Hello Everyone
Stuck for ideas on how to run a lesson for your Design and Technology curriculum?
Here is one we enjoyed on my Year 5 practicum class!
The class completed the written part of this activity by completing every part of this booklet.
Given this was an activity involving food production covering ACTDEP026 on safe procedures was vital and an important part of our lessons and discussions. ACTDEK021 about food production and ACTDEJ022 on food safety and hygiene were all covered in our series of lessons. There are some wonderful videos on youtube that cover food safety and hygiene methods very clearly and in an engaging manner.
Initially we got students used to reviewing biscuit types, making decisions and completing tables and using appropriate vocabulary by bringing in a variety of branded biscuits for them to sample and review. These activities fulfilled a number of cross curricular areas in literacy and numeracy and general capabilities like creative and critical thinking.
Then we moved to making their own.
Students got the opportunity to review different biscuit types, starting with a basic recipe as outline in the attached booklet and then adding a variety of their own additions and reviewing and choosing their favourites. Students bought in spices, choc chips, food colouring, mini M&M’s, icing and other fun additions.
Since we only had the oven in the staff room to utilise the biscuit baking, the cooking day took a lot of planning and the assistance of an Education Assistance with myself and my Mentor teacher carefully guiding and monitoring proceedings.
If you have the time and the energy to run this lesson in your own classroom, combined with some assistance, you should try it. My students were still talking about what fun they had weeks later!