Curated OER
The Pizza Puzzle
Learners identify the origin and preparation of the main ingredients in pizza. They identify the food safety procedures followed in a pizza factory and then prepare and eat a pizza in class.
Curated OER
The Microwave
Students identify advantages and disadvantages of microwave cooking. They apply principles of microwave cooking in food preparation.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Typhoid Fever
This resource offers excellent information regarding the life-threatening illness, Typhoid Fever.
Other
State of Utah: Typhoid Fever [Pdf]
This site offers a description, symptoms, treatment and prevention of typhoid fever. Requires Adobe Reader. [PDF]
US Department of Agriculture
Food Safety & Inspection Service: Salmonella
Answers to many questions about the salmonella bacteria and its reputation as the #1 reported cause of foodborne illness.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Salmonella Infections
Site provides a general description of Salmonellosis, the foodborne illness caused by salmonella. Focuses on kids and kids' health and gives excellent information about the virus.
Careers New Zealand
Careers New Zealand: Environmental Health Officer
Description of the career of an environmental health officer or inspector. Page includes tasks and duties, skills and knowledge, education and training, employment outlook and wages (in New Zealand), as well as a profile of a working...
Other
Food network.com
Rely on the Food Network for guidance in your kitchen. Whether you are planning a dinner party, making a quick and easy meal, or you need ideas on healthy meals, the Food Network provides advice for your everyday cooking needs.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Salmonella
This resource general information including the most frequently asked questions about salmonella. Also technical information and links to articles about outbreaks.
Other
British Nutrition Foundation: Food a Fact of Life (11 14 Years)
A rich collection of eleven learning modules that cover a wide range of topics, including nutrition, diet and health, food science, agriculture, food preparation, food processing, food safety, and more. Modules have PowerPoints,...
Other
New Jersey Health Department: Typhoid Fever [Pdf]
This site from the New Jersey Health Department provides general information about Salmonella Typhi or better know typoid fever. PDF
Other
New Jersey Health Department: Salmonella
General information from the New Jersey department of health about salmonella.
PBS
Pbs: About All You Can Eat: A Feast at Plimouth Plantation
A lesson in the culinary delicacies of the Plymouth Plantation in 1627. In this integrated lesson, students examine the history of foods eaten during this colonial era and prepare an actual meal based on what they have learned. This...
Curated OER
Kids Health: Take a Look at Cooking
At this site discover the world of cooking and meal preparation through these simple guidelines for finding recipes and creating meals. This article is organized into the following sections: "Kitchen Basics," "The Best Kinds of Recipes,"...
Other
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: Eat Right: Home Food Safety
Click on the cutting board to gain more information on the nine tips presented for handling food safely.
About Kids Health
About Kids Health: Involving Kids in Meal Time Tasks
Involving children of all ages in household activities will help them learn life skills. Involving them in the kitchen creates family bonds and teaches healthy habits. Find out how engaging your child in mealtime tasks can help them...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Party Time
The purpose of this instructional activity is to demonstrate culinary arts through the planning of a theme party. This project would be the culmination of a semester of work in food preparation.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: About All You Can Eat: Superfoods
Explore the advent of corn as a nutritional staple in the human diet. Observe popping corn and measure differences in the mass of the corn before and after heating, and make pH indicators using fruit, flowers or vegetables.
New York State Dept. of Health
New York State: Communicable Disease Fact Sheet: Typhoid Fever
A brief review of this disease and it's symptoms.
Other
Oregon Freeze Dry/how Freeze Drying Works
The process and benefits of freze-drying foods is discussed. The application of sublimation principles to the process is explained and illustrated.