Food Technology Year 8
Our Food Technology Unit Plan is designed for Year 8 students. It focuses on developing cooking, evaluation and planning skills.
Our unit plan is here to help make teaching Food Technology easier. It features eight lesson plans and three extension lessons.
Each lesson plan comes with supporting resources you can download for free. Many of the resources are interactive and can be edited online using tablets or computers, or you can print them out.
Download the Year 8 unit plan as a pdf or choose from individual worksheets and lessons below.
Food Technology unit plan resources
Recipes (pdf)
Evaluation sheets (pdf)
- Lesson 1 evaluation sheet - Pick ‘n’ mix smoothie
- Lesson 1 evaluation sheet - Rainbow vegetable kebab
Activity sheets (pdf)
- Equipment find activity
- Sensory evaluation activity
- The Food Technology process activity
- Visual Food Guide activity - student copy
- Visual Food Guide activity - teacher copy
Skill cards (pdf)
Recipe (pdf)
Evaluation sheet (pdf)
Activity sheets (pdf)
- Eat most – vegetables and fruit activity - student copy
- Eat most – vegetables and fruit activity - teacher copy
- Foods and functions activity - student copy
- Foods and functions activity - teacher copy
Skill card (pdf)
Recipe video
Recipe (pdf)
Evaluation sheet (pdf)
Activity sheets (pdf)
Skill cards (pdf)
Recipe video
Recipe (pdf)
Evaluation sheet (pdf)
Activity sheets (pdf)
- Sensory evaluation
- Working drawings activity - student copy
- Working drawings activity - teacher copy
Skill cards (pdf)
Recipe videos
Recipe (pdf)
Evaluation sheet (pdf)
Activity sheets (pdf)
Skill cards (pdf)
Recipe video
Recipes (pdf)
Evaluation sheet (pdf)
Activity sheets (pdf)
- Burger takeaway makeover activity - student copy
- Burger takeaway makeover activity - teacher copy
- Cost comparison activity - student copy
- Cost comparison activity - teacher copy
- Sensory evaluation
Skill cards (pdf)
Recipe video
The resources on these pages can be used to support this lesson:
Activity sheet (pdf)
The resources on these pages can be used to support this lesson:
Recipes (pdf)
- Corned silverside fry-up
- Kamo kamo
- Sapasui – chop suey
- Sweet and sour pork
- Thai chicken salad
- Thai fish cakes
- Red lentil and vegetable curry
- Courgette pasta carbonara
Activity sheet (pdf)
Dictionary
Our skill card resources can also be used to support this lesson:
Recipes (pdf)
- Baked frittata
- Carrot salad
- Chilli beans with eggs
- Dahl curry with cauliflower and spinach
- Potato rosti
- Vegetable rice paper rolls
- Steamed vegetables
- Vegetable and bean burgers
- Vegetable tom yum soup
- Zesty courgette muffins
Evaluation sheet (pdf)
Activity sheets (pdf)
- Foods and functions activity - student copy
- Foods and functions activity - teacher copy
- Label the foods activity - student copy
- Label the foods activity - teacher copy
- Visual Food Guide activity - student copy
- Visual Food Guide activity - teacher copy
- Sensory evaluation
Our skill card resources can also be used to support this lesson:
Recipes (pdf)
Evaluation sheets (pdf)
- Lesson evaluation sheet - Egg and vegetable burrito
- Lesson evaluation sheet - Deconstructed burger
- Lesson evaluation sheet - Chicken four ways
Activity sheets (pdf)
- Deconstructed burger activity - student copy
- Deconstructed burger activity - teacher copy
- Sensory evaluation
Skill cards (pdf)
Recipe videos
- Chicken four ways: Pan fried chicken pieces
- Chicken four ways: Chicken and vegetable soup
- Chicken four ways: Chicken drumsticks
- Chicken four ways: Chicken kebabs
- Deconstructed burger: Traditional burgers
- Deconstructed burger: Grilled kofta
- Deconstructed burger: Baked mini meatloaf
- Deconstructed burger: Poached mini meatballs
- Egg and vegetable burrito
Related resources
- Attributes of a healthy and tasty meal - Lesson plan
- Vege Masterchef - Year 8 assignment
- Using seasonal vegetables - Lesson plan
- Vegetarian foods - Lesson plan
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- Lesson evaluations
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