Science and Our Food Supply: Investigating Food Safety from Farm to Table

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MIDDLE LEVEL

PROGRAM 

AT A

 GLANCE

With Science and Our Food Supply, you can now 

teach important science concepts using the timely 

topic of food safety. It’s a feast of food safety 

information and hands-on, minds-on lessons! 

Inside you’ll find a wide selection of inquiry-based 

lessons that provide you with several weeks of 

instruction. Guided by national education  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

standards, this program serves as a supplemental 

curriculum that can be easily incorporated into 

your Biology, Life Science, Consumer Science, 

Health, or related classes. Your students will get 

the inside scoop on microbes — how they live, 

grow, and s-p-r-e-a-d. They’ll go behind the 

scenes and be introduced to the latest food safety 

technologies that affect the foods they eat, and 

meet real-life scientists in a wide variety of 

science disciplines. 

Modular Format

The program is divided into the following 5 modules with 

background, activities and labs related to each module: 

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MODULE

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5

MODULE

UNDERSTANDING 

BACTERIA

FARM

PROCESSING and

TRANSPORTATION

RETAIL AND HOME

OUTBREAK and

FUTURE TECHNOLOGY