Year 10 Food Science and Technology
10TFO Course DescriptionTeacher in Charge: J. Crawford.
Recommended Prior LearningOpen entry
This course will follow the New Zealand Curriculum for Technology and the main focus will be on processed outcomes. Most students work at Level 5 of the National Curriculum for Technology in the areas of Technological practice and Technological knowledge. The course will include four independent units of work, each one focussing on a different area of the Level 1 NCEA curriculum.
Pre-Unit 1- Food safety and food hygiene: A study of the micro-organisms that cause food poisoning and the procedures used in food manufacturing to prevent food poisoning from occurring.
Pre-Unit 1 - Sensory analysis: This unit explores the science of the senses we use when we consume food and drink. Students will learn about the different types of tests that can be used with stakeholders to gain feedback on thier design ideas.
Unit 1 - Cook-Chill meals: This unit explores the authentic context of the governments school lunch programme. Students are tasked with making a suitable school lunch within a given budget using the cook-chill process.
Unit 2 – Technological Knowledge, Materials and Techniques: Cereal Products - Ever wondered why cakes sometimes sink in the middle or become like volcanoes? Ever wanted to make your own pastry or bread? In this unit you will learn how to make a range of cakes, pastries, and biscuits and understand why things sometimes go wrong.
Unit 3 - Get wise 2 health: Health and well being is the focus of this unit of work helping students to understand how to make wise choices when it come to food and designing new food products.
Unit 4 - Technological Practice, Development and Manufacturing: Chilled Desserts - This is an opportunity for students to put into practice what they have learned in previous units throughout the year. They will be challenged to make a chilled dessert using seasonal summer fruits.
Course Overview
Term 1
Pre-Unit 1 Food Safety and Hygiene, (2 weeks) This will cover the basics of the preparation and cooking of food safely.
Pre-Unit 1 Sensory Analysis, (4 weeks) This will introduce students to the 5 basic tastes and different testing that can be carried out to gain feedback on their design ideas.
Unit 1 Cook-Chill Products, (6 weeks) Using knowledge from the above two pre-units, students will design a school lunch.
Term 2
Unit 1 Continued (2 weeks)
Unit 2 Cereal Products continued, (10 weeks) This unit of work will look at all cereal based products including bread, cakes, biscuits, pastry and pasta. There will be a design element to this unit and students will choose a cereal based product to work with and create a product of their own choosing.
Term 3
Unit 2 Continued (2 weeks)
Unit 3 Get wise 2 health - (6 weeks) This programme is designed to help students make wise choices when it come to food, health and wellbeing. It will cover hauora, lifestyle in Aotearoa, nutrition and physical activity.
Term 4
Unit 4 - Chilled desserts (8weeks) Students will design and make a chilled dessert using the knowledge learned from previous units.
Pathway
This course would lead on to Level 1 Food Technology which is an academic course aimed at preparing students for a career in food technology, food manufacturing, food science, sensory science, nutrition, product development and many more interesting opportunities.
Career PathwaysFood Technologist, Biochemist, Baker
Contributions and Equipment/StationeryFood container to take food home from practicals.