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Biosensors for Food Safety
| Content Provider | TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12 |
|---|---|
| Author | Wininger, Lisa Alocilja, Evangelyn Miller, Hannah |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Description | Students learn which contaminants have the greatest health risks and how they enter the food supply. While food supply contaminants can be identified from cultures grown in labs, bioengineers are creating technologies to make the detection of contaminated food quicker, easier and more effective. How can you tell if harmful bacteria are in your food or water that might make you sick? What you eat or drink can be contaminated with bacteria, viruses, parasites and toxins—pathogens that can be harmful or even fatal. Students learn which contaminants have the greatest health risks and how they enter the food supply. While food supply contaminants can be identified from cultures grown in labs, bioengineers are creating technologies to make the detection of contaminated food quicker, easier and more effective. |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | Regents of The University of Colorado Michigan State University |
| Subject Keyword | Life Science Science and Technology Bacterium Health Risk Medical Bacteria Processed Food E. Coli Illness Detection Foodborne Food Sickness Engineering Practices Bioengineer Bioengineering Contamination Industrial Food Supply Food Supply Contaminant Biosensing Microorganism Pathogen |
| Content Type | Text |
| Time Required | PT45M |
| Education Level | Class VI Class VII Class VIII Class IX |
| Resource Type | Notes |
| Subject | Biology Technical |
