Target Learner:
Webquest designed for students enrolled in Food Studies 10 and 30. There are no prerequisites for either of the Foods classes, so this webquest could be used in either class.
Specific reference to the Saskatchewan Education Curriculum guide:
The webquest would be used in Module 2- Kitchen and Food Safety. The link to the Sask Ed guide is http://www.sasklearning.gov.sk.ca/docs/paa/foodst/1_2.html#2
Concept map:
Question for the students:
Why is food safety an important issue? Why are safe kitchen practices important?
What procedures and practices are needed to ensure food and kitchen safety?
Rationale:
This is probably the most important part of the Food Studies area. Improperly cooked food and improper food handling can cause serious illness and even death.
The webquest will involve researching specific websites and finding the information needed to safely set up and maintain a home or commercial kitchen. This information can, and will at some point transfer to real world application, either when the student leaves home to live on their own, or if at some point they work in a commercial food establishment.
Teaching Activities:
Part One:
- Define food safety terms
- Create a chart with the food groups/types of contamination or food born illness/effects from contamination or food borne illness/ prevention of contamination or food born illness
Part Two:
- Create a chart with common kitchen hazards / prevention / first aid treatments
Part Three:
-Take the food safety quiz
- play 2 food safe games given online
Part Four:
-Design a simple kitchen (free hand or with software if available) that meets all of the food and kitchen safety goals.
-Write a short report detailing where foods / equipment/ hazardous good wills be stored (detailing exact locations in with in the fridge/freezer eg: top shelf, middle shelf: bottom shelf) justify your reasoning using the data collected for your charts
Resources:
Computer/Internet
Food safety quiz
Some of the websites that the students will access for this quest are
The Canadian food inspection agency: food borne illness, http://www.inspection.gc.ca/
and kitchen safety, http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/fssa/concen/tipcon/kitchene.shtml
Health Canada – In your kitchen: safe food handling tips, food related illness
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/securit/index-eng.php
Canadian partnership for consumer food safety education http://www.canfightbac.org/en/
http://www.babycenter.ca/baby/safety/kitchensafety/
http://www.foodnetwork.ca/guides/entertaining/kitchen+safety+tips/2177740/story.html
http://www.fsafood.com/fsacom/News+and+Information/Solutions/Operations/Kitchen+Safety.htm
Evaluation:
Part One: Food Safety
Definitions – one mark for each right answer
Food safe chart - based on rubric
Part Two: Kitchen safety
Kitchen safe chart - based on rubric
Part Three:
Food safety quiz – one mark for each right answer
Kitchen design - based on rubric
Kitchen design report - based on rubric
On the way into class today listening to the good ol CBC Radio One, I was surprised by an interview about the BP oil spill. An 11 year old boy was interviewed and he said that he was sad about the spill because everyone would lose money and they might lose their homes as well… that is a scary thought for a child to have. But if I am remembering correctly when the Exxon spill happened in march of 1989 the news reports of the day focused on the environmental impact and the world was heartbroken about the lives of the birds and see life that were lost and the long term effect that it would have on marine life. Now obviously there was an economic crisis that followed within the fishing industry of the area, that the people are still recovering from today, but News reports of the time focused around the environment first. I was surprised to hear an 11 year old talk about the jobs and money that would be effected as his biggest concern. Is it because he has close ties to the fishing industry and this is the talk around the table that he is overhearing from his parents? Is it because this is the same Louisiana coastline that was so badly devastated during Hurricane Katrina only 5 years ago in Aug 2005 and this young person has already lost his home once to a natural disaster? Or is it because the world that we live in today has changed its collective priorities. Yes money and economics are important to the well being of society as a whole, but at what cost?
Another person interviewed from the area effected by the disaster was not just concerned for the fishermen, but for the oil workers who would be out of work too. She blames Washington for the spill, for not enforcing the safety regulations. My question is, if there were safety regulations in place, why weren’t the oil workers themselves helping to enforce them, and if BP wasn’t compliant, why didn’t any of the workers blow the whistle. Is the almighty dollar so important that we are collectively willing to destroy our selves in getting it?
The big picture isn’t the bottom line for our pockets, the big picture is the bottom line for our planet. Maybe my tree hugging socialist roots are showing but The Times they are a Changin. Or maybe it is because I share a birthday with Bob Dylan.
With the new RONA store opening at Preston Crossing, an interesting revelation has come to light. Retired people like free stuff. Or maybe it is just my Dad. He has been up every morning to go stand in line at the new store so he can be one of the first 500 people there so he can get free stuff. Wednesday – tape measure (my Dad already has about 16 of these) Thursday – work gloves (again, there are already multiple pairs of these strewn throughout the workspaces in the house) Friday – shopping bag (I really don’t need to comment here do I?) Saturday – he insisted that Mom go with him so they can both get a $5 gift card (ok that one may have been worth while) and today, Sunday – a Rona baseball hat. Now the hat is nice, and well fitted, but I doubt that my dad will ever wear it. When my dad does wear a baseball hat, it is to do work in the yard, and he wears an old UGG hat with the mesh and plastic adjust strap in the back that he does up too small so it sits on top of his head. This new Rona hat will probably sit on the shelf for years, because it is too dressy.
My Dad will drive a fair distance and take up a good chunk of the day in order to get something for free. It is not just him though, he insists that he has seen the same group of people at the store every day. All retired. If the stores that run these promotions think they are building brand loyalty by these giveaways, they are mistaken. If Home Depot were to give away free doughnuts and coffee next week, these same people would all be stopping in there, or at least my Dad would.
Volunteer: 1vol·un·teer
Pronunciation: \ˌvä-lən-ˈtir\
Function: noun
Etymology: obsolete French voluntaire (now volontaire), from voluntaire, adjective, voluntary, from Old French, from Latin voluntarius
Date: circa 1600
1 : a person who voluntarily undertakes or expresses a willingness to undertake a service: as a : one who enters into military service voluntarily b (1) : one who renders a service or takes part in a transaction while having no legal concern or interest (2) : one who receives a conveyance or transfer of property without giving valuable consideration.
I was introduced to volunteerism at a young age. Helping my Dad when he had big projects or events at his work. Volunteering has led to some fun learning experiences and even a bit of travel.
I am very proud of my 5 year old girl. Today she had her first taste of volunteering. She helped the people at the LEGO interactive tent at the children’s festival take down all of their models and sort thousands of blocks into separate totes based on colour and size. She had a blast, and said that she thought she might like to help out like that again. She might not be doing something as fun next time, but that will be another lesson to teach. For now, she is a volunteer, and I am a proud mama.
Jay, I don't know if I am on the right track or not...
Webquest designed for students enrolled in Food Studies 10 and 30. There are no prerequisites for either of the Foods classes, so this webquest could be used in either class. The webquest would be used in Module 2- Kitchen and Food Safety. This is probably the most important part of the Food Studies area. Improperly cooked food and improper food handling can cause serious illness and even death. The link to the Sask Ed guide is http://www.sasklearning.gov.sk.ca/docs/paa/foodst/index.html
The webquest will involve researching specific websites and finding the information needed to safely set up and maintain a home or commercial kitchen. This information can, and will at some point transfer to real world application, either when the student strikes off from home to live on their own, or if at some point they work in some form of a commercial food establishment.
Some of the websites that the students will access for this quest are
The Canadian food inspection agency http://www.inspection.gc.ca/
Health Canada – In your kitchen: safe food handling tips http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/securit/kitchen-cuisine/index-eng.php
Be food safe website http://www.befoodsafe.ca/en-home.asp
I really do not know about any activities, the resources, a concept map or main questions to be addressed in the site at this point.
Let me know if I am on the right track so far and I will try and flush out the rest by the next posting.
I am an online farmer
Alright I admit it, I am addicted to virtual farming on Facebook. I can’t help it. I really can’t. Maybe it is because I don’t have dirt of my own to get my hands into and grow something. I figure the next best thing is to be virtually productive. I won’t tell you how many farm type games I play, but I will tell you I am very excited about the new crafting shops that one game has just introduced. Now you can grow crops, singularly or in a co-op, and then use those crops to make something else, well, virtually make something else. Maybe it is a combination of not having my own garden and being a home ec teaching candidate that is fueling my late night forays onto my virtual farm. I really really want to grow and use my own food, but you can only grow so much in containers. I can’t wait for the Berry barn to be open to the public, then maybe I can wean myself from the virtual farm and get myself into the real kitchen and my own personal canning nirvana.
My Avatar has a purple mohawk.
I am a gLeek... there I said it. But I missed it for a good reason. The Children’s Festival kicked off last night with Ache Brazil. They were fantastic. It is always amazing to watch artists at work, especially when they enjoy sharing their talents. Saskatoon is very lucky to have such a fantastic festival centered around children, that really is accessible to all. The site has changed a bit this year, as it is only on the south side of the Bessborough hotel, and they have added some fantastic new free attractions. You wouldn’t believe the cheer that went up in the red and white striped tent tonight when the audience was told of one of the new attractions this year... the interactive LEGO tent! The only downside to the festival is that it is traditional that the weather never cooperates. WHY WHY WHY does mother nature feel she has to rain on everyone’s parade, especially on something so fun for kids.
The children’s festival only comes once a year, so we will but on our rain jacket and rubber boots and head out as much as possible to have some kid friendly fun. I can always watch Glee when it is uploaded to Global TV’s website later this week.
