Lesson 4: Making smoothies

Children prepare and blend chosen fruits and vegetables to make smoothies and design packaging for their drinks to reflect the ingredients.

Learning objective

  • To make a fruit and vegetable smoothie.

National curriculum

Cooking and nutrition

  • Use the basic principles of a healthy and varied diet

Design

  • Generate, develop, model and communicate their ideas through talking, drawing, templates, mock-ups and, where appropriate, information and communication technology

Make

  • Select from and use a range of tools and equipment to perform practical tasks [for example, cutting, shaping, joining and finishing]
  • Select from and use a wide range of materials and components, including construction materials, textiles and ingredients, according to their characteristics

Evaluate

  • Evaluate their ideas and products against the design criteria

Success criteria

Cross-curricular links

Before the lesson

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Attention grabber

Main event

Differentiation

Pupils needing extra support: Will need support with the motor skills required for using a knife and may need to talk through the steps of slicing before they begin. Talk through the recipes as you work on the practical tasks to support their understanding. One-to-one adult support may be advisable for some children.

 

Pupils working at greater depth: Should be encouraged to consider why procedures like tying up hair and wiping work surfaces are important. Could adapt the recipe as they work, perhaps by adding more fruit juice at the blending stage to thin the smoothie texture. Should be encouraged to reflect on food packaging they have seen to help them make design decisions.

Wrapping up

Assessing pupils' progress and understanding

Vocabulary

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Tom Turnham,  
Design and Technology specialist
Tom has been a teacher for seven years and, as Head of Upper School at The Belham Primary School, he has a keen interest in young people and good causes. For the past seventeen years he has volunteered with various…
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