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

MATERIALS

Day 1 

For Each Team of Students 

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Lose a Million Bacteria game template 

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Materials to make slides and/or signs 

Day 2

 

For the Class 

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Overhead projector 

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Raffle-style tickets with the same number on both ends 

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Drawing bowl 

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2 chairs — one for the host and one for the contestant 

(placed at the front of the room like a game show set) 

For Each Team 

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Overhead transparencies or signs with food safety questions 

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Signs to illustrate each bacterial level (1,000,000 / 750,000 / 

500,000 / 250,000) 

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“Winner” and “Applause” signs (optional) 

INTRODUCTION

You’ve heard of the popular TV game show, “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” Well, now it’s your turn to play! But in this 

game we don’t win a million, we lose a million. Don’t have a million to lose? Oh, yes you do! We’re not talking dollars here, 

we’re talking BACTERIA! Yes, it’s the Lose a Million Bacteria game. Today we’re going to prepare our questions for the game. 

Tomorrow you’ll have a chance to use your food safety knowledge and lose a million bacteria! 

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GETTING STARTED

The Lose a Million Bacteria game is an 

excellent way to evaluate what your 

students have learned throughout the 

food safety unit, but more importantly, 

it is a fun and exciting way to challenge 

them to think, create, interact, and 

participate!