
Food Technology
Levels 1 to 4

NZC Achievement Objectives

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Learning Intentions

Integration Ideas
Learning Intentions are from the Ministry of Education
Integration ideas are from the Ministry of Education
Levels 1 to 4
Produce technological solutions in a range of technological areas and contexts.
Level 1
Share ideas about the ways in which familiar technologies affect their lives eg. the use and disposal of plastics

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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!

Create an erupting geyser with Diet Coke and Mentos, this amazing experiment is guaranteed to impress your friends!
Level
1-4
Type
Experiment
Diet Coke & Mentos Geyser Eruption
Science Kids
Create an erupting geyser with Diet Coke and Mentos, this amazing experiment is guaranteed to impress your friends!

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

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.

This book introduces concepts about heat energy that can be illustrated by the preparation of a familiar breakfast cereal. It focuses on differences in temperature and the way in which these are used in cooking technology.
Level
1-2
Type
Activity Book
Making Porridge: Conducting Heat and Cooking Food
Ministry of Education NZ
This book introduces concepts about heat energy that can be illustrated by the preparation of a familiar breakfast cereal. It focuses on differences in temperature and the way in which these are used in cooking technology.

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.

We are living in a material world, and those materials have a range of physical properties that influence their use. Investigate the properties of things we use everyday and apply understanding to investigate how materials keep things warm.
Level
2
Type
Unit
Material world
Primary Connections
We are living in a material world, and those materials have a range of physical properties that influence their use. Investigate the properties of things we use everyday and apply understanding to investigate how materials keep things warm.

Everyday, more and more packages are being sent around the world. In the context of design, explore the properties of materials that make them suitable for packaging, and construct a package strong enough to protect a fragile gift.
Level
2
Type
Unit
Package it better
Primary Connections
Everyday, more and more packages are being sent around the world. In the context of design, explore the properties of materials that make them suitable for packaging, and construct a package strong enough to protect a fragile gift.

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.

Everyday materials can be changed in a variety of ways, and what’s more ‘everyday’ than food? Explore how heating and cooling creates physical changes to the observable properties of food.
Level
1
Type
Unit
Spot the difference
Primary Connections
Everyday materials can be changed in a variety of ways, and what’s more ‘everyday’ than food? Explore how heating and cooling creates physical changes to the observable properties of food.