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Food of the future - cook some and see!

Topics Reception/Year 1
This unit is part of Changes within Living Memory Food

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Objectives

History

  • Understand historical concepts such as continuity and change.
  • Learn about changes in living memory.
  • Identify similarities and differences between ways of life in different periods.

Design and Technology

  • Use the basic principles of a healthy and varied diet to prepare dishes.
  • Understand where food comes from.

English

  • Say sentences out loud before writing them.
  • Re-read what they have written to check that it makes sense.
  • Write for different purposes.

Lesson Planning

Children will use the knowledge that both foods available and tastes have changed in order to think about what foods of the future might be like.

Teaching Outcomes
To identify the things that have influenced food trends in the past.
To prepare possible ‘future’ snacks and a drink, using seaweed.
To write a food review for a newspaper.

Children will:

  • Design a futuristic dish.
  • Prepare and make a futuristic dish.
  • Write a short food critic’s newspaper review.

Provided Resources

  • Photo images of possible foods of the future
  • Seaweed recipes and ingredients

You Will Need

You do not need any particular resources for this session.

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