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sfritz
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Oct 3, 2007

Jun 11, 2008 5:57 PM

Are there any questions from the food science webinar now that you have had a chance to look material over?

Please feel free to ask your questions about the materials! Thanks Stacy
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larnold
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1. Jul 1, 2008 5:26 PM in response to: sfritz
Re: Are there any questions from the food science webinar now that you have had a chance to look material over?
I am teaching a new full year class (one period a day) in
Food Science. I know there are mini labs
but does anyone have a syllabus for this area? I am hoping to work with OSU Food Science
Dept for some neat field trips as well as trips to local food processing
companies (dairy, chocolate, etc). The
purpose of this class is to draw from the untraditional students that would not
normally take ag. We are offering a .5
credit for science (the other .5 will be an elective credit) and hoping to add
a FST II class in the coming years.

In my situation, I am still working on a classroom for equipment. The FCS teacher made it clear that I would
NOT be able to use her room every day- maybe a couple times during the year. I am thinking a toaster oven/hot plate plus
science equipment is the most I will have access to on a daily basis.


Again any thoughts would be appreciated…thanks to everyone
that has posted labs- I plan to incorporate them in the curriculum. Also what
has worked well for you? Textbooks, complete labs, anything will help.

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sfritz
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2. Jul 7, 2008 5:10 PM in response to: larnold
Re: Are there any questions from the food science webinar now that you have had a chance to look material over?

Sounds like you are off to a great start! I dont personally teach a year long food science class but the FACS teacher and I are collaborating to possibly team teach one. Unfortunately we are in the early planning stages so we will likely have an outline and resources put together. If you can hold out until I get a better handle I can send some things your way. I believe we are meeting sometime in July to put things together but I will have to check my calendar.

As far as facilities go... I use my room to do some of my labs like the dehydration and the soy candles etc. Its not ideal but you can get creative. I have bought hot plates, plastic cutting boards, measuring cups, etc for the labs. One thing I suggest is order a good disinfectent spray through maintenance. We spray down the tables before and after each lab. Has worked well in the past without alot of investment in equipment.

Let us know if you have any other questions

Thanks! Stacy

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