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

9

MIDDLE LEVEL

ACTIVITIES & LABS

Module 1 activities and labs introduce the big-picture topic of bacteria and 

how it relates to food and food safety.

The Big Picture 

activity explains that food safety is everyone’s 

responsibility. 

Time to Tune In

  

The video module introduces Dr. X, the  

crusading food scientist who will lead  

students through the entire series of Science 

and Our Food Supply program modules.

Bacteria Everywhere 

lab shows that bacteria are everywhere 

and can spread from one surface to the next, potentially  

contaminating things that come in contact with food.

The 12 Most Unwanted Bacteria

 

activity introduces a  

research project exploring the most common bacteria that 

cause foodborne illness.