Introduction
Welcome to the "World Food Safety Day" WebQuest! Celebrated annually on June 7th, World Food Safety Day aims to raise awareness about food safety and inspire action to prevent foodborne risks. This year’s theme focuses on safe food practices, ensuring food security and promoting healthy eating.
Task
By completing this WebQuest, students will:
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Investigate essential food safety principles by analysing reliable scientific sources and identifying key factors that prevent foodborne illnesses.
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Design an interactive quiz using digital tools, applying their understanding of safe food practices.
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Evaluate on food safety knowledge by sharing quizzes, reviewing peer contributions, and discussing correct practices in real-life contexts.
Process
Step 1: Explore 'World Food Safety Day'
Research why World Food Safety Day is celebrated and explore this year’s theme focusing on safe food practices, food security and healthy eating. Use reliable sources to learn about common foodborne risks and how to prevent them.
Useful links:
https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-food-safety-day/2025
https://www.cdc.gov/food-safety/about/index.html
https://www.nm.org/healthbeat/healthy-tips/reduce-your-risk-of-foodborne-illness-infographic
https://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/
Step 2: Learn Key Food Safety Principles
Gather essential information on topics such as safe cooking temperatures, prevention of cross-contamination, proper food storage, personal hygiene in food handling etc. Keep notes about the most important facts to use in the next step.
Step 3: Create Your Collaborative Food Safety Quiz
Use the web2.0 tools Kahoot! or Quizizz, to design an interactive quiz that tests knowledge of food safety. Share your questions and the quiz link to the Padlet https://padlet.com/meddiet4health/7-6-celebrating-the-world-food-safety-day-6qojdfwll0355g7 to test your peers knowledge in the classroom.
Step 4: Share the results
Don't forget to upload the podium of your quiz in the same Padlet. Discuss in the classrooom correct practices in real-life contexts about food safety.
Evaluation
Your work will be evaluated according to this rubric
| Criteria | 5 - Excellent | 4 - Good | 3 - Satisfactory | 2 - Needs Improvement | 1 - Poor |
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| Research on World Food Safety Day | Thoroughly researches and clearly explains why World Food Safety Day is celebrated; insightfully connects this year’s theme to safe food practices, food security, and healthy eating using multiple reliable sources. | Researches and explains the purpose of World Food Safety Day and this year’s theme with good clarity; uses reliable sources but with minor gaps or limited depth. | Provides basic explanation of World Food Safety Day and its theme; relies on some reliable sources but missing details or clarity. | Limited explanation of World Food Safety Day or theme; few or unreliable sources used; lacks clarity. | Little to no relevant research; inaccurate or missing explanation of World Food Safety Day and theme. |
| Understanding Food Safety Principles | Accurately identifies and explains key food safety principles including safe cooking temperatures, cross-contamination prevention, proper storage, and hygiene; notes are clear, detailed, and well-organized. | Identifies most food safety principles clearly with some explanation; notes are organized but lack some detail or clarity. | Lists some food safety principles with basic understanding; notes are incomplete or somewhat disorganized. | Shows minimal understanding of food safety principles; notes are unclear or incomplete. | Does not demonstrate understanding of food safety principles; notes missing or irrelevant. |
| Quiz Design and Collaboration | Designs a comprehensive and engaging quiz using Kahoot! or Quizizz that thoroughly tests key food safety knowledge; shares quiz link and questions clearly on Padlet; collaborates effectively. | Designs a good quiz testing most food safety concepts; shares quiz link and questions on Padlet; shows some collaboration. | Quiz tests basic food safety topics but lacks depth or engagement; shares quiz on Padlet with limited collaboration. | Quiz is incomplete or poorly designed; quiz link or questions not properly shared; minimal collaboration. | Does not create or share a quiz; no evidence of collaboration. |
| Sharing and Discussion of Results | Uploads podium results to Padlet promptly; leads insightful classroom discussion linking quiz outcomes to real-life food safety practices with clear examples. | Uploads results to Padlet and participates in classroom discussion; relates outcomes to food safety with some examples. | Uploads results but discussion is limited or superficial; makes some connections to food safety practices. | Uploads results late or incomplete; little participation in discussion; weak or unclear connections. | Does not upload results; no participation in discussion or connection to real-life practices. |
| Use of Reliable Sources and Proper Citation | Consistently uses multiple reliable sources from provided links and beyond; cites sources correctly and integrates information smoothly into work. | Uses mostly reliable sources, with minor citation errors; information is mostly well integrated. | Uses some reliable sources, but with inconsistent citation; some information lacks source support. | Uses few or unreliable sources; citations are missing or incorrect; information is poorly supported. | Does not use or cite reliable sources; information is unsupported or plagiarized. |
Conclusion
By completing this WebQuest, students deepened their understanding of food safety and transformed their research into an interactive learning experience. By creating and sharing a quiz, they not only reinforced essential safe-food practices but also helped raise awareness in their classroom community.
Credits
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This WebQuest was edited by two members of USGGED,Türkiye as part of the activities of the "Mediterranean Diet for Overall Health" (MedDiet4Health) Erasmus+ project (Project number: 2023-2-EL01-KA210-VET-000183592).
Through this WebQuest, students strengthened their food safety literacy by learning key principles of safe handling, cooking and storage. They developed research and critical-thinking skills while selecting reliable information and turning it into accurate quiz questions. By creating their own quiz with web2.0 tools, they enhanced their digital and assessment skills.
This WebQuest reflects only the author’s views. The European Commission’s support for the production of this WebQuest does not constitute an endorsement of the contents which reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.