Yr 2 Cassowary's - From Nature to Nutrition

The "From Nature to Nutrition" Project.

 

This is a broad and integrated technology project which will be undertaken throughout the term, culminating in a community picnic. Cassowary Learning Community will host a community picnic for family/community members. Students will collaboratively plan, prepare food and serve the community picnic. To meet this design brief, they will explore food production from growing food to preparing food.  They will gather, sort, represent and use data relevant to the task of choosing recipes and planning menus.  The project has been designed with the following objectives in mind:

 

• Develop students’ design thinking skills, knowledge and behaviours

• Develop students’ digital design capacities

• Meet specified learning objectives of the Mathematics and Science curricula

• Integrate General Capabilities and Cross Curriculum Priorities

• Differentiate to individual student requirements

 

Premised in the notion that students need to develop and demonstrate design thinking in order to meet a need or opportunity, and with the objective to foster understanding of how digital systems can help meet the need, two key assessment pieces (deliverables) have been determined:

 

• A collaboratively planned and constructed diorama representing a food production or preparation technique.  Groups (three to four students) will submit their planning drafts for review/feedback periodically during the learning phase, and then construct their diorama choosing and using appropriate materials for the purpose. With assistance, they will record an explanation of their diorama and the clip will be uploaded onto the class learning site: From Nature to Nutrition.

 

• Cassowary Learning Community will host a community picnic for family/community members.  The menu for the picnic will be planned using data collected about key ingredients available from the school Tucker Zone.  Students will prepare and serve the recipes, and will be active in the process of planning for equipment required to achieve this aim.

 

Resources and Curriculum Links

 

For the purpose of this project, “resource” may constitute a single resource or a suite of resources as a tool for facilitating one or more learning experiences.  

 

These resources are only a selection of the many resources and activities that faciliate the completion of this integrated project.  We have listed some of the connections with Science, Maths and the Design and Technologies and Digital Technologies subjects.  There also exists opportunities for integration with English as students will be developing a range of texts including menus and invitations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Design and Technologies F-2

• Explore how plants and animals are grown for food, clothing and shelter and how food is selected and prepared for healthy eating (ACTDEK003) (ACARA, 2014).

 

Science - Year 2

• People use science in their daily lives, including when caring for their environment and living things (ACSHE035)

• Different materials can be combined, including by mixing, for a particular purpose (ACSSU031)