Food Science Education Publications and Websites

Abstract

There are a number of useful lesson plans available on the web for food science educational purposes. Two of the below mentioned sites, the ones from Utah and Illinois, offer a well-thought-out series of courses for food science instruction, primarily aimed at high school students. There are other lesson plans available. The following sites contain freely available food science related lesson plans for a variety of audiences. There are also sites that contain lesson plans available for a fee, but these have not been covered here.

https://www.isbe.net/Documents/fcs_guide.pdf

Contains a 160-page course packet divided into 7 units: new food products, lipids and proteins, food additives, food irradiation, food packaging, food biotechnology, and food poisoning.

http://extension.uga.edu/programs-services/science-behind-our-food.html

Funded by the National Science Foundation and administered by the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at the University of Georgia. This site has food-related lesson plans exploring biology, chemistry, environmental science, food science, physical science, physics, science-technology-society and other subjects.

https://www.schools.utah.gov/cte/facs

Well-developed lesson plans intended for the three courses: Food and Nutrition I, Food and Nutrition II, and Food and Science.

http://www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/free-lesson-plans/nutrition-and-food-science.cfm

This is a 3-course plan for grades 9–12 focusing on foodborne illness.

https://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/curricula-and-lesson-plans

Contains 20 lesson plans for a variety of audiences.

https://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodScienceResearch/ToolsMaterials/ScienceandTheFoodSupply/default.htm

See: Allen, R. S. (2017). Food science education publications and websites. Journal of Food Science Education, 16, 41–44. https://doi.org/10.1111/1541-4329.12108 for extended description of these well-developed resources.)

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/80924124526045886/

See: Allen, R. S. (2017). Food science education publications and websites. Journal of Food Science Education, 16, 102–103. https://doi.org/10.1111/1541-4329.12124 for extended description.