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Key stage 3
Cooking and nutrition
concepts develop through our use of threads, which add vertical coherence. Explore free teaching resources for key stage 3, cooking and nutrition, covering years 7, 8 and 9. Save hours planning lessons with a slide deck, worksheet, prior knowledge starter and assessment exit quizzes and key vocabulary – all ready for you to teach and adapt for your pupils. You can download lesson and teaching resources, or log in and download units or save units to ‘my library’ – whichever is best for you to plan your cooking and nutrition lesson. Read more about how the KS3 curriculum was designed in our explainer.
Cooking and nutrition units
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Brand-new teaching resources, thoughtfully crafted by teachers for classroom needs.
1
Independent and confident cooking
Year 7
3 lessons
2
The Eatwell Guide: meals and diets
Year 7
3 lessons
3
Food origins
Year 7
3 lessons
4
Informed food choices
Year 7
3 lessons
5
Cooking techniques and proficiency
Year 8
3 lessons
6
Energy and nutrients: source and function
Year 8
3 lessons
7
More sustainable diets
Year 8
3 lessons
8
Local food to worldwide cuisine
Year 8
3 lessons
9
Accurate and precise cooking
Year 9
3 lessons
10
Health and dietary needs
Year 9
3 lessons
11
Global food challenges
Year 9
3 lessons
12
Food culture and custom
Year 9
3 lessons