5.1 Keeping Food Safe
This is a primary-grade lesson from Unit 5: Food Safety (“Keeping Food Safe”) in the Food for America curriculum. Through a story about Maria and Cob, a Choral Response activity, and a coloring activity sheet, students learn why safe food handling is an important responsibility, three basic food safety rules (clean hands, cook thoroughly, keep food cold), and that bacteria—which cannot be seen, smelled, or tasted—are the main cause of food-borne illness.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Illustrate why keeping food safe to eat is an important responsibility.
- List three rules for handling food safely.
- Identify bacteria as the main source of food-borne illness and explain that many bacteria cannot be seen, smelled or tasted.
- Time required
- 50 minutes
- Grade level
- Primary
- Materials
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- Writing surface
- Copies of "Keeping Food Safe" reading handout
- Activity Sheet 15:1
- Key Term(s)
- Bacteria; Food-borne illness
- Unit
- Unit 5: Food Safety