KS4 Design and Technology
Learn how to be creative in planning, designing and be a problem solver in science.
This page contains resoucres for the subject of design and technology with a focus on food preparation and nutrition:
- Nutrition - recommended guidelines for healthy diet, recommended energy provided by protein, fat and carbohydrates, specific functions, main sources, dietary reference values and consequences of malnutrition of macronutrients and micronutrients, calculating energy and nutritional values and plan recipes, meals and diets, major diet related health risks, importance of hydration
- Food - food provenance (how food are grown, how processing affects the sensory and nutritional properties of ingredients, impact of food and food security, technological developments, development of a culinary tradition), food choice (sensory perception, qualities, range of factors influencing food choices, food availability)
- Cooking and food preparation - scientific principles underlying the preparation and cooking of food, and preparation and cooking techniques
More Information
(Please note the links below may not reflect on all the topics listed above)
Processing and vitamin content in cabbage - http://www.rsc.org/learn-chemistry/resource/res00000569/the-hunt-for-vitamin-c-the-effect-of-cooking-processes-on-the-vitamin-c-content-of-cabbage
Food integrity - http://understandingfoodadditives.org.uk/pages/Ch3p2.htm
Case studies on recalls - https://www.tutor2u.net/_legacy/assets/cafe/0906_cadburys.pdf
Food fraud - http://food.cieh.org/nut_contamination_risk_and_complexity_in_supply_chain.html?RequestId=796a64ff
Preservatives - http://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/practical-biology/preserving-food
Food safety and spoilage - http://meatandeducation.redmeatinfo.com/resources/gcse-support/food-science-and-safety/food-safety-and-spoilage
HACCP - https://www.stem.org.uk/uxbj67
Additive safety - http://understandingfoodadditives.org.uk/pages/Ch3p1.htm
Dairy processing - https://answers.practicalaction.org/our-resources/item/dairy-processing
Chicken and microbes - https://thecrunch.wellcome.ac.uk/schools-and-colleges/its-the-small-things
New proteins - http://beaconwales.org/uploads/resources/Muyiwa_Akintoye_QUORN.pdf
Barrier technologies - http://www.aqualab.com/education/moisture-migration/
Golden rice - http://www.goldenrice.org/Content3-Why/why4_facts.php
Biofortified sorghum - https://farmingfirst.org/2011/01/fighting-poor-nutrition-with-biofortified-sorghum/
Biofortification - http://www.harvestplus.org/biofortification-nutrition-revolution-now
CO2 footprint - http://www.carbonpartners.org.uk/resources
Strawberries - http://www.sustainability-ed.org.uk/support_materials/LCA%20strawberries.pdf
Peas food story - http://discovering-our-countryside.co.uk/peas/
Videos explaining how certain foods grow - http://www.howgrow.org/foods
Sensory properties - http://meatandeducation.redmeatinfo.com/resources/gcse-support/food-science-and-safety/sensory-properties
Factors affecting food choice - http://meatandeducation.redmeatinfo.com/resources/gcse-support/food-choice/factors-affecting-food-choice
Global food system - http://www.oxfam.org.uk/education/resources/food-for-thought
Malnutrition - https://www.bda.uk.com/foodfacts/MalnutritionFactSheet.pdf
Diabetes - https://www.bda.uk.com/foodfacts/diabetestype2.pdf
Hypertension - https://www.bda.uk.com/foodfacts/hypertension.pdf
Healthy hydration guide - https://www.nutrition.org.uk/healthyliving/hydration/healthy-hydration-guide
Dehydration in the elderly - https://www.nutrition.org.uk/nutritionscience/life/dehydrationelderly.html
Supplements overview - https://www.bda.uk.com/foodfacts/supplements.pdf
The power of school meals - http://documents.wfp.org/stellent/groups/public/documents/communications/wfp250490.pdf
Iodine deficiences in China - https://farmingfirst.org/2011/02/fighting-iodine-deficiencies-in-china-through-fertilizer-and-irrigation/