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Design, create and present your own dog training treats

Challenge reference: 5766

Active
Notional learning hours
30
Level
Level 3
Subject area
Design and technology
Preparing for Adulthood pathway
Employment Independent living and housing
Vocational area
Manufacturing
Skills
IT skills Numeracy
Learning aim
The learner will be able to design, create and present their own dog training treats.
Learning context
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Learning outcomes

(What the learner needs to know, understand or be able to do)

The learner will:

  • 1 .  

    Be able to research dog friendly foods from credible sources.

  • 2 .  

    Be able to purchase food and record the costings.

  • 3 .  

    Be able to use creativity and problem solving to design a tester batch of training treats.

  • 4 .  

    Be able to create a batch of their own dog training treats.

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Assessment criteria

(What the learner need to demonstrate in order to meet the learning outcome)

The learner can:

  • Use a search engine to find lists of dog friendly foods
  • Explain why the sources they have used to verify the safety of foods are reliable
  • Visit a shop or use an online shopping website to purchase the foods they have decided to potentially include in their recipe
  • Keep a receipt or other written record of the cost of each food item & the weight purchased
  • Create a tester batch of training treats,  measuring and recording quantities of each ingredient as they go
  • Discuss with an appropriate person how the tester batch has turned out and how the recipe should be adapted to counter any problems with the previous batch (such as add more liquid or bake at lower temperature)
  • Make as many tester batches as required until a treat has been created which the learner is happy with
  • Demonstrate good food hygiene including washing hands before and after cooking and keeping raw and cooked ingredients separate 
  • Demonstrate weighing the tester batch, then calculate how to upscale the recipe to make a batch of treats weighing as close to 200g as possible
  • Demonstrate using cookery skills to make the dog treats
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Assessment methodology

Assessment methodology
Linked to learning outcome
Observation checklist
1 2 3
Labelled product, video or photographic evidence
4
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