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University of Rhode Island

Food Safety Smart Curriculum

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
This is a must-have resource with everything you'll need for studying food safety with your pupils. From handwashing scorecards and cleaning kitchen surfaces to navigating the world of microbes and food-borne illnesses,...
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Curated OER

Raw Seafood ~ On the Half Shell

For Teachers 7th - 12th
The topic is fascinating, but there is not much for learners to do here. Food borne illness has always been a problem for humans to face, and here, data from the Center for Disease Control is analyzed. Learners look at the number of...
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Bacteria and Illness

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers research information on bacterium and their relationship to food borne diseases. In this science lesson plan, students complete internet research to construct and analyze the growth cure of common bacterium...
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Bacteria

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study food borne illnesses and what foods are more likely to carry them.  In this investigative instructional activity students examine harmful bacteria. 
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Nutrition and Food Science

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners examine the causes and symptoms of food-borne illnesses and ways to prevent them.  In this nutrition lesson plan students work in teams to investigate a type of food-borne illness and present a scenario about it. 
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Chapter 16, Food Biotechnology

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Although the points given on these slides are valid, the visual accessibility is poor. Consequently, many viewers would be distracted or entirely unable to view the presentation.  The content is a review of microorganisms and their...
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Food Preservation

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine the different food canning methods and how to be safe canning.  In this canning lesson students examine the hazards of improperly canning. 
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How Did That Get in My Lunch?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars view "The Danger Zone" to learn about food poisoning and the bacterial causes and prevention. Students look at slides, use a worksheet, "Microbial Bugs"and the internet to identify and learn about each bacterium.
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Epidemic, Plague, and Infection

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students investigate the illness borne in concentration camps. In this Holocaust lesson, students participate in a simulation that requires them to consider how ailments became epidemics in concentration camps.
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Other

Virginia State Department of Agriculture/consumer Sciences: About Food Poisoning

For Students 9th - 10th
This site about food poisoning discusses Staphylococcus Aureus - what it is, where the common sources of "staph" are, common symptoms, and what can be done to prevent contamination and infection.
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US Food and Drug Administration

Fda: Bad Bug Book

For Students 9th - 10th
Downloadable listing of bacterial foodborne illnesses, including clostridium perfringens. Worded so kids can understand it and includes pictures.