Aim 2 Title:
Develop and deliver K-12 food safety activities and experiments to be taught by graduate and undergraduate students
Aim 2 Project Team:
Aim 2 team leader:
Alicia Orta Ramirez, Cornell University; contact ao98@cornell.edu
Aim 2 team members:
Haley Oliver, Purdue University; contact hfoliver@purdue.edu
Martha Verghese, Alabama A&M University; contact martha.verghese@aamu.edu
Angela J. Roberts, Texas Wesleyan University; contact anroberts@txwes.edu
Salam A. Ibrahim, North Carolina A&T State University; contact ibrah001@ncat.edu
Travis Chapin, Cornell University; contact <tkc24@cornell.edu>
Aim 2 Current Efforts:
Cornell Food Science at STANYS Workshop: Cornell Food Science will present a hands-on session during the Science Teachers Association of New York State (STANYS) Annual Conference held in Rochester, NY, on November 5-8, 2011. This program will be taught by food safety graduate students at Cornell and is targeted towards middle and high school students. Materials can be requested from Rachel Pfuntner at <rcp26@cornell.edu>.
Cornell University is currently planning their first high school teachers' workshop for October 22, 2011 (for additional information, check back with us on August 2011).
The North Carolina A&T food microbiology and safety laboratory will conduct two-one day workshops (Details will be posted early fall 2011) on food safety as part of the fall semester agricultural research program at North Carolina A&T. This program will be taught by the graduate students in the food and nutritional science; the audience for these workshops will be high school students. For more details, check with Judith C. Simon at JSimon@dpi.state.nc.us Materials will be posted here and can be requested from Salam A. Ibrahim at ibrah001@ncat.edu.
Aim 2 Completed Efforts:
Cornell University hosted a 2 1/2 day workshop on food safety as part of the 4H Career Explorations conference at Cornell June 28-30. This program was taught by food safety graduate students at Cornell and targeted juniors and seniors in high school. Materials are posted here and can be requested from Travis Chapin at <tkc24@cornell.edu>. 
North Carolina A&T State University
- High school summer scholar poster presentations:
- Dedrick Dunton: Antimicrobial activity of ascorbic acid alone or in combination with lactic acid on Escherichia Coli O157:H7 in laboratory medium.
- Caleb S. Locklear: Antimicrobial activity of onion extract against Escherichia coli O157:H7.
- Lisa Wamban: The Effects of Selected Rat Poison on the Growth of Yogurt Culture.
