This activity, aimed at primary level, gives children the opportunity to discuss ways in which food miles and carbon footprint may be reduced. Linked to work on sustainability and improving the environment, children consider how far different types of food have...

This Catalyst article describes how food waste can be treated by anaerobic digestion to produce methane and fertiliser.

This article is from Catalyst: Secondary Science Review 2011,...

Published by the Wellcome Trust, the 'Big Picture' explores issues around biology and medicine.

This issue of the Big Picture, from the Wellcome Trust, looks at the role that food plays not only in human physiology but also in the individual's lives. Food is about so much more than sustenance. Food choice...

Work done in this Nuffield 13 - 16 module followed from the unit called ‘Atoms and molecules’. This B unit provided enough material for six double periods in the third year of secondary school (year nine). The teachers’ guide included 10 worksheets to supplement the...

This book looks at several aspects of food and microbes: * The microscope * Fungi * Bacteria * Using microbes * Damage to our food * Stopping food damage * Milk * Food preservation * Microbes in the kitchen Food and Microbes was one of the Science at Work series. All the booklets in the series were highly...

These videos look at how farmers in the developing world grow and transport their food, focusing on the introduction of new technologies.

Gravity goods ropeway in Nepal: A description of how a gravity goods ropeway is used to transport tomatoes down a mountainside.

Aimed at Key Stages One and Two, the ten activities in this pack relate to food science. They look at the topics of keeping healthy, a balanced diet, digestion, teeth and eating, solids, liquids and gases and irreversible reactions. Designed to demonstrate key ideas and concepts and to spark an interest in science...

A Year Ten module from the Salters’ double award science course. A text activity on world food supplies introduces a series of experiments on photosynthesis and the role of chlorophyll. Experiments on the effects of nutrient deficiency leads to consideration of the use...

This teaching resource examines the role of science and technology in preserving food as an important part of global food security. It considers the scale of food spoilage across the globe and the consequences of this for people and their diets. Students investigate simple ways of preserving food relating their...

These technical briefs look at how to store and preserve food in a number of different ways. This is a vital part of food security and enables farmers to provide nutritious food for a longer period to feed their families and to provide an income.

Technical briefs are documents produced by Practical Action...

What is the perfect curve of a ball’s trajectory, what must the ideal turf be like, and...

This resource suggests a number of investigations into bee behaviour which can be used to:

• develop an understanding of the interdependence of organisms in an ecosystem, including food webs and insect pollinated crops
• consider the importance of insect pollination in human food security
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