180
Pre-Test
Post-Test
Number of Students
150
120
90
60
30
0
Bacteria (n =194)
Washing Hands (n =194)
Washing Produce (n =194) Washing Containers (n =192)
Categories
Figure 2. Number of students who answered the questions correctly in each category on the pre- and post-test
Table 5. Food safety and school garden program evaluation: Students' ratings of each activity
Student Responses (# of Students)
Very much
OK
Not at all
Pass the apple
121
50
21
2
How to wash produce
124
58
6
6
133
37
18
6
102
52
29
11
116
12
8
4
38
12
4
0
Activity
Hand washing
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Food Safety Bingo a
Food Safety Jeopardy
a
a
No Response
Review games: Bingo (grades 1-3), Jeopardy (grades 4-5)
a
gardening, planting, and containers. Of the 45 parents/
guardians who indicated that their child spoke to them
about the program, the majority identified one or more
school garden-related food safety topics.
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The goal of this study was to create a food safety education
program for elementary schools regarding food safety for
school gardens. The students' overall knowledge of school
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