Cornell University traveled to White Marsh, Maryland to present an interactive workshop on Food Science and Food Safety Investigations in the Classroom for middle and high school chemistry, life science, and nutrition and consumer science teachers from Harford County Public Schools. The event was hosted by Steve Andon of TIC Gums at the company's headquarters and production facility on April 28, 2012. |
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