Archived unit: What could be healthier?
Discovering the farm-to-fork process and comparing the nutritional value of existing sauces before developing a healthier recipe.
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Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Understand how beef gets from the farm to our plates.
- Present a subject as a poster with clear information in an easy to read format.
- Contribute ideas as to what a ‘healthy meal’ means.
- Notice the nutritional differences between different products and recipes.
- Recognise nutritional differences between two similar recipes and give some justification as to why this is.
- Work as a team to amend a bolognese recipe with healthy adaptations.
- Follow a recipe to produce a healthy bolognese sauce.
- Design packaging that promotes the ingredients of the bolognese.
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Archived unit: Cooking and nutrition: Adapting a recipe
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Lessons
Lesson 1: From farm to fork
Lesson 2: What does healthy look like?
Lesson 3: Adapting and improving a recipe
Lesson 4: Mamma mia! What a tasty, healthy bolognese!
Key skills
- Adapting a traditional recipe,
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Key knowledge
- To understand where meat
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beef
reared
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Assessment – D&T Y5: Food: What could be healthier?
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