| This lesson is discrete and can be taught
as a single lesson or in conjunction with others in this series.
The Teacher Resources include pre-and
post-tests for this lesson; these may be used at the teacher's
discretion. The lesson includes three activities. |
- Students will learn that bacteria grow quickly and where some
bacteria can grow.
- Students will begin to understand that bacteria
may be in food as a result of a sick person contaminating the
food.
- Students will learn that when food is left out in temperatures
between 40°F (4°C) and 140°F (60°C), these
temperatures are ideal for the growth of bacteria.
- Students
will learn a simple rule related to food safety: “Keep
it clean. Keep it cold or keep it hot. Or don't you dare eat
what's not.”
- Students will learn that bacteria can multiply
if cold foods become warm.
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- The Mystery of the Poisoned Panther Picnic video [12:57
minutes]
- Danger Zone overhead transparency (optional) (see Teacher
Resources)
- Food Safety Rules Fact Sheet
- Optional material: Food Safety: The Mystery of the
Poisoned Panther Picnic: Youth Curriculum (Dept. of Food and
Nutrition, Purdue
University, (765) 494-8228, $10.00)
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- Send for and review The
Mystery of the Poisoned Panther Picnic video, $20.00.
- Prepare the
overhead transparency Danger Zone.
- Ask that a video tape recorder
and monitor be placed in your room.
- Place this rule on the board: “Keep
it clean. Keep it cold or keep it hot. Or don't you dare eat
what's not.”
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| This lesson was drawn from Lesson 2 “The Mystery of the Poisoned
Panther Picnic” found in Food Safety: The Mystery of the Poisoned
Panther Picnic: Youth Curriculum by Purdue University Cooperative
Extension Service, pages 9-11. “Danger Zone” overhead
transparency and “Food Safety
Rules Fact Sheet” were
also drawn from the Youth Curriculum, pages 13-15.
“The
Producer through Consumer: Partners to a Safe Food Supply” curriculum found in Food Safety: The Mystery of the
Poisoned Panther Picnic: Youth Curriculum was developed to help
fourth, fifth, and sixth graders see how they fit into the food
safety system. The curriculum consists of five sequential lessons
along with an optional field trip activity. Each lesson includes
a detailed teaching plan with overhead transparency masters, game
cutout sheets, and background fact sheets. Fourth grade teachers
of this curriculum may be interested to review the additional lessons
found in this well-developed curriculum. |
