Food Science
In this curriculum
Food Science CDE
Overall Knowledge Assessment
Unit 1 Intro Food Science
Lesson Plan 1
Lesson planLesson Plans & CurriculumLesson Plan 1 – IntroductionThis is the first of two lessons in Unit 1 from the National FFA Organization that introduces students to the food science…
WorksheetLesson Plans & CurriculumStudent Activity Sheets – Lesson Plan 1 Introduction (Non-Designed)A student activity worksheet in which learners explore careers in food science. Students watch an introductory video, research a food science career…
WorksheetLesson Plans & CurriculumStudent Activity Sheets – Lesson Plan 1 Introduction"My Career in Food Science" is a student activity packet that introduces learners to careers within the food science industry. Students watch…Lesson Plan 2
Lesson planLesson Plans & CurriculumFood Value Chains: Creating Shared Value to Enhance Marketing SuccessThis USDA Agricultural Marketing Service report (produced with the Wallace Center at Winrock International) explains what food value chains—values-based food supply chains—are,…Lesson planLesson Plans & CurriculumLesson Plan 2 AFNRThis is a National FFA Organization lesson plan (Unit 1, Lesson 2 of 2) titled "Food Science and the AFNR Value Chain."…
WorksheetLesson Plans & CurriculumStudent Activity Sheets – Lesson Plan 2 AFNR (Non-Designed)This resource is a set of student worksheets centered on consumer behavior and the Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (AFNR) Value Chain.…WorksheetLesson Plans & CurriculumStudent Activity Sheets – Lesson Plan 2 AFNRA set of student worksheets exploring the role of consumers in agricultural markets and the Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (AFNR) Value…Unit 2 Food Safety and Sanitation
Lesson Plan 1 Food Contamination-Chemical, Physical, Biological
Lesson planLesson Plans & CurriculumFood Safety and Defense Issues: Safety Quality Concerns (PowerPoint)This is an instructional presentation introducing food contamination, food safety, and food defense concepts. It distinguishes food safety concerns from food quality…
Lesson planLesson Plans & CurriculumLesson Plan 1 – Food ContaminationThis National FFA lesson plan (Unit 2: Lesson 1 of 2) teaches students to recognize the three main sources of food contamination—chemical,…
WorksheetLesson Plans & CurriculumStudent Activity Sheets – Lesson Plan 1 Food Contamination (Non-Designed)A set of student activity worksheets for a food science lesson on food quality and safety. Students complete a news-article bellringer on…
WorksheetLesson Plans & CurriculumStudent Activity Sheets – Lesson Plan 1 Food ContaminationA student worksheet packet on food quality and safety, published by the National FFA Organization. Through a bellringer news-article activity, a drawing…Lesson Plan 2 Product Spec Compliance
Lesson planLesson Plans & CurriculumLesson 2: Product Spec ComplianceThis is Lesson 2 of 2 in Unit 2, "Product Specification and Compliance," created by the National FFA Organization. It introduces students…WorksheetLesson Plans & CurriculumLesson 2 Product Spec Compliance – Student Activity Sheet (Non-Designed)This is a hands-on student activity worksheet on Food Product Specification compliance. Students select a food item, study its nutritional label, intentionally…WorksheetLesson Plans & CurriculumLesson 2 Product Spec Compliance – Student Activity SheetThis is a student activity worksheet on Food Product Specification compliance. Students select one food item, study its nutritional label, deliberately alter…
WorksheetLesson Plans & CurriculumLesson 2 Product Spec Compliance – Student Activity SheetThis is a student activity worksheet on Food Product Specification compliance. Students select one food item, study its nutritional label, deliberately alter…
Unit 3 Food Quality
Lesson Plan 1 HACCP
Lesson planLesson Plans & CurriculumHazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) (PowerPoint)This resource is a presentation on Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP), a food production process control system. It explains what…
Lesson planLesson Plans & CurriculumLesson 1: HACCPThis is Unit 3, Lesson 1 of 3 from the National FFA Organization on Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP). The…
WorksheetLesson Plans & CurriculumLesson 1 HACCP – Student Activity Sheet (Non-Designed)This is a student worksheet/activity packet introducing HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point) in food processing. Students answer questions from an introductory…
WorksheetLesson Plans & CurriculumLesson 1 HACCP – Student Activity SheetThis is a student worksheet packet on HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points) for food safety in meat processing. It includes a…
Lesson planLesson Plans & CurriculumLesson 1: HACCPThis is Unit 3, Lesson 1 of 3 from the National FFA Organization on Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP). The…WorksheetLesson Plans & CurriculumLesson 1 HACCP – Student Activity Sheet (Non-Designed)This is a student worksheet/activity packet introducing HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point) in food processing. Students answer questions from an introductory…WorksheetLesson Plans & CurriculumLesson 1 HACCP – Student Activity SheetThis is a student worksheet packet on HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points) for food safety in meat processing. It includes a…Lesson Plan 2 Safe Handling of Food
Lesson planLesson Plans & CurriculumEquipment and Facility Cleaning and Inspection (PowerPoint)This is a presentation on equipment and facility cleaning and inspection in the food processing industry. It covers cleaning and sanitizing procedures…Lesson planLesson Plans & CurriculumInformation Flyer – Food Safety ChainThis is an educational infographic from the Partnership for Food Safety Education illustrating the "Food Safety Chain of Prevention." It explains how…Lesson planLesson Plans & CurriculumKeeping Food Safe (PowerPoint)This is an instructional presentation on handling and preparing food safely. It explains food contamination and its sources, the importance of sanitation,…
Lesson planLesson Plans & CurriculumLesson 2: Safe Handling of FoodThis National FFA lesson plan (Unit 3, Lesson 2 of 3: "Safe Handling of Food") teaches students about Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs),…WorksheetLesson Plans & CurriculumLesson 2 Safe Handling of Food – Student Activity Sheets (Non-Designed)This is a student activity worksheet supporting a food safety lesson based on the "Keeping Food Safe" PowerPoint. It includes three activities:…
WorksheetLesson Plans & CurriculumLesson 2 Safe Handling of Food – Student Activity SheetsA student activity packet for the "Keeping Food Safe" food safety lesson, comprising three activities: creating a food safety "art" piece tied…Lesson Plan 3 Foodborne Illness & Allergens
Lesson planLesson Plans & CurriculumFoodborne Illnesses (PowerPoint)This is a presentation-style lesson on foodborne illnesses, covering what they are and how to prevent them. It explains the scope and…
Lesson planLesson Plans & CurriculumLesson 3: Foodborne Illness & AllergensThis is Lesson 3 of 3 in Unit 3 of a National FFA food science curriculum, introducing students to foodborne illnesses and…WorksheetLesson Plans & CurriculumLesson 3 Foodborne Illness & Allergens – Student Activity Sheets (Non-Designed)This is a student worksheet/lesson resource on food safety focused on foodborne pathogens and common food allergens. It includes a bell-ringer observation…WorksheetLesson Plans & CurriculumLesson 3 Foodborne Illness & Allergens – Student Activity SheetsA National FFA student worksheet packet on food safety covering food pathogens, common food allergens, and food labeling. It includes a "Don't…Unit 3 Assessment
Lesson planLesson Plans & CurriculumUnit 3 Assessment (PowerPoint)This is a Unit 3 assessment activity on food sanitation. Working in pairs, students view a series of pictures and use a…
Lesson planLesson Plans & CurriculumList of Potential Food Processing OperationsThis resource is a reference list of 62 potential food processing operations problems related to sanitation and food safety. It enumerates conditions…
Lesson planLesson Plans & CurriculumStudent Answer Sheet Assessment Unit 3This is a "Food Safety Sanitation Report Form" (80 points) from the National FFA Career and Leadership Development Events Handbook for the…Lesson planLesson Plans & CurriculumTeacher Notes and Answer Key for Assessment 3This is a teacher guide and answer key for a Unit 3 assessment that mimics the National FFA Organization Food Science and…Unit 4 Problem Solving Math in Food Science
Lesson planLesson Plans & CurriculumLesson 1 MathThis is a National FFA lesson plan (Unit 4: Math in Food Science) that introduces students to the mathematical concepts used in…
WorksheetLesson Plans & CurriculumNon Designed Student Activity Sheets Lesson 1 MathA food science student worksheet packet on math and metric measurement, including an estimating/measuring lab, a metric-to-English unit and recipe conversion activity,…WorksheetLesson Plans & CurriculumStudent Activity Sheets Lesson 1 MathThis is a Math in Food Science unit (Unit 4) student resource set from National FFA, including a metric estimation/measurement worksheet, a…
Lesson planLesson Plans & CurriculumUSDA Food Safety Inspection ManualThe Processing Inspectors' Calculations Handbook (Revised 1995), published by USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service, is a reference manual for meat and…Unit 5 Sensory Evaluation
Lesson planLesson Plans & CurriculumLesson 1 Sensory EvaluationThis is a National FFA lesson plan (Unit 5, Lesson 1) on Sensory Evaluation in Food Science that challenges students' senses of…
WorksheetLesson Plans & CurriculumNon Designed Student Activity Sheets Lesson 1 Sensory EvaluationThis resource is a set of food science lab activities and a worksheet that train students in sensory evaluation skills used in…WorksheetLesson Plans & CurriculumStudent Activity Sheets Lesson 1 Sensory EvaluationA set of student lab activities and worksheets on food sensory evaluation, designed in part to prepare students for the National FFA…
Lesson planLesson Plans & CurriculumUnit 5 AssessmentThis is a Unit 5 sensory evaluation assessment in which students conduct a triangle test (recording which samples differ across five tests)…Unit 6 Product Development
Lesson 1 Food Labels
Lesson planLesson Plans & CurriculumFood Labeling Guide (PDF) FDA"A Food Labeling Guide" is an FDA Guidance for Industry document that summarizes the required statements and recommendations for labeling food products…
Lesson planLesson Plans & CurriculumFood Science Product Development (PowerPoint)This is a Food Science Career Development Event (CDE) instructional resource on team product development that walks students step-by-step through reformulating a…
Lesson planLesson Plans & CurriculumIt’s All in a Label (PowerPoint)This resource teaches students how to interpret a food label by examining its seven required parts—serving size, calories, total fat, cholesterol, sodium,…
Lesson planLesson Plans & CurriculumLesson 1 Interpreting and Designing Food LabelsThis National FFA lesson plan (Unit 6, Lesson 1 of 3) teaches students to interpret and design nutritional food labels. Through a…
WorksheetLesson Plans & CurriculumNon Designed Student Activity Sheets Lesson 1 Interpreting and Designing Food LabelsThis is a student activity worksheet packet centered on food nutrition labels and product development. It includes hands-on activities (a "Go Get…WorksheetLesson Plans & CurriculumStudent Activity Sheets Lesson 1 Interpreting and Designing Food LabelsThis is a student activity packet on reading and understanding nutrition labels and food product development. Through a series of activities, students…Lesson 2 Logo Creation
Lesson 3 New Food Product Development
Lesson planLesson Plans & CurriculumLesson 3 Developing a Food ProductThis is Lesson 3 of 3 in Unit 6 of a National FFA food science curriculum, focused on developing and marketing a…WorksheetLesson Plans & CurriculumLesson 3: Develop a New Food Product – Student Activity Sheets (Non-Designed)This is a student activity worksheet that guides learners through a 10-step process to develop and design a new food product, covering…
WorksheetLesson Plans & CurriculumLesson 3: Develop a New Food Product – Student Activity SheetsA student activity worksheet packet from the National FFA Organization in which students design and develop a new food product step by…
WorksheetLesson Plans & CurriculumLesson 3: Develop a New Food Product – Student Activity Sheets (Non-Designed)This is a student activity worksheet that guides learners through a 10-step process to develop and design a new food product, covering…WorksheetLesson Plans & CurriculumLesson 3: Develop a New Food Product – Student Activity SheetsA student activity worksheet packet from the National FFA Organization in which students design and develop a new food product step by…