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Cooking and nutrition: Smoothies
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ARCHIVED Year 1: Cooking and nutrition: Fruit and vegetables

Learning to distinguish between fruit and vegetables and where they grow when designing a fruit and vegetable smoothie and accompanying packaging.

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Unit outcomes

Pupils who are secure will be able to:

  • Describe fruits and vegetables and explain why they are a fruit or a vegetable.
  • Name a range of places that fruits and vegetables grow.
  • Describe basic characteristics of fruit and vegetables.
  • Prepare fruits and vegetables to make a smoothie.

Suggested prior learning

This is the first unit in the Kapow Primary Design and technology scheme.

Lessons

Lesson 1: Fruit or vegetable?

To identify if a food is a fruit or a vegetable
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Lesson 2: Where fruit and vegetables grow

To identify where plants grow and which parts we eat
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Lesson 3: Smoothie ingredients tasting

To taste and compare fruit and vegetables
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Lesson 4: Making smoothies

To make a fruit and vegetable smoothie
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Key skills

  • Designing smoothie carton packaging
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Key knowledge

  • To understand the difference
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Key vocabulary

fruit

vegetable

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