Food Design and Technology

Wants v needs

Into: Teaching financial and money skills Lesson plans Primary schools

This series of activities are designed for KS2 pupils. The activities focus on thinking about needs and wants and how we budget to meet our needs. It explores the consequences of making choices and decisions around what we spend our money on. - Content: WANTS and NEEDS. Concepts: Using goods and services, consumer responsibility, managing resources. Skills: Seeking information and advice, decision making, communicating, thinking critically Attitudes: Responsibility, critical awareness, (...) Read more

tag logo Children , Consumer Skills , PSHE , Home Economics , Food Design and Technology

Food labelling and advertising

Into: Teaching safety and health skills Lesson plans Primary schools

This series of activities are primarily designed for KS2, but could be adapted for KS1. The content focuses on consumers in the market place and food labelling and advertising. Content: FOOD (Labels and advertising) Concepts: Consumers in the market place, advertising and packaging, consequences of consumer action. Skills: Seeking information, thinking critically, decision making. Attitudes: Critical awareness, responsibility This series of activities focuses on consumers in the (...) Read more

tag logo Children , Literacy , Consumer Skills , Food Design and Technology , Science

Understanding food ingredients

Into: Teaching safety and health skills Lesson plans Secondary schools

This section is aimed at key stage three pupils (11-14). The sessions aim to explore how much knowledge and understanding the pupils have in regards to the food and drink they consume. Learners are encouraged to think about the ingredients contained in products and how manufacturers advertise / market so called ‘healthy products’. Download the full ’Understanding Food Ingredients lesson plan. What do you know about the food you eat? Activity. Download the ’What do you know about the food (...) Read more

tag logo Teenagers , Literacy , Consumer Skills , PSHE , Food Design and Technology

Food packaging and labelling

Into: Teaching safety and health skills Teaching materials and resources Primary schools

Resources: Collection of food with variety of packaging and labels Selection of advertisements from television, magazines and newspapers, particularly those aimed at children (food, sweets and crisps etc.). Flipchart /whiteboard. Additional Materials: Download the Packaging information record sheet Further information: Teachernet - this is a useful site for general teaching and learning ideas but also contains a link to ‘Wired for Health’ and ‘Healthy Schools’ websites which have (...) Read more

tag logo Children , Literacy , Consumer Skills , Food Design and Technology , Science

Balanced diet and food labelling

Into: Teaching safety and health skills Teaching materials and resources Secondary schools

Resources Whiteboard Pens Flipchart paper to make a note of pupil suggestions during discussions Access to the internet Labels from fruit based products at least 15 one for each pair (class size 30) ’What do you know about the food you eat’ worksheet How much fruit do you eat? worksheet Food labelling information worksheet Further information Example of food label The facts about salt Food Standards (...) Read more

tag logo Teenagers , Literacy , Consumer Skills , PSHE , Food Design and Technology

Food labelling

Into: Teaching safety and health skills Lesson plans Secondary schools

This section is aimed at key stage three students (11-14). The session aims to explore how food manufactures and retailers label their food. To get pupils to understand and be aware that consumers have a right to know what they are eating and to know how healthy the products are. Learners will look at food products which might be unhealthy if eaten too often and whether such products should be clearly labelled. Download the full Food labelling lesson plan. "Making healthy choices" (...) Read more

tag logo Teenagers , Citizenship , Literacy , Consumer Skills , PSHE , Home Economics , Food Design and Technology , Science

How much do you know about food labels?

Into: Teaching safety and health skills Lesson plans Primary schools

tag logo Children , Quiz , PSHE , Home Economics , Food Design and Technology

How much do you know about healthy eating?

Into: Teaching safety and health skills Lesson plans Adult education

tag logo Quiz , Home Economics , Food Design and Technology

Food and the environment

Into: Teaching consumer responsibility Lesson plans Secondary schools

This section is aimed at key stage three students (11-14). The session aims to explore why certain cereal crops are important and begin to understand the causes and effects the rising cost of these crops is having on food prices around the world. Learners will reflect on how what they consume on a daily basis, and the ingredients involved. Download the Responsible Consumers lesson plan. "Is the world heading for a food crisis?" Activity. Download the ’Why are people hungry? worksheet’ (...) Read more

tag logo Teenagers , Sustainability , Citizenship , Literacy , Business Studies , Food Design and Technology , Science

Dealing with food waste

Into: Teaching consumer responsibility Lesson plans Secondary schools

This section is aimed at key stage three pupils (11-14). The sessions aim to explore why so much food is wasted and the impact the rising food price is having around the world. Learners will be encouraged to think about how these changes effect themselves and others and to start think abut what they can do. Download the full ’Dealing with food waste’ teaching plan. "Can we afford to thow food away? Activity This session starts with a de-brief from the homework (from the lesson relating (...) Read more

tag logo Teenagers , Sustainability , Consumer Skills , PSHE , Home Economics , Food Design and Technology

Dealing with food waste

Into: Teaching consumer responsibility Teaching materials and resources Secondary schools

Resources Whiteboard Pens Flipchart paper to make a note of pupil suggestions during discussions Food Mountain- discussion and activity sheet Global Impact of Food Price rises - discussion and activity sheet Help the Planet - discussion sheet Further Information World Food Programme Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals Read more

tag logo Teenagers , Sustainability , Citizenship , PSHE , Home Economics , Food Design and Technology