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Home Lessons KS3 Food Safety VS Food Quality

KS3 Food Safety VS Food Quality

In this lesson, students will explore the importance of food labels, including the difference between "best before" and "use by". This lesson will also touch upon the growing concern of food waste and what we can do to reduce our waste.

Last Updated: 13 August 2021
Medium English food hygiene, food preparation, food safety, food storage, interactive
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What will you learn:

In this lesson, students will explore the importance of food labels, including the difference between "best before" and "use by". This lesson will also touch upon the growing concern of food waste and what we can do to reduce our waste.

Activities include:

  • An interactive quiz on food quality and safety to start the lesson off with
  • Making a pie chart to display data from a class vote
  • Answering questions on EU data (Optional)
  • Videos on 'food date labels' and 'food waste' and supporting worksheet

Learning Objectives:

  • To understand types of food labels and why these are important
  • To understand the difference between food safety and food quality
  • To understand how to store and use different types of food
  • To understand consequences of not following food labels properly

Requirements:

  • Each pupil should have an electronic device to access Kahoot quiz (optional)
  • Screen and speakers for videos
  • Printed student worksheets

Curriculum Links:

  • KS3: RSHE: Health and prevention.
  • KS4: Food preparation and nutrition GCSE: Cooking and food preparation - The scientific principles underlying the preparation and cooking of food.
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Food Safety vs Food Quality - Data Analysis Activity (Optional)

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Curriculum Tags

Cooking

Food Preparation

GCSE

Health & Prevention

Nutrition

RSHE

Lesson Tags

Food Hygiene

Food Preparation

Food Safety

Food Storage

Interactive

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