Year 8 - 12

Home Economics

Food Miles - Food for Thought  (1 - 2 hours)

This is an incomplete lesson plan that directs Home Economics teachers to a website focusing on the topic of Food Miles.

Click here to visit the Your Climate Your Life website

Bush Foods  (1 hours)

This is a link to Sustainable Gardening Australia information sheet - Bushfoods as well as an interactive list of native edible plants and weeds found within the Busselton region.

Jamie Oliver on TED "Teach every child about food"  (1/3 hours)

Jamie Oliver talks passionately about the important role that school food programs must play in the fight against obesity.  A 22 minute TED presentation.

Click here to view the Jamie Oliver Movie

Sustainable Table   (? hours)

Sustainable Table celebrates local sustainable food, educates consumers on food-related issues and works to build community through food.

Join us as we discover new ways to eat healthy, shop smart, and enjoy sustainably-raised food!

Click here to view the Sustainable Table Website



 

The Real Cost of Food   (? hours)

The Real Cost of Food is a section from Consuming Planet Earth a resource book for teachers. The unit encourages students to consider the total costs involved in the production, transportation, packaging, selling and consumption of different foods (health, environmental, economic, financial and social).

Click here for a link to The Real Cost of Food