Explain to children that food packaging often displays nutrition information which can help people make choices. Use the Food labels PowerPoint to highlight how this information is presented and how it can be used.

Use the Food safety PowerPoint to explain to children about how good food safety and hygiene is undertaken when cooking.

Use the World food PowerPoint to show children how food is prepared, cooked and eaten differently in a variety of countries.

Test children’s knowledge of fruit and vegetables using this fun bingo game. Follow the link for lesson plans.

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Use this poster to teach your class all about food and careers in the food industry! Where could a qualification in food take you?

The aim of this session is for children to taste new foods, willingly and to recognise that sometimes we need to try a new food a few times to find out if we like it.

Dietary reference values fact sheet.

This is a simple test which shows whether food contains starch. When iodine solution is mixed with starch it turns from brown to dark blue. As this happens with very small amounts of starch, iodine test is a sensitive one.

A simple test to show how to measure the viscosity of a mixture.

A knowledge organiser providing key facts around energy, nutrients and digestion.

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A worksheet looking at a recipe for bread.

A presentation exploring energy balance.

In this story, Mrs Begum’s class learn about where potatoes come from by growing their own potato plant in a bucket. Includes worksheet for labeling the parts of a potato plant.

This guide is designed to provide general information on hydration for teachers.

The children can then match different foods to their animal sources. Alternatively, these can be left unlaminated and the children can cut out, match and glue a selection of these pictures into their work books.

A healthy biscuit recipe for children.

Food Cards that show the amount of energy and nutrients provided by 100g.

Sensory evaluation is a scientific discipline that analyses and measures human responses to the composition of food and drink, e.g. appearance, touch, odour, texture, temperature and taste.