Saturday, May 30, 2015
5/29/15
Today we continued working on the final project and examined the rubric with which it will be evaluated.
Thursday, May 28, 2015
5/28/15
At this point, you can and should be continuing to work on your final project due Friday, June 5th.
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Friday, May 22, 2015
5/22/15
This weekend's homework is to continue logging your food consumption on cronometer.com (you need to log at least 5 days of consumption) and keep working on the final project.
And for the seniors, this was 403 during periods 3 and 4. Thanks?
Thursday, May 21, 2015
5/21/15
Today we are continuing to evaluate and discuss different food pyramids as guides for how to eat going forward.
If/when you finish you can start on Part 2 or 3 of the Final Project by entering your food/drink consumption into your account on cronometer.com (Part 2) or examining Food Rules by Michael Pollan (Part 3).
If/when you finish you can start on Part 2 or 3 of the Final Project by entering your food/drink consumption into your account on cronometer.com (Part 2) or examining Food Rules by Michael Pollan (Part 3).
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
5/20/15
Today we discussed our final project for food science and began examining and comparing food pyramids and they can guide food choices.
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
Monday, May 18, 2015
5/18/15
Tonight's homework is to complete Assignment 56.
Resources
Food Service Violation List (the violations and the scores)
Food Service Establishment Inspection Scoring Parameters (explanation to the scores)
Resources
Food Service Violation List (the violations and the scores)
Food Service Establishment Inspection Scoring Parameters (explanation to the scores)
Sunday, May 17, 2015
5/15/15
This weekend's homework is to complete Assignment 55.
Assignment 55 - Do NYC’s Restaurants Make the Grade?
Answer all of the following questions to the best of your ability in complete sentences.
1. Describe your understanding of how the NYC Department of Health’s Restaurant Scoring system works.
2. How does the health rating of a restaurant affect your decision to purchase food prepared at it?
3. To what degree has the Health Department met its goals of improving sanitary conditions and food safety practices in restaurants and reducing illnesses associated with dining out? Support your conclusions with evidence from the 18 month report.
OPTIONAL – Check out Brian McCabe’s “Grading New York’s Restaurants: What’s in an ‘A’?”
Assignment 55 - Do NYC’s Restaurants Make the Grade?
Answer all of the following questions to the best of your ability in complete sentences.
1. Describe your understanding of how the NYC Department of Health’s Restaurant Scoring system works.
2. How does the health rating of a restaurant affect your decision to purchase food prepared at it?
3. To what degree has the Health Department met its goals of improving sanitary conditions and food safety practices in restaurants and reducing illnesses associated with dining out? Support your conclusions with evidence from the 18 month report.
OPTIONAL – Check out Brian McCabe’s “Grading New York’s Restaurants: What’s in an ‘A’?”
Resources
Thursday, May 14, 2015
5/14/15
Tonight's homework is to complete Assignment 54. Also, be sure to keep your eye out for the grades that your favorite/local restaurants receive from the Department of Health.
Assignment 54 – Preventing Foodborne Illnesses
Assignment 54 – Preventing Foodborne Illnesses
1. From what you have read today, what are best practices for promoting food safety when preparing food?
2. How does temperature affect food safety? Think back to earlier material and explain yourself.
2. How does temperature affect food safety? Think back to earlier material and explain yourself.
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
5/13/15
Today in class we investigated the incidence of foodborne illnesses and analyzed data in order to draw conclusions about the changes in foodborne illnesses over time.
Tonight's homework is to choose or devise a question about food safety, research it, and write a response to it. I also recommend watching this video clip.
Food Borne Illness Questions
Tonight's homework is to choose or devise a question about food safety, research it, and write a response to it. I also recommend watching this video clip.
Food Borne Illness Questions
- Can cannibalism spread any illnesses (ex. HIV)?
- How can we prevent/minimize the risk of foodborne illness?
- Can beverages spread foodborne illness?
- Are FBI’s transmitted by other means?
- Who should be held accountable when there are outbreaks of foodborne illness?
- Which organization(s) regulates food safety?
- Can all foods lead to foodborne illness?
- What are the worst outbreaks of foodborne illness that have occurred?
- What recourse do consumers have if they contract an foodborne illness?
- What happens to a food producer that has their product recalled (voluntary or mandated)?
- Where (i.e. from what animals) do common foodborne pathogens come from?
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
5/12/15
Tonight's homework is to read (and research as necessary) this article to set up the next section of our unit on food preparation and processing.
Monday, May 11, 2015
5/11/15
Tonight's homework is to study for tomorrow's quiz. These study questions should be helpful.
Thursday, May 7, 2015
5/7/15 and 5/8/15 and Pickling Lab Data
Here is the access to the pickling lab data googledoc. You should make a copy of the data (by clicking on File and and then you could sort it by different columns - like the food or the salt concentration.
This weekend's homework is to finish thoroughly analyzing the data from the pickling experiment. Also, remember that we are having a quiz on Tuesday related to topics like cooking, enzymes, fermentation, the Maillard reaction, and pH.
Remember, thoroughly analyzing your data entails…
a. Graphing the data
b. Forming inferences, looking for trends, etc.
c. Evaluating your hypothesis
d. Explaining the data and connecting it to class content
What sources of error could have affected your data collection, data, and/or conclusions? How did these errors actually change your data/conclusions?
How To Make a Good Looking Graph with Google Sheet and Make a Legend with Labels
This weekend's homework is to finish thoroughly analyzing the data from the pickling experiment. Also, remember that we are having a quiz on Tuesday related to topics like cooking, enzymes, fermentation, the Maillard reaction, and pH.
Remember, thoroughly analyzing your data entails…
a. Graphing the data
b. Forming inferences, looking for trends, etc.
c. Evaluating your hypothesis
d. Explaining the data and connecting it to class content
What sources of error could have affected your data collection, data, and/or conclusions? How did these errors actually change your data/conclusions?
How To Make a Good Looking Graph with Google Sheet and Make a Legend with Labels
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
5/6/15
Tonight's homework is to complete your data analysis/discussion of the catalase experiment.
Thoroughly analyze the data. Remember, this entails…
a. Graphing the data
b. Forming inferences, looking for trends, etc.
c. Evaluating your hypothesis
d. Explaining the data and connecting it to class content
What sources of error could have affected your data collection, data, and/or conclusions? How did these errors actually change your data/conclusions?
Thoroughly analyze the data. Remember, this entails…
a. Graphing the data
b. Forming inferences, looking for trends, etc.
c. Evaluating your hypothesis
d. Explaining the data and connecting it to class content
What sources of error could have affected your data collection, data, and/or conclusions? How did these errors actually change your data/conclusions?
Class Data - 11AC
|
Temp. (C)
|
Height of Foam (cm)
|
|
4.5
|
2
|
|
23
|
3
|
|
25
|
0.75
|
|
27
|
2.5
|
|
27
|
0.1
|
|
33
|
1
|
|
38
|
3.5
|
|
49
|
2
|
|
50
|
0.5
|
|
75
|
0.4
|
Class Data - 12AC
Temp. (C)
|
Height of Foam (cm)
|
18
|
12
|
23
|
10
|
28
|
12
|
37
|
10
|
40
|
8
|
48
|
4.5
|
60
|
2.5
|
80
|
2
|
80
|
2
|
100
|
0.5
|
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
5/5/15
Tonight's homework is to thoroughly analyze the data you obtained during today's experiment. Remember, this entails…
a. Graphing the data
b. Forming inferences, looking for trends, etc.
c. Evaluating your hypothesis
d. Explaining the data and connecting it to class content
Also, what sources of error could have affected your data collection, data, and/or conclusions? How did these errors actually change your data/conclusions?
a. Graphing the data
b. Forming inferences, looking for trends, etc.
c. Evaluating your hypothesis
d. Explaining the data and connecting it to class content
Also, what sources of error could have affected your data collection, data, and/or conclusions? How did these errors actually change your data/conclusions?
Monday, May 4, 2015
5/4/15
Tonight's homework is to complete Assignment 53.
Assignment 53 Enzymes in Food - Comprehension and Reflection Questions
Answer all of the following questions to the best of your ability in complete sentences.
1. REVIEW: What are enzymes? Why do organisms have and use them?
2. Summarize the uses of enzymes in processing food.
3. What concerns might people have about the usage of enzymes as food additives?
Assignment 53 Enzymes in Food - Comprehension and Reflection Questions
Answer all of the following questions to the best of your ability in complete sentences.
1. REVIEW: What are enzymes? Why do organisms have and use them?
2. Summarize the uses of enzymes in processing food.
3. What concerns might people have about the usage of enzymes as food additives?
Readings
Friday, May 1, 2015
5/1/15
This weekend's homework is to draft a hypothesis related to the effect of temperature on the activity of catalase. Think about what you are changing, what you are measuring, and the reasoning behind it.
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