Healthier fast food - Lesson 6 Year 8

In this lesson, students learn how to make healthier versions of fast food.

Healthier fast food is the topic for lesson six of our Food Technology: Year 8 unit plan.

In this lesson, students start to understand how cost can influence decisions and how food materials can be transformed or manipulated. They’ll also learn more about food safety.

Download the whole lesson plan as a kit or “pick and mix” information to suit your students.

Download complete lesson kit (PDF)

 Lesson plan resources

Recipes

• Baked popcorn chicken (PDF)
• Coleslaw (PDF)

Evaluation sheet

• Lesson 6 evaluation sheet - healthier fast food (PDF)

Activity sheets

• Burger takeaway makeover activity - student copy (PDF)
• Burger takeaway makeover activity - teacher copy (PDF)
• Cost comparison activity - student copy (PDF)
• Cost comparison activity - teacher copy (PDF)
• Sensory evaluation (PDF)

Skill cards 

• Cabbage (PDF)
• Carrot (PDF)

Recipe video

• Popcorn chicken