Cooking and nutrition: Balanced diet

Discovering the importance of a balanced diet and creating a tasty, balanced wrap to meet a design brief.

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Lessons

Lesson 1: Food groups

Lesson 2: Balanced meals

Lesson 3: Preparing ingredients

Lesson 4: Taste testing ingredients

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Lesson 5: Planning recipes

  • To design based on criteria.

Lesson 6: Creating and evaluating wraps

Key skills

  • Chopping foods safely to
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Key knowledge

To know:

  • That ‘diet’ means
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Key vocabulary

appearance

balanced

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Knowledge organiser – D&T Y2: Cooking and nutrition: Balanced diet

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Vocabulary display – D&T Y2: Cooking and nutrition: Balanced diet

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