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Bad Beef?

 

Safe food handling comes down to four main rules: clean, separate, cook, and chill. Have student choose one of the four rules to research. Then have each student create a poster that visually explains that rule. The Partnership for Food Safety offers an overview. For more in-depth information, check the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service.



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Answers to this week's SmartStuff are listed on Page 2 of the Issue 19 Teacher's Guide that accompanies Current Events magazine.

 


 

Resources

 

To download the Teacher's Guide click here (PDF).

 

Bad Beef?

  • To learn all the grisly details about food-borne illnesses, such as E. coli, click here. For more about microbes, try this U.S. Department of Health pamphlet.
  • For a list of the largest meat recalls in U.S. history, click here.
  • The Partnership for Food Safety suggests some hands-on experiments related to food safety. For more background and ideas, go to foodsafety.gov.
  • Play Food Detectives to learn about food safety and food-bone illnesses..

Star Gazing

  • Britney Spears has a love-hate releationship with the paparazzi. She needs them to keep her name in lights, but the stress of their constant attention appers to be adding to her problems. Have the class discuss this symbiotic relationship between stars and the paparazzi. Do students think that celebrities would actually want the paparazzi to be banned? What do they think would happen to celebrities if it became illegal to take their photos?

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