This unit will excite your taste buds and imagination as you create new products and become informed consumers. Now is the time for YOU to gain knowledge and experience to make wise decisions about the food you buy and prepare. Taste testing, analysing and evaluating your production activities will help you become a more confident food consumer. Topics covered include: Labelling and Packaging, Convenience foods v Fresh foods, and Media, Advertising and Supermarket Psychology.
Learning Standards:
INVESTIGATING AND DESIGNING:
- Prepare a design brief for a variety of client groups to satisfy their needs
- Develop solutions to the design brief
- Identify a range of criteria for evaluating their products
PRODUCING:
- Carry out a range of processes accurately, consistently, safely and responsibly using a variety of complex tools and equipment
- Explain decisions about the suitability of the materials and techniques used
- Produce a production plan with logical sequences of production stages
- Make products and explain any modifications
ANALYSING AND EVALUATING:
- Evaluate the finished product using the previously established criteria
- Critically analyse the product and make appropriate suggestions for improvements
- Draw conclusions about the impact of their design on others
Assessment:
Assessment across the year will include a range of tasks such as:
- Written Activities
- Folio
- Practical Activities
- Practical Tests
- Theory Tests
Contribution to class discussions and completion of class work will also be considered.
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