Lesson Plans
Thermy for KidsUSDA. Food Safety and Inspection Service.
Food Safety Education activity that helps children learn food safety rules.
Thermy Image Library
USDA. Food Safety and Inspection Service.
Brochures, graphics and images on using a thermometer and cooking to the proper temperature. Includes temperature charts for some foods and Spanish resources.
To Your Health! Food Safety for Seniors (PDF | 852 KB)DHHS. FDA. Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition; USDA. Food Safety and Inspection Service.
Discusses foodborne illness prevention and issues specific to seniors. Topics include signs of foodborne illness, food safety at home and when eating out, and temperature and storage guidelines.
Educational Worksheets K-6th GradeGloGerm.
Hand washing lesson plans by grade. Also in Spanish and French.
FightBAC! Education and Outreach
Partnership for Food Safety Education.
Features curriculum for all age ranges and links to successful food safety education programs and campaigns, information on the four steps to keeping food safe (clean, separate, cook, chill), safe seasonal cooking, and more.
FightBAC! Curriculum for Kids: Kindergarten through 3rd GradePartnership for Food Safety Education.
Presentation stories about food safety. Both stories feature that "germy culprit of unsafe food practices - BAC (He's the bad guy - Bacteria)." Includes scripts for puppet shows. For grades k-3.
Food Safety Lessons
Iowa State University Extension.
These food safety lessons were developed to provide consumers and future consumers with the tools they need to help minimize their risk from harmful pathogens in the food supply.
FDA Education Resource LibraryDHHS. FDA. Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.
Provides a variety of consumer education materials on food safety and nutrition topics. Also provides a link to resources students can use when writing school reports; see Kids & Teens.
Simply Good Eating for English Language LearnersUniversity of Minnesota Extension.
Curriculum helps nutrition educators teach low literacy or English learning participants on nutrition,food safety, shopping and cooking topics. Available as a free download.
FightBAC! Curriculum for Kids: Grades 4-8Partnership for Food Safety Education.
A collection of food safety education tools and resources for health educators and teachers working with grades 4-8.
