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.

A worksheet encouraging children to design a food advert.

A worksheet investigating food advertising.

A Knowledge organiser providing key information around food choice.

A presentation about consumer choice.

A presentation looking at budgeting (to support the food life skills modules).

A worksheet providing an overview of the ingredients used in bread making.

Explore food, a user-friendly online nutritional analysis tool for secondary school students. It allows students to calculate the energy and nutrients provided by a recipe or a diet. It is designed to be easy to use, guiding students through the analysis of a recipe or a day’s diet. Explore food is useful for KS3 and KS4 in food technology, home economics and/or science lessons.

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

9 flash cards of related illustrations with key questions from the BNF food safety poster

Are you safe? Use this poster to teach your pupils all about food safety.

A powerpoint to show what foods are grown in each season in the UK. Follow the link for lesson plans and resources.

Some food is perishable, like meat, fish and milk. Some food lasts longer, like flour, beans and canned fruit.

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.

A worksheet exploring how to keep safe in the kitchen.

A presentation looking at the Harvest festival.

A presentation around different types of fish.

A worksheet looking at sensory evaluation.

In this story the Food investigators learn about breads from different countries and make their own different shaped bread rolls. Includes worksheet to label the countries different breads are from. Follow the link for interactive white board resources.

An outline of a fridge and cupboard to which food images can be placed.