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What's My Hamburger Meat Made of?
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Morán, Paloma – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2023
Outreach activities give high school students an opportunity to better understand the techniques and strategies used by researchers. Here is an experience with high school students designed to familiarize them with genetic methodologies. Students have been challenged to discover whether restaurant beef burgers are made with female or male beef.…
Descriptors: High School Students, Science Activities, Scientific Research, Genetics
High School Students' Recommendations to Improve School Food Environments: Insights from a Critical Stakeholder Group
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Asada, Yuka; Hughes, Alejandro G.; Read, Margaret; Schwartz, Marlene B.; Chriqui, Jamie F. – Journal of School Health, 2017
Background: The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (HHFKA) directed the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to revise school meal standards. Students are most affected by efforts to improve the school food environment; yet, few studies directly include students. This study examined high school students' experiences of school meal reform to gain…
Descriptors: High School Students, Food, Focus Groups, Student Experience
Bay Area Student Involvement in the Environmental and Food Justice Movements: A Narrative of Motivations, Experiences, and Community Impact
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Solof, Laura E. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Many California public school students lack exposure to any formal, academic curriculum that emphasizes environmental awareness and activism. This may result in a population of adults who believe they know more about the environment than they actually do, lack the skills to compete in an expanding green job market, lack creativity and the ability…
Descriptors: Personal Narratives, Student Motivation, Public Schools, Environmental Education
Student Misconceptions about Plant Transport--A Sri Lankan Example
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Vitharana, P. R. K. A. – European Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2015
Students bring with them their own misconceptions to the science classes and it becomes a barrier in developing new concepts. Therefore, identifying misconceptions is an essential component in teaching science. The objective of this study was to identify 10th grade students' misconceptions on plant transport with the use of two-tier diagnostic…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, Science Education
Assessment of Food Safety Knowledge of High School and Transition Teachers of Special Needs Students
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Pivarnik, Lori F.; Patnoad, Martha S.; Richard, Nicole Leydon; Gable, Robert K.; Hirsch, Diane Wright; Madaus, Joseph; Scarpati, Stan; Carbone, Elena – Journal of Food Science Education, 2009
Adolescents with disabilities require access to general education and life skills instruction. Knowledge of food safety for this audience is important for health and valuable for work placement. The objective was to implement a survey to assess high school and transition special education teachers in RI, CT, and MA for food safety knowledge and…
Descriptors: Consumer Science, Food Standards, Disabilities, Special Education Teachers
2007 Youth Policy Summit Summary
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Reid, Ellen; Fussell, Annemarie; Templin, Elizabeth – NCSSSMST Journal, 2007
The NCSSSMST (National Consortium for Specialized Secondary Schools of Mathematics, Science and Technology) and Keystone Science School co-sponsored two Youth Policy Summits during the summer of 2007. Forty students represented 10 high schools from across the country at each Summit, meeting for a week in June and August at Keystone Science School…
Descriptors: High Schools, Obesity, Energy Conservation, Youth