Lesson Two – Perfect Pasta
This design technology teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to design, describe and model some examples of different shaped pasta that could be used when preparing an Italian food recipe.
The class can identify and explain why a certain shaped pasta might be suitable to use for an airline meal to serve to passengers based on its specific design and shape.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to design, describe and model some examples of different shaped pasta that could be used when preparing an Italian food recipe
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe different shaped pasta that could be used in an Italian food recipe and a template to record and explain their design ideas for a new type of pasta that could be suitable to use for an airline meal to serve to passengers.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore how to design and model examples of different shaped pasta that could be used in an Italian food recipe.
This lesson is part of a design technology scheme of work to get the children to design and prepare a recipe for a pasta salad for an airline meal using different foods that are grown and produced in Italy. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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