Approved by AQA, this student book offers high quality support you can trust. Written by renowned author Anita Tull and Garry Littlewood, this resource is designed to be the most motivating student-friendly book available. Its engaging visual style and tone will support your students through this new course and help them thoroughly prepare for both their non-examined assessment tasks and exam. / Designed for students of all ability level. / Knowledge and understanding covers the specification content in the right level of detail and is written and presented in a highly accessible way. / Recipes make the links between food preparation skills and the science of food and nutrition. / Practical activities help your students connect theory and practice, and apply their understanding of food and nutrition to practical preparation. / Non-Exam Assessment tasks are supported with a chapter giving you clear guidance on how you will be assessed./Exam practice and skills guidance is provided, introducing students to the assessment criteria and mark schemes. / Extension questions and tasks will help stretch and challenge the most able learners.

 

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 344 pages in this book. This book was published 2016 by Illuminate Publishing .

Anita Tull is the author of several books including 'Food Technology: An Introduction' and 'Food Technology to GCSE'. Lyndsey Jackson is a principal examiner for a major awarding body. Jan Shally is a principal examiner for a major awarding body. Anita Tull is the author of several renowned student books, including Food and Nutrition 3rd Edition and The Good School Food Guide. She has taught food, nutrition and cooking skills to both children, teenagers and adults in a range of different schools and colleges. Anita has recently taught AQA GCSE Food and Nutrition at a school in Tunbridge Wells and been awarded a PhD by the Centre for Food Policy, City University, London. // Garry Littlewood is a Subject Leader for Food at Huntington School, York and teaches KS3, GCSE and A Level. He is involved in a CPD programme for the school and the City of York. In addition to teaching, Garry has moderating and GCSE specification-development experience. He is co-author of the AQA GCSE Food Technology endorsed student book.

This book has the following chapters: Section 1: Food, nutrition and health - Chapter 1: Nutrients; Chapter 2: Nutritional needs and health; Section 2: Food science - Chapter 3: Cooking of food and heat transfer; Chapter 4: Functional and chemical properties of food; Section 3: Food safety - Chapter 5: Food spoilage and contamination; Chapter 6: Principles of food safety; Section 4: Food choice - Chapter 7: Factors affecting food choice; Chapter 8: British and international cuisines; Chapter 9: Sensory evaluation; Chapter 10: Food labelling and marketing; Section 5: Food provenance - Chapter 11: Environmental impact and sustainability; Chapter 12: Food processing and production; Chapter 13: Non-examined assessment (NEA); Chapter 14: Exam practice and technique.