HOW MAY WE KEEP FOODS FROM SPOILING? 349 



REPORTS UPON OUTSIDE THINGS I HAVE READ, 

 DONE, OR SEEN 



1. Report upon an article related to some topic discussed in 

 this unit. 



2. Interesting foods of peoples in distant lands. 



3. Different ways in which wheat appears upon our dining table. 



4. Variations in the temperature of the human body. 



5. The value of hunger. 



SCIENCE RECREATION 



1. Obtain starch from potatoes. 



2. Test and preserve eggs for home use. 



3. Plan an experiment to show that protein food is the most 

 favorable kind of food for bacteria. 



4. Read Gather's Shadows on the Rock, pages 46 to 47, to see 

 how the people of Quebec lived in winter during the early days. 



SCIENCE CLUB ACTIVITIES 



1. Visit a flour mill to see how flour is made. 



2. Visit a large dairy to see how milk is protected. 



3. Make a list of all the candy you eat for a week, giving the 

 time of day when you ate it. Can you improve your diet by sub- 

 stituting other sweet fuel foods? Show changes you would make 

 and give reasons for so doing. 



4. Make a list of all foods you have eaten in the last 24 hours 

 that contain vitamins. Refer to tables on pages 326 to 327. 

 How could you improve your dietary? 



REFERENCE READING 



Conn, H. W., Bacteria, Yeasts and Molds in the Home. Ginn, 1917. 

 Fisher, I., and Fisk, E. L., How to Live. Funk and Wagnalls, 1932. 

 Harris, J. W., Lacey, E. V., and Blood, A. F., Everyday Foods. 



Houghton Mifflin, 1927. 

 Hunter, G. W., Laboratory Problems in Civic Biology. American Book 



Company, 1916. 100 Calorie Portions, tables, page 204. 

 Hunter, G. W., New Civic Biology. American Book Company, 1926. 



Foods and Dietaries, pages 118-137. 

 Rose, M. D., Feeding the Family. Macmillan, 1924. Tables, pages 



241-433. 

 Whitman, W. G., Household Physics. Wiley, 1932. 



