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- 5th - 8th
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Students use the scientific process of investigation to explore the mechanics of making ice cream, bread, pancakes, Kool-Aid and cake. They research foods and agriculture from the 1930's. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students study who is involved in processing and keeping the food safe in dining out situations. They examine the procedures restaurants take for cleanliness and safety while identifying the role of the Food Code in restaurant inspections. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students study food chains, producers, consumers, and decomposers. They play a food chain game and create food chain mobiles or posters. They take a nature hike around the school and observe various parts of a food chain. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - Higher Ed
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Students examine the process for testing GM foods. They research benefits and hazards of a selection of GM foods. They also create images of new labels and marketing for GM foods. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 9th
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Students read an article about how Internet games are now being used for advertising junk food. They debate the issue and complete comprehension worksheets about the article. Full Review »
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- 8th - 12th
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Students read an article about how Internet games are now being used for advertising junk food. They debate the issue and complete comprehension worksheets about the article. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 10th
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Students identify safe practices that must be followed to assure the food chain from the farm or ranch to dinner table is providing safe and quality food for the consumer. Students visit websites to examine numbers of food borne illnesses in their area, take a trip to the cafeteria to discuss safe practices and conduct a lab experiment to find bacteria in the classroom. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students gain knowledge of the complexity of the food system. They are taught how the system affects food safety, and identify a student's responsibilities when buying, handling, cooking and eating foods. The class utilizes newspapers as teaching and learning tools that encourages students to become creative thinkers and readers of newspapers. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 8th
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Students examine profit margin on grocery products and management of inventory in grocery stores, explain or demonstrate mechanical principle of how bar code reader uses light to change information on paper to information computer can read, use codes to represent information, and be able to read bar codes and calculate the check digit. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students explore ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics and cartouches. Then they develop their own written code to represent their names. Students also sculpt and use their code to create their own cartouche. Finally, they research the symbols Egyptians used and write a message with these symbols. Full Review »

