Food Safety

Key message

Keep hot foods hot and cold foods cold

Objectives

As a result of this lesson, participants will be able to:

Basic

• Recognize the role of germs in food safety

• Explain the key steps to keeping food safe

• Practice proper handwashing

Advanced

• Strategize how to safely store different foods

Supplies and prep

• Share the vocabulary list and writing exercise for this lesson with your ELL teaching partner one week before the class date. 

• Select activities from the menu of activities in this lesson. Which ones suit your learners? How many do you have time for?

• Shop for, print and prepare materials you will need. See the supplies list in this lesson. 

• Technology: Check that wifi will allow you to show slides, videos and play music. If not, download slides and videos to a device that can run them in the room you will be using for class. 

Core activities in this lesson

• Focused breathing

• How germs grow and spread - in 3 parts OR Hand washing demo

• Do you ... Food safety

• Separating foods

• Find the kitchen hazards on the handout

• Move to the music

• Cook and taste

• Say and write vocabulary words

• Microwave safety and container materials

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Optional activities for advanced English language learners

• Practice using a food thermometer

• What if ... discussion scenarios

• Storing food - understanding use-by dates

• Writing practice -sentences

Optional for all learners

• Pass the germy chicken