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For the Juniors: Making Bread in a Factory

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For the Juniors: Making Bread in a Factory

SUBJECTS:  Science

YEARS:  F–2


Have you ever wondered how your sandwich bread is made?

This clip shows the story of bread, beginning with flour being loaded into a truck.

Watch big machines mix the dough.

See your bread being baked, then packed ready for the shop.


Things to think about

  1. 1.How is flour changed into bread? One ingredient (part of the mixture) makes the dough change, even before it is cooked. Do you know what this ingredient is?
  2. 2.Listen for the things that are put into the bread dough. What happens to the little balls of dough? Which ingredient makes this happen?
  3. 3.How was the dough changed by cooking? Can you undo these changes and turn the bread back into dough? Can bread still rise after it is cooked? Why do you think this? Draw each thing that happened to the flour after it was loaded onto the truck. Draw an arrow to show the next step.
  4. 4.Visit a bakery to see some different types of bread. What makes them different? What questions could you ask about making different breads? Collect some different types of flour to look at, taste and feel. What do you notice? Is all flour made from wheat? What happens if you mix a little water with some flour? Try it. Talk about how the flour changes as you add more water.


Acknowledgements

Music composed and performed by Robert Kitney.


Date of broadcast: 24 Sep 2001


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