Food Science

Monday, May 22, 2023

Objective: Determine what staple food products are and where they are found in the world.

Leading Question: What is a staple food product?

World Food Industry

Festival of the Nations Project


Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Objective: Identify a major staple food product from a country and describe its production

Leading Question:  What is a major staple food in the U.S.?

Festival of the Nations Project


Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Objective: Demonstrate the dehydration process

Leading Question: What are 6 preservation processes?

My Plate

Discuss other food preservation processes

Dehydration lab

Prepare for tomato sauce lab 


Thursday, May 25, 2023

Objective: Present Festival of the Nations Project

Leading Question: What was your favorite food and why?

Visit each nation and read about the food 

Complete the 5 questions associated with every food product



Friday, May 26, 2023

Objective: Demonstrate a fermentation process

Leading Question: What preservation process is making cheese?

Make cheese 

Enjoy dehydrated food


Monday, May 29, 2023

No School


Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Objective: Demonstrate the canning process

Leading Question:  How do you prepare tomatoes for canning? 

Tomato sauce canning lab


Wednesday, May 31, 2023

Objective: Describe how gluten is used to make breads

Leading Question: Name 4 foods that are fermented.

Make pizza crust


Thursday, June 1, 2023

Objective: Demonstrate safe food handling

Leading Question: How does yeast make bread rise?

Make pizza and enjoy

Clean up food science lab


Friday, June 2, 2023

Objective: Clean up lab areas

Leading Question:  What part of My Plate was found on your pizza?

Clean small animal lab and greenhouse

Turn in interactive notebook

Additional Curriculum

Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Leading Question: What are some different types of bacteria?

Present Festival of the Nations Project

Understanding bacteria

Watch understanding bacteria video

Bacteria lab


Thursday, May 25, 2023

Leading Question: What bacteria would you least want to come in contact with and why?

Unwanted bacteria

Choose a bacteria to research and create a profile poster.


Friday, May 26, 2023

Leading Question: What are the 4 C's relating to food contamination?

Farm to Table

Watch farm to table video.

Trace a food product (hot dog, cheese, bun, relish or banana) from farmers to produce pickers, milkers, truckers, processors, grocery workers, shelf stockers,  and restaurant workers.  Include where contamination can occur using the 4 C's. 

Thursday, May 25, 2023

Temperatures effect on bacterial growth

Watch video on processing and transportation.

Complete the Blues the Clue lab.


Monday, May 10, 2021

Food Safety Lab setup.


Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Food Safety Lab 


Wednesday, May 12, 2021

Food Safety Lab setup.


Friday, May 14, 2021


Monday, May 17, 2021

Ultra High Pressure Treatment

Complete the UHT lab experiment.


Tuesday, May 18, 2021

Retail foodservice and food safety

Watch Retail and Home Part 1 of the video.

Develop a game plan to ensure that food is safe to consume in a food establishment of their choice.  Use the food safety checklist to help you.  Design an innovative presentation to present to the class.


Wednesday, May 19, 2021

Leading Question: What is the danger zone?

Present Fast Food Restaurant findings to the class.

Watch Retail and Home Part 2 of the video.

Complete the Cooking right - Temperature investigation lab


Thursday, May 20, 2021

Leading Question: How does chilling food affect the product?

Complete the " A Chilling Investigation" lab.


Friday, May 21, 2021

Complete the "Don't cross me" lab.

Connect the three labs together and relate them to your food safety pathogen.

Week 19

Monday, May 24, 2021

Present your food safety pathogen profile to class.

Complete the outbreak investigation activity.