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Teacher notes and pupil notes

The resource papers and pages of the web site have been designed to be used together or as stand alone units. The background notes explain in more detail information relating to general production, legislation, packaging and marketing. There are also notes on particluar types of soft drink product, which aim to explain the various processes behind their production from their origins and ingredients to their delivery to the consumer. The notes are divided into the following sections:

• Liquids Mean Life
• Legislation and Good Practice
• Wrapping Up
• Getting to the Market Place
• Carbonated Drinks
• Fruit Juices
• Still and Dilutable Drinks
• Bottled Water

Pupil Activities

The pupil activities are divided into sections for Key Stage 3 Design & Technology, Maths, English and Science and Key Stage 4 Science. Some of the activities carry extensions which can be used for further lessons or for individual or group project work. The activities for each subject are:

KS3 Design & Technology
Investigation into the sweetening of soft drinks
It's in the water (different waters in soft drinks)
Home-made lemonade
Making smoothies
How smooth is your smoothie?
Packaging suitability
Hazard analysis critical control points

KS3 English
Analysing adverts
Looking at labels
Advertising
Go on! It's good for you!
Launching a product

KS3 Mathematics
Drinks survey
Taste testing
Packaging and unit cost
Measuring the amount of juice in a fruit
A lot of bottle?

KS3 Science
Looking for water
Does temperature affect the fizziness of drinks
Investigating the nutritional content of soft drinks
Looking at labels
Fit for drinking?
Keep smiling!
Is there a limit to what you can put in your drink?

The Key Stage 4 Science section is divided into activities, some of which have accompanying worksheets (denoted with a *).The activities are:

What's in your drink?*
Finding out what's in your drink
Food preservation
Which method of food preservation works best?
Using different preservation techniques to preserve apple juice
Packaging*
Water - keeping a balance*
The need for safe water

Worksheets
What's in your food?
Packaging
Water balance

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Work-Related Learning
Teachers can combine this section with their lesson plans to enable students in Key Stage 3 or 4 to gain experience of some aspects of the soft drinks industry. In this section, students will be expected to design, produce and market a new soft drink, and produce display materials outlining their work.

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