Natural Sciences and Technology Grade 6-A - Thunderbolt Kids
Natural Sciences and Technology Grade 6-A - Thunderbolt Kids Natural Sciences and Technology Grade 6-A - Thunderbolt Kids
ACTIVITY: Food Processing Project Now that you have a better idea of the dierent ways that raw food can be processed, choose one particular method that you found really interesting to further research and then process the food at the end. INSTRUCTIONS: 1. You need to read as much as possible about your chosen method of food processing. 2. You will need to interview at least one person who uses this method of food processing. Before your interview you will need write down at least 10 dierent questions to ask this person during the interview. You need to include these questions and the person's answers in your project's presentation. 3. After your research and interview you need to include afew paragraphs headed: "What I learnt about food processing..." This must be asummary of the information you learnt. 4. Present your findings in avisible form that you like - perhaps a poster, PowerPoint slide show or in aflip-file as abrochure. Be creative and present your information in alively and interesting way! 5. Use the knowledge and understanding that you gained and process the food using this method. 6. You will need to present your poster/presentation/slideshow to the class as well as the steps you followed to process your chosen food. Bring some of your processed food to class so that you can all enjoy what everyone has made. 7. When you choose aprocessing method make sure you have food that you will be able to process using this method! If you cannot find fresh (raw) peaches to poach because it is winter then consider choosing another processing method! 72 Life and Living
KEY CONCEPTS • Food is processed to make it edible, by cooking or preparing it for example. • Food is processed to make it last longer - we say to preserve it. • Food is processed to improve its nutritional value by fermenting it for example. • During processing many foods may lose some of their nutrients. • Various methods are used to process food. Chapter 4. Food processing 73
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ACTIVITY: Food Processing Project<br />
Now that you have a better idea of the dierent ways that raw<br />
food can be processed, choose one particular method that you<br />
found really interesting to further research <strong>and</strong> then process the<br />
food at the end.<br />
INSTRUCTIONS:<br />
1. You need to read as much as possible about your chosen<br />
method of food processing.<br />
2. You will need to interview at least one person who uses this<br />
method of food processing. Before your interview you will<br />
need write down at least 10 dierent questions to ask this<br />
person during the interview. You need to include these<br />
questions <strong>and</strong> the person's answers in your project's<br />
presentation.<br />
3. After your research <strong>and</strong> interview you need to include afew<br />
paragraphs headed: "What I learnt about food processing..."<br />
This must be asummary of the information you learnt.<br />
4. Present your findings in avisible form that you like - perhaps<br />
a poster, PowerPoint slide show or in aflip-file as abrochure.<br />
Be creative <strong>and</strong> present your information in alively <strong>and</strong><br />
interesting way!<br />
5. Use the knowledge <strong>and</strong> underst<strong>and</strong>ing that you gained <strong>and</strong><br />
process the food using this method.<br />
6. You will need to present your poster/presentation/slideshow<br />
to the class as well as the steps you followed to process your<br />
chosen food. Bring some of your processed food to class so<br />
that you can all enjoy what everyone has made.<br />
7. When you choose aprocessing method make sure you have<br />
food that you will be able to process using this method! If you<br />
cannot find fresh (raw) peaches to poach because it is winter<br />
then consider choosing another processing method!<br />
72 Life <strong>and</strong> Living
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