Archived unit: Cooking and nutrition: Adapting a recipe
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Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Follow a recipe, with some support.
- Describe some of the features of a biscuit based on taste, smell, texture and appearance.
- Adapt a recipe by adding extra ingredients to it.
- Plan a biscuit recipe within a budget.
Suggested prior learning
Archived unit: Cooking and nutrition: Eating seasonally
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Lessons
Lesson 1: Following a recipe
Lesson 2: Testing ingredients
Lesson 3: Final design and budget
Lesson 4: Biscuit bake off
Key skills
- Designing a biscuit within
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Key knowledge
- To know that the
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Key vocabulary
design criteria
research
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Unit resources
Assessment D&T Y4: Food: Adapting a recipe
Assessment D&T Y4: Food: Adapting a recipe
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Mathematics
‘Pupils should be taught to:
- measure, compare, add and subtract: lengths (m/cm/mm); mass (kg/g); volume/capacity (l/ml)
- add and subtract amounts of money to give change, using both £ and p in practical contexts’
See National curriculum - Mathematics key stages 1 to 2.
British values: Mutual respect.
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Archived unit: Cooking and nutrition: What could be healthier?
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