
Cooking and Baking
Levels 3 and 4

NZC Achievement Objectives

Te Mātauranga o Aotearoa
Properties and Changes of Matter: Classify materials by observing and measuring their properties such as electrical or thermal conductivity or acidity.
Ngā Āhuatanga me ngā Panoni Matū: Ka whakarōpū i ētahi matū mā te mātakitaki me te ine i ngā āhuatanga ōkiko, kawekawe hoki, pēnei i te kawe hiko, te kawe pōkākā, me te waikawatanga.

Learning Intentions

Integration Ideas
Learning Intentions are from the Ministry of Education
Integration ideas are from the Ministry of Education
Level 3
Be able to describe the taste, texture, and smell of various ingredients and group them accordingly
Level 4
Be able to identify the factors that affect the production of carbon dioxide in cooking processes
Health and Physical Education: Identify and use safe practices and basic risk-management strategies eg. Managing risks in both the natural and built environments
Health and Physical Education: Access and use information to make and action safe choices in a range of contexts eg. Safety in the sun, on the road, near water

Related Topics
Resources

You don’t need whitebait to cook a tasty summer fritter! These recipes were created by students from Waimea Intermediate School during their MasterChef challenge. Give them a go yourself!
Level
1-4
Type
Cooking
A new kiwi classic
Kiwi Conservation Club - Hakuturi Toa
You don’t need whitebait to cook a tasty summer fritter! These recipes were created by students from Waimea Intermediate School during their MasterChef challenge. Give them a go yourself!

Acids and bases are important chemistry concepts that kids can enjoying learning about as they make their own sherbet to take home.
Level
1-4
Type
Activity
Acids & Bases
Science Kids
Acids and bases are important chemistry concepts that kids can enjoying learning about as they make their own sherbet to take home.

The context of staple food is familiar to almost everyone. Bread has been chosen as the topic for this book, but the concepts and ideas introduced here can be applied to other food preparation processes, for example, cakes, pikelets, and soft drinks.
Level
2-4
Type
Activity Book
Bread: The Chemistry of Breadmaking
Ministry of Education NZ
The context of staple food is familiar to almost everyone. Bread has been chosen as the topic for this book, but the concepts and ideas introduced here can be applied to other food preparation processes, for example, cakes, pikelets, and soft drinks.

This book provides opportunities for children to: investigate the composition of a food (specifically, an egg), relate an egg's composition to the types of changes it can undergo, investigate whether these changes can be reversed.
Level
1-2
Type
Activity Book
Eggs: Mixing, Beating, Crushing, and Heating
Ministry of Education NZ
This book provides opportunities for children to: investigate the composition of a food (specifically, an egg), relate an egg's composition to the types of changes it can undergo, investigate whether these changes can be reversed.

It’s Old Mac Science Guy’s “Farming” show, E-I-E-I-O.
Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhKkSCxgels&list=PLC1A0KOYvlM7HWpQfsCu2z-PkwUHfn10S&index=5
Level
1-4
Type
Video
Farming
Bill Nye The Science Guy
It’s Old Mac Science Guy’s “Farming” show, E-I-E-I-O.
Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhKkSCxgels&list=PLC1A0KOYvlM7HWpQfsCu2z-PkwUHfn10S&index=5

Garden to Table’s ‘Be With a Tree’ Challenge is to find a tree that provides us with food, and to make a fruit crumble! You could use lots of different tree-grown fruits in this recipe – apples, pears, apricots, nectarines, peaches, feijoas or a mixture of fruit.
Level
1-4
Type
Cooking Activity
Fruit Crumble Recipe
Kiwi Conservation Club - Hakuturi Toa
Garden to Table’s ‘Be With a Tree’ Challenge is to find a tree that provides us with food, and to make a fruit crumble! You could use lots of different tree-grown fruits in this recipe – apples, pears, apricots, nectarines, peaches, feijoas or a mixture of fruit.

The title of this topic refers to the transfer of heat energy - a phenomenon that is familiar to children as they experience the processes of warming and cooling in everyday life.
Level
3-4
Type
Activity Book
Heat on the Move: Transferring Heat Energy through...
Ministry of Education NZ
The title of this topic refers to the transfer of heat energy - a phenomenon that is familiar to children as they experience the processes of warming and cooling in everyday life.

Have you ever wondered how jellybeans are made. Suzy puts her teeth to the test first :D as she bites into this investigation.
Level
1-2
Type
Video
Jelly Beans: How are jelly beans made?
Suzy's World
Have you ever wondered how jellybeans are made. Suzy puts her teeth to the test first :D as she bites into this investigation.

A solar oven let us use the energy from the sun to cook food. Did you know you can make a solar oven out of a pizza box? Of course, you’ll need to eat the pizza first! Watch our video to make and test your own solar oven at school or home.
Level
5-6
Type
Activity
Make a Solar Oven
Genesis School-Gen
A solar oven let us use the energy from the sun to cook food. Did you know you can make a solar oven out of a pizza box? Of course, you’ll need to eat the pizza first! Watch our video to make and test your own solar oven at school or home.

Yeast is yummy and mould is medicinal… In this unit take a closer look at how the growth and survival of these tiny organisms are dependent upon the right conditions, and how humans have harnessed them to help.
Level
3
Type
Unit
Marvellous micro-organisms
Primary Connections
Yeast is yummy and mould is medicinal… In this unit take a closer look at how the growth and survival of these tiny organisms are dependent upon the right conditions, and how humans have harnessed them to help.

Do you measure up? Watch the “Measurement” episode with Bill Nye to find out.
Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENPnNarVvaI
Level
1-4
Type
Video
Measurement
Bill Nye The Science Guy
Do you measure up? Watch the “Measurement” episode with Bill Nye to find out.
Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENPnNarVvaI

Bill likes to be active, a lean, mean, nutrition machine. Find out about his eating habits in this episode of Bill Nye the Science Guy.
Link for video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWKIyMHMp_c
Level
1-4
Type
Video
Nutrition
Bill Nye The Science Guy
Bill likes to be active, a lean, mean, nutrition machine. Find out about his eating habits in this episode of Bill Nye the Science Guy.
Link for video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWKIyMHMp_c

There's nothing corny about this programme, as Suzy finds out, first hand. Head to https://suzy.co.nz/sw-factsheets/ for the factsheet that accompanies this episode.
Level
1-2
Type
Video
Popcorn: What makes popcorn pop?
Suzy's World
There's nothing corny about this programme, as Suzy finds out, first hand. Head to https://suzy.co.nz/sw-factsheets/ for the factsheet that accompanies this episode.

This book looks at the need for food preservation (rokiroki kai) and some of the natural, traditional, and commercial methods of preservation that people use for food storage (whakaputu).
Level
3-4
Type
Activity Book
Preserving Food: Processes in Food Storage
Ministry of Education NZ
This book looks at the need for food preservation (rokiroki kai) and some of the natural, traditional, and commercial methods of preservation that people use for food storage (whakaputu).

Connor has a really cool question. "Why does cheese go green?" We don't have an episode that answers that question specifically but we do have an episode of Suzy's World that looks at why we need to put food in the refrigerator. So, tada! Here it is!
Level
1-2
Type
Video
Refrigerator: Why do we keep food in the refrigerator?
Suzy's World
Connor has a really cool question. "Why does cheese go green?" We don't have an episode that answers that question specifically but we do have an episode of Suzy's World that looks at why we need to put food in the refrigerator. So, tada! Here it is!

It's safe to say that food looks and tastes a lot better when it's fresh or preserved properly. Teach kids about how mold, fungi and bacteria affect food while they investigate further with a fun mold activity.
Level
1-4
Type
Activity
Rotting Food
Science Kids
It's safe to say that food looks and tastes a lot better when it's fresh or preserved properly. Teach kids about how mold, fungi and bacteria affect food while they investigate further with a fun mold activity.

Water expands when heated. Students gather evidence to support their explanations of why popcorn pops and critique each others’ explanations. Working together and providing evidence to support ideas are important features of science.
Level
4-5
Type
Activity
Why does popcorn pop?
Ministry of Education NZ
Water expands when heated. Students gather evidence to support their explanations of why popcorn pops and critique each others’ explanations. Working together and providing evidence to support ideas are important features of science.