7-11 year olds

The grain chain

This topic helps children learn more about the main parts of the wheat grain and the process it takes to be milled into different flours, used by bakers to produce a variety of everyday foods from bread and pastry to cakes and biscuits.

Objectives for this lesson

* To consolidate understanding of the 'grain chain', and introduce what happens after farming and harvest
* To understand the milling process and how wheat is made into flour
* To know key words associated with the milling process and to have a basic understanding of what they mean
* To know the difference between wholemeal, brown and white flour
* To know and name a range of foodstuffs which are made from flour.

Lessons

Duration

Up to three lessons, each lasting approximately one hour.

Lesson 1: The grain chain >

Lesson 2: The milling process >

Lesson 3: Flour and bread >

Resources
	Introducing the grain chain
	Where does bread come from? Follow our interactive trail to find out
	The grain chain video
	See how a bakery turns flour into thousands of loaves of bread
	Mix it up
	Choose the ingredients for a perfect loaf of bread!
	Follow the grain chain
	From seed to shop – find out how bread gets to your table
	The milling process
	What's in flour, and what happens at the mill?
	Make the chain (pdf version)
	Can you put the steps in order? (Word version)
	Flour facts and figures (pdf version)
	Crunch some numbers and carry out your own survey (Word version)
	Make your own bread rolls
	Watch the video then try it for yourself!
	Make your own bread rolls
	Bread rolls video