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Integrate Food Safety Interactive Activities Into Your Curriculum!! |
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All students can relate to food! Anywhere there is food, there
could be risks of foodborne illness if proper practices are not learned
and practiced. Teaching safe food handling practices to children
at an early age has short- and long-term health benefits. Whether
you are teaching Science, Health, Family and Consumer Science, Math,
or Social Studies... take a closer look at the following lesson plans
that include National Health Education Standards.
The Food Safety Interactive Activities/Lesson Plans are a component
of the RI Food Safety Partnership Food-Safe School program, a collaboration
between Kids First, RI Healthy Schools! Healthy Kids! (Joint initiative
of the RI Departments of Education and Health Coordinated School
Health Program), and the University of Rhode Island Cooperative
Extension. Bridge Communications is our specialty partner for the
food safety interactive activities. The project is funded with
a multi-year grant from the US Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Bridge Communications, a Michigan based company, headed
by Alice R. McCarthy, Ph.D partnered with Kids First to create the
interactive activities/lesson plans. The lesson plans are available
on the Kids First website and are a component of the CDC
Food-Safe School Action Guide.
Dr. McCarthy is a nationally known civic leader, educator,
and writer. She completed research related to parent and teacher
satisfaction in a national health curriculum, Health ‘n
Me, in 2000-2001. Dr. McCarthy reviewed food safety curricula
from the National Agricultural Library, Michigan Department
of Education, the University of Rhode Island, and the CDC to
determine
which materials were to be used in the interactive activities.
The interactive activities were pilot tested in RI and NH schools
by Kids First.
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Thank you and special recognition to the following individuals
for the development, evaluation, and reproduction of the RI Food
Safety Interactive Activities: |
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 Alice McCarthy, Ph.D. President - Bridge Communications
Jessica Williams, Chef and Nutritionist - Kids First
Elizabeth Bugden, RI School Food Safety Specialist - Kids First
Laureen Motloch, Assistant to President - Bridge Communications
Midge Sabatini, - RI Department of Education
And
The Teachers and Students in RI and NH Schools who pilot tested the lessons!
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