Unit 3 Assessment: Cooking for Nutrition (AOL)
Task: You will find, and prepare a recipe(s) of your choice, demonstrating safe food preparation
methods and techniques. You may prepare one or several food items, however they must meet the
following criteria:
● The food item must meet the nutritional needs of people at a specific stage of life
● The food item must meet the nutritional needs of a person with a specific illness or disease such
as a nutrient deficiency or excess
● The food item must include a product that is currently being marketed as a functional food (such
as flax seed, chia, pomegranates etc…)
You will record the preparation and cooking process using video or images, ensuring that you are
demonstrating safe techniques and videos. You will submit these video(s)/image(s), with a write up
which includes the following:
● Copies of the recipe(s) used
● An explanation of how the food item(s) meets the nutritional needs of a person at a specific
stage of life, identifying the life stage and the need it fulfills
● An explanation for how the food item(s) meets the needs of a person with a specific illness or
disease
● An identification of the food item which is being marketed as a functional food
Unit 3 Assessment Check-bric
Level 1
(1-4 points)
Level 2
(5-6 points)
Level 3
(7 points)
Level 4
(8-10 points)
Major
errors/issues
with adaption
provided for
dietary restriction
Adjust recipe for
amount
produced with
multiple errors
Minor errors/issues
with adaption
provided for dietary
restriction
Correctly adapts
recipe to
accommodate
specific dietary need
Correctly adjust
recipe for amount
produced with 1 or
2 errors
Correctly adjust
recipe for amount
produced
Correctly adapts recipe
to accommodate
specific dietary need,
providing detailed
justification for choice
Correctly adjust recipe
for amount produced,
showing associated
math or explaining
logic reasoning
Thinking
Identifies and
selects
appropriate
tools, techniques
and methods
within recipe
preparation with
multiple errors
Identifies and
selects appropriate
tools, techniques
and methods within
recipe preparation
with minor errors
Identifies and selects
appropriate tools,
techniques and
methods within
recipe preparation
Identifies and selects
appropriate tools,
techniques and
methods within recipe
preparation,
highlighting choice and
reason for choice in
video
Application
Multiple errors in
safety
Errors in safety
that could result
in serious injury
Makes use of safe
kitchen and food
preparation
practices
throughout the
majority of video,
with only minor
errors
Makes use of safe
kitchen and food
preparation
practices throughout
video
Makes use of safe
kitchen and food
preparation practices
throughout video,
discussing a variety of
techniques and
methods in the video
Communication
Major errors in
terminology use
Only minor errors
in terminology use
Use of proper
terminology
throughout video
Multiple issues
with presentation
techniques (eye
contact, volume,
inflection
Minor issues with
presentation
techniques (eye
contact, volume,
inflection)
Use of proper
terminology
throughout majority
video
Engages viewer using
good presentation
techniques
Knowledge
Comments:
Engages viewer using
strong presentation
techniques