To teach students about food safety practices, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) formed a partnership to develop a free curriculum kit titled Science and Our Food Supply (FDA and NSTA 2001). Of the many lab activities in the program, the one most anticipated by students is “the hamburger lab” (FDA and NSTA 2001, 60). Students use a controlled experiment to fry meat, swab for bacteria, and incubate agar plates to determine bacteria-safe cooking temperatures.