When bugs have you on the run
Activities
Science and our food supply - middle school guide (US Food and Drug Administration)
Module 4 - retail and home – students examine the preparation of food in retail food-service establishments and in the home through a series of lessons and activities. Activities include team 'management' of a supermarket department and culture of bacteria from hamburgers cooked at different temperatures.
Access Excellence (USA)
Hand-washing laboratory activities – two activities determining whether hand washing removes microorganisms from the skin. Background information on hand washing is available.
Newton's Apple (USA)
Antibiotics and antibiotic resistance – activities and background information.
National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science (University of Buffalo, USA)
The benign hamburger – introduces students to the concept of irradiation as a food preservation technique. Case teaching notes are available.
Irradiation: Is it consumer-friendly? – explores the response of students to food irradiation. Case teaching notes are available.
Seeing Science (Central Laboratory of the Research Councils, UK)
Keeping food safe – two lessons to teach pupils about food preservation techniques and the growth of microbes.
Page updated February 2010.