| Introduce this lesson: (modify introduction related to the number of lesson you are teaching)
“In these next five lessons we are going
to learn how to get rid of 'bad' bacteria that gets in our food
and makes us sick. Has
anyone in this class heard their family members say 'we must have
eaten something bad?' Well, it wasn't that the food was 'bad' originally,
it was that bacteria or germs (write both words on the board) got
into the food and made it 'bad.' The bacteria combined with the food
and produced harmful microorganisms (write this word on the board)
that makes us sick. Today, we are going to see a video and talk about
how students in Mrs. Turkel's class got sick on at a school picnic
and how the students at Smart Elementary School learned not to let
that happen again! Watch for the words Clean, Separate, Chill, and
Cook in this fun video. Are we ready? The video lasts 16 minutes.
Watch carefully.” |
Ask the students:
“Can anyone tell me the first rule for
'fighting BAC'?” (Washing
hands thoroughly and washing fruits and vegetables. Write on the
board CLEAN.) Continue to ask the students the three other
rules for fighting bacteria:
- SEPARATE - to avoid cross-contamination;
- COOK - to 160 degrees
Fahrenheit;
- CHILL - to stop bacteria from multiplying) Place
the additional words on the board (SEPARATE, COOK, CHILL).
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| If you have purchased activity
books for each student, ask the students to take these booklets home
to complete. Ask the
students to have their parents sign that this has been done. Encourage
students to complete the activity book with their adult family members
and to read the storybook with their family. Give your students a
time period for the return of the booklet and/or storybook. |
State:
“Just so we don't forget the four important
rules of food safety, we are going to go around the room and let
each of you state one
of the rules. Let's start here with James and move around, OK?” |
Review the lesson by saying:
“You have learned four important rules
for keeping food safe today. Be sure to talk to your family about
these rules—Clean, Separate,
Cook, and Chill. You can help keep your family well if you explain
what we have learned today.” (If you are sending home
activity books and storybooks, provide a deadline for return.) |
- Leave the four rules of combatting germs on the
board. Ask the students to choose one and write an illustrated
story about
a bacterium they defeated by Cleaning, Separating, Cooking, and
Chilling.
- Have students who are computer literate check the web
site at www.KidsHealth.org and
find out about Salmonella and E.coli bacteria. An essay from
their findings can be written to share with the class.
- Suggest to the Art Department that students have knowledge that
can be put to work graphically. They can prepare food safety posters
that, with permission, can be posted in the school cafeteria.
- The
English or Social Studies teachers can ask third and fourth grade
students to research information about scientists who have
developed food safety methods that have saved thousands of lives (i.e.,
Louis Pasteur [1822-1895]). Each student can prepare an essay that can
be posted.
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