Understanding the needs of a healthy varied diet

Design and technology

Introduction - Celebrating culture and seasonality

Where does our food come from?

Combining ingredients: making a soup

Evaluating food products

Combining ingredients: making healthy pancakes

The food industry

Combining ingredients: making bread

Design your own dish to reflect a culture or celebration

Create your own dish to reflect your chosen culture or celebration

Cooking and nutrition: celebrating culture and seasonality

Fruit and vegetables, cakes, chocolate and proteins

Fruit and vegetables, carbohydrates, protein

Fruit and vegetables, carbohydrates, proteins, dairy (or alternatives), oils and spreads

The eatwell plate gives us guidance of what we should include in a healthy and varied diet. Can you select from below the contents of the eatwell plate?

What would influence the selection of ingredients for a food product that needs to be part of healthy and varied diet?

When designing for an end user we need to consider the users' ...

A list of ingredients and method to explain our ideas

When presenting an idea we need to include:

What food should I eat as part of a healthy and varied diet? (Tick 2 boxes)

What is the daily recommendation for fruit and vegetables as part of a healthy diet?

Bread, potatoes, pasta and rice are all types of ...

What do we need to consider before designing a product? (Tick 2 boxes)

This lesson will be removed by the end of the Spring Term 2026.

Understanding the needs of a healthy varied diet

Lesson outcome

Content guidance

This lesson will be removed by the end of the Spring Term 2026.