Investigate food and fibre production and food technologies used in modern and traditional societ...

1. exploring tools, equipment and procedures to improve plant and animal production, for example when growing vegetables in the school garden and producing plant and animal environments such as a greenhouse, animal housing, safe bird shelters

2. identifying the areas in Australia and Asia where major food or fibre plants and animals are grown or bred, for example the wheat and sheep belts, areas where sugar cane or rice are grown, northern Australia’s beef industry, plantation and native forest areas

3. describing ideal conditions for successful plant and animal production including how climate and soils affect production and availability of foods, for example Aboriginal seasons and food availability

4. recognising the benefits food technologies provide for health and food safety and ensuring that a wide variety of food is available and can be prepared for healthy eating

5. investigating the labels on food products to determine how the information provided contributes to healthy eating, for example ingredients and nutrition panels

6. Futures Links

6.1. Importance of bees

6.1.1. Bee Forests

6.1.1.1. Pollen plants

6.1.1.2. Native bee gardens

6.1.1.3. Bird friendly

6.1.2. Bee hotels

6.1.3. Insect habitats

6.2. Food security

6.2.1. Creating a food source at school

6.2.2. Reliable lunches for all students

6.2.3. Covid

6.2.3.1. Kids saw how scarce food can be in a crisis

6.2.3.2. Alot of our produce comes from overseas

6.3. Soil preservation

6.3.1. Soil degeneration

6.3.1.1. Farming

6.3.1.2. Chemicals

6.3.1.3. Natural erosion

6.3.1.4. Barren land is happening already.

6.3.2. Biodiverse soils

6.3.2.1. Chemicals kill the bacteria that makes soil healthy

6.4. Biodiverse gardens

6.4.1. Lawns are not bee friendly

6.4.2. Diverse food is better for us

6.4.2.1. Most of our fruits and vegetables are from a single plant cultivar

6.5. Organic food production

6.5.1. Worm farms

6.5.2. Soil chemistry

6.5.3. Organic seeds

6.5.4. Heritage seed

6.5.5. carbon reduction

6.5.5.1. Pollution from production

6.6. Renewable & re-useable

6.6.1. Fabrics into compost

7. Sustainability

7.1. Ecological preservation

7.1.1. Preserving insect diversity as pollenators

7.1.2. Creating bee habitats

7.2. Reducing food miles

7.2.1. Growing all our food for school canteen

7.2.2. Holding market stalls

7.3. Food packaging

7.3.1. Beeswax wraps

7.3.2. Making recycled lunch boxes from milk carton lids (grade ___ plastic)

7.4. Food waste

7.4.1. Composting

7.4.2. Whole food cooking

7.5. Ecofriendly fibres

7.5.1. Wool

7.5.2. Hemp

7.5.3. Cotton (controversial)

7.6. Renewable fibres

7.6.1. Poly blends create micro plastic polution

7.6.2. Cotton is water demanding