Get Living! Text & Workbook
Complete Leaving Certificate Home Economics
2nd Edition
Published on 18. April 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
529 pages
978-0-7171-4054-1 (ISBN)
Description
Updated coverage of the complete syllabus, including all three electives
Material revised into points to make learning easier
Provides recent information on value-added foods and on many other aspects of food science, food safety and the food industry in Ireland
Presents activities based on the requirements of the new syllabus, including practicals, project work, sensory analysis and experiments.
Includes summaries and definitions throughout to assist revision.
Highlights links between different parts of the syllabus.
Differentiates higher and ordinary level material.
Provides revision and past examination questions at the end of each chapter.
Additional questions are in the separate Get Living! Workbook.
Material revised into points to make learning easier
Provides recent information on value-added foods and on many other aspects of food science, food safety and the food industry in Ireland
Presents activities based on the requirements of the new syllabus, including practicals, project work, sensory analysis and experiments.
Includes summaries and definitions throughout to assist revision.
Highlights links between different parts of the syllabus.
Differentiates higher and ordinary level material.
Provides revision and past examination questions at the end of each chapter.
Additional questions are in the separate Get Living! Workbook.
More details
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Dublin
Ireland
Publishing group
Gill
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 276 mm
Width: 220 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
1700 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7171-4054-1 (9780717140541)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Edel Conway, MSc (Food Science), HDip, taught Home Economics before taking up her current position as Information Manager with the Food Safety Authority. Lorna Freeborn, BEd (Home Economics and Biology), graduated from St Angela's College, Sligo, and now teaches in the North West. She is the author of the revised edition of Deirdre Madden's textbook for Junior Certificate Design for Living
Content
FOOD
1 Introduction to Nutrition
2 Food Choices
3 Protein
4 Carbohydrates
5 Lipids
6 Vitamins
7 Mineral Elements
8 Water
9 Energy
10 Dietary Guidelines
11 Dietary and Food Requirements
12 The Irish Diet
13 The Irish Food Industry
14 Food Commodities
15 Meal Planning and Management
16 Food Preparation and Cooking Processes
17 Food Processing and Packaging
18 Additives
19 Food Legislation
20 Microbiology
21 Food Preservation
22 Food Safety and Hygiene
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
23 Family Resource Management
24 Managing Household Finances
25 Housing and Home Issues
26 Household Technology
27 Textiles
28 Consumer Choice
29 Consumer Responsibilty
30 Consumer Protection
SOCIETY
31 The Family
32 Marriage
33 The Family as a Caring Unit
34 Family Law
ELECTIVE 1 - HOUSING STYLES
35 Housing Styles
36 House Building and Design
37 Designing the House Interior
38 The Energy-efficient Home
39 Systems and Services
ELECTIVE 2 - CONTEMPORARY FASHION
40 Contemporary Fashion
41 Textile Science
42 Clothes Design and Construction
43 The Irish Textile Industry
ELECTIVE 3 - SOCIAL STUDIES
44 Social Change and the Family
45 Education
46 Work
47 Leisure
48 Unemployment and Poverty
APPENDICES
Appendix 1 Food Composition Tables
Appendix 2 Glossary of terms
Appendix 3 A CCP Decision Tree
Appendix 4 Critical Control Point Assessment
Index
1 Introduction to Nutrition
2 Food Choices
3 Protein
4 Carbohydrates
5 Lipids
6 Vitamins
7 Mineral Elements
8 Water
9 Energy
10 Dietary Guidelines
11 Dietary and Food Requirements
12 The Irish Diet
13 The Irish Food Industry
14 Food Commodities
15 Meal Planning and Management
16 Food Preparation and Cooking Processes
17 Food Processing and Packaging
18 Additives
19 Food Legislation
20 Microbiology
21 Food Preservation
22 Food Safety and Hygiene
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
23 Family Resource Management
24 Managing Household Finances
25 Housing and Home Issues
26 Household Technology
27 Textiles
28 Consumer Choice
29 Consumer Responsibilty
30 Consumer Protection
SOCIETY
31 The Family
32 Marriage
33 The Family as a Caring Unit
34 Family Law
ELECTIVE 1 - HOUSING STYLES
35 Housing Styles
36 House Building and Design
37 Designing the House Interior
38 The Energy-efficient Home
39 Systems and Services
ELECTIVE 2 - CONTEMPORARY FASHION
40 Contemporary Fashion
41 Textile Science
42 Clothes Design and Construction
43 The Irish Textile Industry
ELECTIVE 3 - SOCIAL STUDIES
44 Social Change and the Family
45 Education
46 Work
47 Leisure
48 Unemployment and Poverty
APPENDICES
Appendix 1 Food Composition Tables
Appendix 2 Glossary of terms
Appendix 3 A CCP Decision Tree
Appendix 4 Critical Control Point Assessment
Index