Food and fibre production

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Paddock to Plate – The Journey of Food

Paddock to Plate: Where does my food come from resource 

This inquiry based resource to food and fibre production and food technologies allows students to investigate the journey of food production in Australia and all over the world. Students understand where their food comes from, how it is processed via farming contexts and how producers/ consumers respond to and influence each other in supply and demand of today’s growing society. This resource provides teachers with a step-by-step learning outcome and activity booklet, questioning and responding power point package and farm to factory printable flashcards. The final presentation will require students to present their own paddock to pate journey using Prezi, power point or any digital resource. Students then reflect on how sustainable their process was, and discuss how they can create a more sustainable food process.

Target year level: Year 3-4

Learning area: Technologies

Strand: Technologies/Design and technologies

Content Description: Design and Technologies Plan a sequence of production steps when making designed solutions individually and collaboratively (ACTDE018)
English Listen to and contribute to conversations and discussions to share information and ideas and negotiate in collaborative situations (ACELY 1676)

Learning Outcomes:

  • Explore the journey of paddock to plate and the food production industry.
  • Investigate the role of past and present production and food technologies.
  • Learn about the different roles of individuals in the food production industry.
  • Develop an understanding of the sequence of production and processing steps.
  • Consider the difference between short and long food journeys and different foods.
  • Create more sustainable and productive paddock to plate journeys for food items.

Teaching strategies used in resource:

  • Think, pair and share
  • Class brainstorm
  • Class discussion
  • Student reflection
  • Classroom games (Quiz chef)

Resource includes:

Resource snapshots

Teacher resource booklet

Power point resource snapshot 

Flash cards resource

Digital resources to accompany Paddock to Plate resource

  • http://splash.abc.net.au/res/teacher_res/3-paddock-plate.html
  • http://splash.abc.net.au/home#!/media/106432/vegetable-gardens

You can find the whole resource readily available online here: http://www.primezone.edu.au/item_details.php?item_id=170&item_type=resource&content_list_id=2

 

 

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Asia Education Technologies

Subject: Asia Education Technologies

Link to resource: http://www.asiaeducation.edu.au/curriculum/technologies

Year Level: F-10

Strand: Design and Technologies knowledge and understanding

Sub-strand: Food and fibre production  and Food technologies

Content descriptors:
F-2 :

  • 2.3 Investigate sustainable systems of care for plants and animals that are grown, raised and processed for food, clothing and shelter for an identified purpose

Years 3-4:

  • 4.3 Recognise the contribution food and fibre production and food technologies make to modern and traditional societies

Years 5-6:

  • 6.3 Recognise that sustainable resource management is essential in food and fibre production
  • 6.5 Investigate how food preparation techniques can be selected and used to design and produce nutritious food

Years 7- 8:

  • 8.4 Explain how food and fibre is produced in dynamic and interactive systems
  • 8.6 Incorporate principles of food processing, preparation and presentation in designing solutions for healthy eating

General capabilities:

  • Literacy
  • Numeracy
  • Information and communication technology capability
  • Personal and social capability
  • Ethnic understanding
  • Intercultural understanding

Cross curriculum proprieties:

  • Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia
  • Sustainability

Links to other learning areas:

  • English
  • Science
  • Mathematics
  • Geography
  • Health and Physical Education
  • The Arts

Elaboration to using technology:

The use of the Asia Education Foundation (AEF) Website is to provide technologies resources aligned with the Australian Curriculum in relation to Asia and Australia’s involvement with Asia. This website is organised in a way that the individual is able to search and filter topics/ information through the search engine tool on the main homepage. Individuals can filter based on subject area, year level and country to find specific topic. Once search has been conducted, the page shows links to external websites and resources based on given subject. Links include videos (i.e. YouTube), recordings, statistic websites, voice recordings and other interactive websites such as Scootle, ABC Splash, The Australian Curriculum and a range of other related websites pertaining related information, resources and tools.

 

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Cool Food Planet

Subject: Design and Technologies

Strand: Knowledge and Understanding

Sub-Strand: Food and Fibre Production

Years: 3-4.
This resource also suits Years 5-6.

Curriculum Description: Investigate food and fibre production and food technologies used in modern and traditional societies (ACTDEK012) (ACARA, 2014)

Links to Other Learning Areas: Science, Health and Physical Education, Mathematics and English.

Cross-Curricular Priorities: Sustainability

General Capabilities: Information and Communication Technology, Personal and Social Capability, Literacy, Numeracy, Critical and Creative Thinking.

Description
Cool Food Planet is an interactive resource, aimed at two age groups: 6-8 years and 9-12 years. Students complete an array of games and activities throughout their food mission as they learn about food production, processing, preparation, storage and healthy eating related to a wide range of foods. The information provided throughout the resource is an easy read, and directly links to, health, safety and nutrition. Cool Food Planet, allows students to customise their own character as they work through their mission. There is even a section of information for parents and teachers.

Getting Started
Cool Food Planet is very user friendly. To get started you only need to access the site via a URL, contained HERE. There is a downloadable mission card, which makes the mission for students more authentic. Students, parents and teacher, then follow the on screen prompts, these are often delivered by aliens and slugs.

Classroom Application
Students can complete a module at a time, e.g. Farm Land, Fit Island, Cook City, Taste Mountain or Healthy Town. Through these modules students are engaged with a different step in the food production process. Students can design a food pyramid, explain the steps of food production (e.g. growing) through visual and written steps, recommend food alternatives to eat healthier, conduct their own kitchen audit regarding hygiene and correct food storage. The list of options is endless really!

References
Australian Curriculum and Assessment Reporting Authority [ACARA] (2014). Retrieved from http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/technologies/design-and-technologies/curriculum/f-10?layout=1

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Where does food come from? How is it made?

Level: Year 3-4

Strand: Design and Technologies Knowledge & Understanding

Sub strand: Investigate food and fibre production and food technologies used in modern and traditional societies (ACTDEK012)

Link to source: http://tiki.oneworld.org/food/food1.html

TED Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-cl=85027636&feature=player_embedded&x-yt-ts=1422503916&v=F7Id9caYw-Y

Cross Curriculum priorities: Sustainability

Links to other learning areas: Science, History & Geography

Overview: This is an interactive website containing factual information about the different types of productions involved in processing foods we eat.

The site describes different farming methods such as organic, genetically modified, industrial farming and also fishing methods. It also discusses food-processing methods and contains information on healthy and unhealthy food choices. It then goes on to discuss the sad reality that not everyone in the world has food.

It contains a video of a TED talk by Birke, an 11 year old boy, who gives a passionate speech about what he thinks is wrong with the food system and how he thinks we can fix it.

This resource could be used as an introduction into an activity where students will investigate a particular food and its production cycle.

http://tiki.oneworld.org

http://tiki.oneworld.org