Rice: Extended activities

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Rev up your lesson using our cross-curricular activities about rice. Choose from a selection of topics aimed at 7-11-year-olds, covering subjects including, history, design and technology and spoken language.

Lesson highlights:

  • Learn how rice gets from Farm to Fork
  • Discover the history of rice
  • Understand the significance of rice in different cultures
  • Find out how rice can be part of a healthy diet

Curriculum

England

Spoken language

  • Ask relevant questions to extend their understanding and knowledge.
  • Use relevant strategies to build their vocabulary.
  • Participate in discussions, presentations, performances, role-play, improvisations and debates.

Design and Technology

  • Prepare and cook a variety of predominantly savoury dishes using a range of cooking techniques.

 

Scotland

Spoken language

  • Communicate clearly when engaging with others within and beyond [their] place of learning, using selected resources as required; find, select, sort and use information for a specific purpose.

Design and Technology

  • Prepare simple healthy foods and drinks.
  • Becoming aware of the journeys which foods make from source to customer.
  • Through discovery and imagination, I can develop and use problem-solving strategies to meet design challenges with a food or textile focus.

 

 

 

Wales

Spoken language

  • Experiencing and responding to a variety of stimuli and ideas; communicating for a range of purposes.

Design and Technology

  • Classify food by commodity/group and understand the characteristics of a broad range of ingredients, including their nutritional, functional and sensory properties.

 

Northern Ireland

Spoken language

  • Describe and talk about real experiences and imaginary situations and about people, places, events and artefacts.

Design and Technology

  • Look at a range of natural and man-made objects, exploring and investigating the characteristics of what is seen by close observation, touch and recording. Discuss what has been seen and handled.

 

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