Worksheet about parts of a plant that we can eat.

A poster showing sensory vocabulary for different senses.

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

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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.

A worksheet for children to plan what they are cooking.

The aim of this session is to help children understand that there are many different types of pasta. Pasta can be used to make many different types of meals. The main activity ‘Have a go’, involves children creating a cold pasta salad by preparing and mixing the ingredients together.

The aim of this session is to help children understand that there are many different types of pasta. Pasta can be used to make many different types of meals. The main activity ‘Have a go’, involves children creating a cold pasta salad by preparing and mixing the ingredients together.

The aim of this session is to help children understand that bread is eaten all over the world in different forms. The main activity, ‘Have a go’, involves children making their own bread and developing their kneading and shaping skills.

Display cards and powerpoint presentation to remind children of what we need to do before cooking.

The aim of this session is to help children understand that lots of the foods we eat are grown and come from plants. The main activity, ‘Have a go’, involves the children learning how to make a crunchy vegetable salad and develop their cutting and grating skills.

Two different worksheets for tasting activities.

A worksheet looking at front of pack nutrition labeling.

Nutrient Sources Worksheet.

Investigate the energy needs of different people. Ask children to write down the reasons why different people might use different amounts of energy. Prompts include: age, job and health.

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 PowerPoint presentation to remind children of hygiene rules when cooking.

This section provides information to help teach about food product development.

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