Visit this resource to read the full text of the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act passed under the Johnson administration.

Lesson Plan involving all aspects of reading a nutrition label. Emphasizes math skills. Includes links to a teacher outline, student copies and reference materials.

This is a comprehensive resource for information pertaining to health, nutrition and well being. Explore this site to learn more about food safety, food facts, health management and more.

Students learn about the unique challenges astronauts face while eating in outer space. They explore different food choices and food packaging. Students learn about the engineering design process, and then, as NASA engineering teams,...

Using a clip from In Defense of Food and photos of food packaging, students uncover five "tricky techniques" companies use to sell food products. Then, students create plans to eat foods instead of phuds to avoid the allure of clever...

See how dietary fat from food we eat travels through the digestive system, and gets packaged and stored in the human body. [2:07]

Juice boxes are so convenient, just poke the straw in and sip away. It might surprise you how much thought goes into the design and manufacturing of a juice box. Each manufacturer has carefully calculated how big each side should be to...

Explore how attractive packaging sells kids meals at fast food restaurants.

A list of kosher symbols from countries around the world that are found on packages of food products.

Look at a futuristic kitchen that has an intelligent workspace with built in counter scales, detection sensors for kinds of food, and software connected to RFID sensors to suggest ingredients for recipes and order groceries. Learn more...

Replica of the Salisbury, North Carolina railway station teaches about riding and working on the railroad in the 1920s when railroads were a central part of American life. Railroad lines crisscrossed the country. They carried people,...

If you've ever wondered how things are made - products like candy, cars, airplanes, or bottles - or if you've been interested in manufacturing processes, like forging, casting, or injection molding, then you've come to the right place....

Look at a futuristic kitchen that has an intelligent workspace with built in counter scales, detection sensors for kinds of food, and software connected to RFID sensors to suggest ingredients for recipes and order groceries. Learn more...

Look at a futuristic kitchen that has an intelligent workspace with built in counter scales, detection sensors for kinds of food, and software connected to RFID sensors to suggest ingredients for recipes and order groceries. Learn more...

Look at a futuristic kitchen that has an intelligent workspace with built in counter scales, detection sensors for kinds of food, and software connected to RFID sensors to suggest ingredients for recipes and order groceries. Learn more...