6/5/15 and 6/8/15

You should start/continue reviewing for the final exam. Use this as a resource to prepare for reviewing further on Monday.

Regarding the final, if you are unsure as to if you qualify for an exemption for the final (i.e. you have a 90 average or above), then check PupilPath ASAP. Those are the grades that I am using to determine who is exempt and who is not.

Regarding the project due today, if you did not turn it in on Friday. then you will notice a change in your grade. I will change the grade when I receive a paper copy of your final project.

If you do not find either of these to your liking, then you should speak to me in class.

6/3/15

You need to finish the final project and submit a paper copy of it on Friday in class. Use the previous posts as you see fit. I will be available in my classroom after 10:30am.

6/2/15

Just a reminder that your final project is due on Friday, June 5th. See the previous posts for assistance and resources.

Also, your final exam will take place on the afternoon of next Wednesday, June 10th.

6/1/15

Today in class we examined the model final project and then continued working on our final projects - due in class on Friday.

5/29/15

Today we continued working on the final project and examined the rubric with which it will be evaluated.

5/28/15

At this point, you can and should be continuing to work on your final project due Friday, June 5th.

Serving Size Guide

5/27/15

Tonight's homework is to continue working on the final project due Friday, June 5th.

5/26/15 - Final Project Parts 2 and 3

Sorry for the late post. Here and here are Parts 2 and 3 of the Final Project.

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?

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).

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.

5/19/15

There is no formal homework if you completed the Food Safety Assessment in class today.

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)

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’?”

Resources

How Restaurants Are Scored and Graded

Restaurant Grading - 18 Month Report

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

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.

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

• 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?

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.

5/11/15

Tonight's homework is to study for tomorrow's quiz. These study questions should be helpful.

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?


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