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I found this widget on the FDA website. It tells about the latest food safety recalls and alerts. I will have the students download it onto their computers at the beginning of the unit. After watching //Food Inc//., I will introduce the widget. I will ask them to look at it at least once every day in order to get a feel for how often new alerts about food safety are posted. At the end of the unit, I will ask them to write a one page reflection on their reactions and thoughts from following the updates throughout the unit. For example, were there more food recalls and updates then they imagined, or was it rather uninteresting and uneventful? This will be used to bring awareness to the issue of food safety and its relevance in America.

[| http://www.foodsafety.gov/widgets/index.html] //From the FDA website:// =Food Safety Alerts and Tips Widget= A widget is an application that displays the featured content directly on your Web page. You can use the Food Safety Alerts & Tips widgets on your Web site, blog, or other sites to enable you and your visitors to view the latest food safety recalls and alerts. The Food Safety Alerts & Tips widget contains the same recall and alerts information that appears on FoodSafety.gov. Plus, it includes food safety tips. Once you’ve added the widget, there’s no technical maintenance. FoodSafety.gov will update the content automatically.