Filling Cans
Why and how is food canned?
Lesson 1 - What’s so great about canning?
In this lesson, the children
learn about why foods decay and how humans have developed different
ways to preserve food, including canning.
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Activity Sheet 2
Learning Objectives:
- To understand why foods decay.
- To appreciate how canning prevents food
from decaying and ‘going
off’.
- To gain an insight into the history of canning.
Resources:
- A fresh apple, and fresh piece of fresh bread (An old rotten
apple and mouldy bread would also be useful, if possible)
- Activity
Sheet 1 – Preserving Food (Information Sheet)
- Activity Sheet 2 – Preserving
Food (Activity)
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