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Week 07 · Hot and Cold

Monday

The Danger Zone
// Chill it, freeze it, keep it out of the Danger Zone
⏱ about 15 min

Monday: The Danger Zone

Lizzy the Lizard draws a tall thermometer on the chalkboard. She colors a band in the middle.

"This band is the Danger Zone," she says. "Germs love it there."

Ferris the Fox studies the numbers. "What do you notice about the fridge and the freezer?"

Riley the Raccoon taps the bottom. "Here is a hint," he says. "Cold lives down low."

Three places on the thermometer

Germs grow fast between 40 and 140 degrees F. This is called the Danger Zone.

A fridge should be 40 degrees F or colder.

A freezer should be 0 degrees F or colder.

So the fridge and freezer keep food below the Danger Zone.

TemperatureWhere is it?
0 degrees F or colderFreezer
40 degrees F or colderFridge
Between 40 and 140 degrees FDanger Zone
WHERE IS IT ON THE THERMOMETER?
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Soup is 100 degrees F. Where is that?
A fridge reads 37 degrees F. Is that cold enough?
A freezer reads 0 degrees F. Is that cold enough?
ORDER FROM COLDEST TO WARMEST
  • Tap a card.
  • Then tap its spot.
1Coldest
2Next
3Next
4Warmest
StatementTrue or false?
Germs grow fast between 40 and 140 degrees F.?
A fridge at 50 degrees F is cold enough.?
A freezer should be 0 degrees F or colder.?
A room at 70 degrees F is in the Danger Zone.?
WHY THIS EXERCISEKnowing the Danger Zone tells you why cold food goes back in the fridge.
The Danger Zone starts at ____ degrees F.
The Danger Zone ends at ____ degrees F.
How cold should a freezer be? Type a number of degrees F.
WHY THIS EXERCISEA freezer keeps food at 0 degrees F or colder.
For a grown-up
This week is about hot and cold. A grown-up handles the stove.
If you have a fridge or freezer thermometer, read it with your child.
On paper, draw a tall thermometer. Mark 0, 40 and 140. Color the Danger Zone.

Temperature scientist! Tomorrow you learn how to thaw food and weigh it in grams.