PowerPoint on theory for macronutrients - Carbohydrates (sugars, starches, dietary fibre, used for, sources & complex/simple), protein (used for, sources, animal, vegetable é novel), fats (used for, animal, vegetable é sources)

Set of vitamin & mineral revision cards - listing functions, sources & extra facts. Activity sheet where students are asked to use the revision cards to complete tasks e.g. which vitamins are anti-oxidants? Which vitamins/minerals work together in partnerships etc. Including an exemplar exam GCSE 6 mark question about dental health in young children. PowerPoint featuring the answers to the activity sheet - making the activity easy to be set by a cover teacher as they can simply reveal the answers after completion & students can self/peer assess. Students can use the activity cards however the teacher instructs - to take home to revise from, to revise in pairs to test each other on information on cards, to design a menu for a specific need (e.g. those suffering with Anaemia or poor dental health), for class discussions following an instruction e.g. group cards which represent vitamins & minerals that are found in green leafy vegetables - now let’s discuss the relationship between these etc. Activity page can easily be set as a cover lesson as students use the cards to answer the varying tasks on the page before answering an exemplar GCSE 6 mark question. I personally use the activity page to discuss each task in much more detail to establish links with prior learning etc! PowerPoint reveals correct answers.

Worksheet on theory for macronutrients, fats and proteins.

PowerPoint with activities, theory and questions about heat transfer methods (convection, conduction & radiation) as well as the reasons for cooking food.

2 x A3 worksheets which easily break down how students can score 12/12 for the 12 mark ‘health/diet-related illness/disease’ question… I’ve also included a worksheet that students can complete using textbook or online resources so they have a background knowledge to most health/diet-related illnesses/diseases the question is likely to cover! (This is also an easy cover lesson to set!) Question is easily broken down into 1 mark boxes - boxes on how to analyse what the question is asking/key facts to include & then boxes on how to evaluate & make a decision. Any questions - please message! (I also have similar resources for the 8 mark question!) Note: 1 side of worksheet is question with answers from AQA exemplar exams & the other side is the help sheet that students can complete & then self/peer mark using mark scheme that can be printed on back…

Curriculum map in form of excel spreadsheet listing ALL new specification criteria for GCSE Food Preparation & Nutrition (for teaching as of Sept 2016 & exams as of June 2018) that can be compared to KS3 SOWs to identify skills/areas of strength & weakness (& so will need addressing in KS4 or KS3 SOW will need editing to incorporate before September). I have colour coded my own SOW so you can see how the spreadsheet works (green = fully included in SOW, orange = touched upon/briefly included in SOW & red = minimal/not currently included in SOW) Hopefully this resource should save you hours of copying & pasting from new specification!

Report comment bank for year 7 food; excel document with various options to choose from to personalise from student to student. Spreadsheet includes the following: Overall introduction paragraph options relating to focus, effort, homework etc. Theory lesson paragraph options relating to food science. Improvement options/targets for theory paragraph. Practical lesson paragraph options including GCSE specification terminology. Improvement options/targets for practical paragraph.

2 x A3 worksheets which easily break down how students can score 8/8 for the 8 mark ‘data’ question… I’ve completed the 2 worksheets with my groups & then set them the exam questions (without help sheets) 2 weeks later & they remembered the techniques - most scoring 8/8 marks! Question is easily broken down into 1 mark boxes - boxes on how to analyse data in table & then boxes on how to evaluate & make a decision. Any questions - please message! (I also have similar resources for the 12 mark question!) 1 side of worksheet is question with answers from AQA exemplar exams & the other side is the helpsheet that studets can complete & then self/peer mark using mark scheme that is printed on back…

Worksheet on the theory of carbohydrates.

Product analysis help sheet that incorporates questions to assist with ACCESSFMM as well as encouraging students to describe the product, explain their observations and relate to their own product designs.

Starter: Cross out activity where students select the most relevant word from a selection of 3 to complete the sentence about either denaturation, coagulation, dextrinisation, caramelisation or gelatinisation.

2 x PDF A4 worksheets for students to complete - including survey on peer breakfast habits, questions after after watching videos & smoothie design. PowerPoint to accompany that can be displayed by cover teacher or students can download themselves. Examples of how to complete each task making the activities easy to be set by a cover teacher. Students to complete the activities on both worksheets - starting with a tally survey on the class (students have 10/15 minutes to interview each other - they love this!) to find out what they eat for breakfast, if they have a drink etc. Students then to answer questions based on their results e.g. how many students ate breakfast, how many of these drink etc. Students then watch 2 YouTube videos (links in PowerPoint) and read several slides of facts before answering 3 questions on the worksheet about the importance of breakfast, foods recommended and excuses people give and how these can be solved… Students then spend the remainder of the lesson planning and designing a breakfast smoothie based on the percentages of the Eatwell Guide recommendations; worksheet & PowerPoint includes ‘donut ratings’ to explain how they can achieve each grade boundary e.g. 1 donut = label ingredients, whereas 4 donuts = explain the function of each ingredient in line with Eatwell Guide recommendations.

Powerpoint & lesson plan including 'high or lower' sugar content game, video clips about how much sugar our drinks contain, links to article about the sugar content of our drinks that students can read and analyse to pick out shocking facts, posters explaining about the sugar content of drinks and task details to create a poster to 'encourage teenagers to re-think their drink'. Easy cover lesson for non-DT specialists :)

A3 activity sheet showing photos of various mistakes/problems e.g. flat meringues, brown apple slices, flat eclairs etc. Worksheet asks students to identify what food science the mistake/problem reates to, what has gone wrong/what mistake has been made & what can be done to solve this issue. Completed A3 worksheet - making the activity easy to be set by a cover teacher as they can use the completed worksheet to help/assist students. PowerPoint featuring the answers to the A3 activity sheet - making the activity easy to be set by a cover teacher as they can simply reveal the answers after completion & students can self/peer assess and correct/improve.

Behaviour management cards given with no discussion or eye contact - just placed on desk (after explaining how used at beginning of lesson!) to ensure emphasis is placed on student to make the right decision and minimise teacher wasted time spent managing low level behaviour and not teaching. Front and back of designs to be laminated together. Stop card - Has a 'stop' sign on the front & sentence on the back asking students to change their behaviour and return the card to the teacher after 5 minutes to explain what they were doing that was unacceptable and how they have changed their behaviour as a consequence. Go card - Has a 'go' sign on the front - given to students who have corrected their behaviour to ensure positive praise and feedback when behaviour has changed (I explain that receiving 3 of these means a positive phone call home!). Really successful use - students HATE to get the 'stop' cards but also know that it is a reminder/warning about their behaviour & they are keen to apologise, change their behaviour & give the card back to you as soon as possible!

PRACTICAL SESSION - Complete lesson including lesson plan, PowerPoint with instructions on how to make chilli con carne and comparison task with a ready made, microwave chilli con carne - comparing sensory properties, nutritional values and price. Worksheet to record comparison and differentiated plenary questions. Check out my other resources including SOW, cover lessons, lesson plans, resources, behaviour management cards, curriculum maps etc!

Complete lesson - Lesson plan (suitable for cover or teacher taught), PowerPoint including discussion on how a chocolate cake could be made 'healthier' with a design task to create a new, healthy cake with accompanying levels, 'how to label your cake' activity and plenary peer assessment task. Worksheet giving students opportunity to suggest 'healthier' ingredients and 'labels checklist' for students to independently label their healthy cake designs. Worksheet included that can be used to help students self assess & meet level requirements. Cakes can then be made from student's designs the following lesson! Check out my other resources including SOW, cover lessons, lesson plans, resources, behaviour management cards, curriculum maps etc!

Lesson plan & powerpoint. Lesson includes starter activity whereby students note down information that food packaging displays (students to be given a piece of food packaging so it's good to start collecting pieces now!), before deciding whether this information is legally required or included by choice, students to then design their own creative packaging (examples given) including the information discussed at the beginning of the lesson. Peer assessment activity included as plenary task. Easy cover lesson for DT non-specialists :) Check out my other resources including SOW, lessons plans, resources, behaviour management cards, curriculum maps etc!

Practical session student badges. Badges to be laminated & attached to lanyards to assign roles & responsibilities - encouraging independent learning in a practical session. 'Job Badges Text' document to be laminated against 'Job Badges' document so that each role has an explanation about the responsibilities. Powerpoint slides to further explain roles & responsibilities. 'One Question' document to be printed, laminated & cut up into individual cards - students only allowed one question (& card) in the practical session & must hand over card when used - encourages independence as students 'really' think about their question instead of asking repetitive, unnecessary questions.

Powerpoint including activities, video clips and questions about the following theory subjects: denaturation, coagulation, dextrinisation, gelatinisation & caramelisation

I have been creating my own coursework pages alongside the students so they can see what their page should look like/consist of. This page includes a highlighted design, task analysis spider diagram and research to do plan.