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Year 5

Design your own dish to reflect a culture or celebration

In this lesson, we will explore how to design your own dish to reflect a selected culture or celebration of your choice. You will design and make your dish to reflect the Eatwell plate and you will create your own method sheet to follow next session.

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Year 5

Design your own dish to reflect a culture or celebration

In this lesson, we will explore how to design your own dish to reflect a selected culture or celebration of your choice. You will design and make your dish to reflect the Eatwell plate and you will create your own method sheet to follow next session.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. how sustainable the materials in products are
  2. about chefs and manufacturers who have developed ground-breaking products

Equipment

Weighing scales, measuring jugs, bowls, spoons - various sizes, baking trays

Content guidance

  • Equipment requiring safe usage.

Supervision

Adult supervision recommended.

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This content is made available by Oak National Academy Limited and its partners and licensed under Oak’s terms & conditions (Collection 1), except where otherwise stated.

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3 Questions

Q1.
What it the term used for the combination of thick, malleable, sometimes elastic paste made out of any grains that we use to make bread.
Correct answer: Dough
Mixture
Paste
Q2.
What process is used to make dough?
Correct answer: Kneading
Mixing
Stirring
Q3.
How do we know it is a chemical change not a change in state?
Correct answer: The ingredients change in colour and the change is irreversible
We can reverse the change

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4 Questions

Q1.
What is a design specification?
A list to follow.
A to do list.
Correct answer: Is a list of specific points that says what our product should or shouldn't do or be.
Q2.
What is the key difference between the way a common dish such as soup is presented in different cultures
Correct answer: The ingredients that are used takes a standard dish and transforms the taste, the appearance and texture.
The way it is presented.
The way it sounds.
Q3.
What must a design specification reflect?
Correct answer: The needs, wants, preferences and values of the end user/users.
What you want it to.
Your favourite things.
Q4.
When you design a food product what is the method?
Correct answer: To adapt, combine one or more ingredients.
To create a dish that is unique.
To create a sketch and a model of your food product.