This course will look at all the processes involved in getting food from the field to your table. From cereal, to steak, to even Ice cream, we will learn about different agricultural practices involve in food production. This course will include many fun hands on activities including cheese making, assessing meat quality, and even exploring all the processes involved in making a pizza. The course will also look at food safety, developing a business plan, and comparing diversity among global agriculture and food.
General Course Documents:
Course Outline:
General Course Documents:
- Syllabus
- Course Scope and Sequence
Course Outline:
- History of Agriculture: A Brief Overview of changes in American Agriculture (Video) (Articles)
- People on the Move: A look at the impacts of transportation on Agriculture (Photos)
- An Apple of an Adventure: Investigate the steps involved in getting an Apple from the tree to the consumer (Notes)
- Constructing the Process: Exploring the processes involved in Food Science (Notes)
- Winding Road: Creating Flow Charts to illustrate the processes and ingredients involved in producing finished products (Video)
- Don't Let it Spoil: A look at factors that influence food deterioration (Notes)
- Affect of Temperature: Investigate how temperature affect Vitamin C in fruit juices
- Save It: Explore the different methods of preserving food (Articles)
- In a Pickle: Preserving foods using Salt and Vinegar
- Going Bananas: Preventing Oxidation Lab
- Modern Marvels Canning - If absent, watch "Canning - How it Works" and write a summary of the video
- Fight BAC: A look at food safety (PowerPoint)
- Grains: Exploration of the classification of Grains (Notes)
- Grain Types: Lab identifying different types of grains
- Serious Cereal Grains: Investigate careers involving the grain industry and compare different cereals
- Commodities: Learn the challenges involved in the marketing of Grains
- Meats
- Dairy
- Eggs
- Turkeys: A video looking at the uses of Turkeys
- Gobble, Gobble: Explore the anatomy of a turkey through articles and cookies
- Modern Marvels Eggs
- Egg Production: A look at the Egg Production Industry (Notes) (Video)
- What's the Grade: A lab to learn how to candle and grade eggs (Notes) (Video)
- AgriScience
- Scientific Method (Notes)
- Substitute Experiment: Use the scientific method to test egg substitutes in making cupcakes
- Your Turn: Students will choose a product or recipe and will conduct an experiment
- Food Industry