Food Science and Nutrition
Nutrients, food chemistry, microbiology and the dietary analysis that connects composition to health.
- Nutrients and Dietary Guidelines
- Food Chemistry and Physical Properties
- Food Safety and Microbiology
NSW Food Technology Stage 6 structure, expressed in Dux teaching language.
Dux tracks each dot point separately, so “I did Food Technology” becomes a list of specific things you can already do and specific things you have never been asked. Open a module for all of its dot points, written out.
Nutrients, food chemistry, microbiology and the dietary analysis that connects composition to health.
Processing and preservation, product development, sensory evaluation, food service and the regulatory framework.
Food security, cultural patterns, ethical sourcing and the contested questions the food industry currently faces.
Experiment design, sensory testing, data handling and the evaluation of a food product against a brief.
A Food Technology paper is not one question type repeated. Each command word asks for a different shape of answer, and each is worth a different number of marks.
| Command word | Question type | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| analyse | Short answer | 4–6 |
| compare | Short answer | 3–5 |
| design | Short answer | 3–6 |
| evaluate | Extended response | 8–10 |
| evaluate | Short answer | 3–5 |
| explain | Short answer | 3–5 |
| identify | Multiple choice | 1 |
| interpret | Multiple choice | 1 |
| justify | Short answer | 3–5 |
| predict | Short answer | 3–5 |
HSC Food Technology - Examination Shape — 100 marks, 180 minutes. Practice papers in Dux are assembled to this shape rather than invented, so the timing is training too.
Diagnostic first, then questions written in the shape this course uses. Written answers come back marked against the bands, not just scored.