Online Technology Mandatory – Agriculture and Food Technologies

Description

Join hundreds of other teachers and enrol in the Online Technology Mandatory – Agriculture and Food Technologies course and start using the resources today!

Enjoy the experience of being at the course from the comfort of your own home or workplace. You’ll have access to 5-hours of video guiding you through teaching the Agriculture and Food Technologies Syllabus, along with all the resources and worksheets you need to teach the Technology Mandatory syllabus in an engaging way.

This online course provides you with the resources, worksheets, recipes and a breakdown of a potential scope and sequence and lesson plans within the unit of work. It also includes an investigation into the syllabus outcomes and objectives for the TECHNOLOGY MANDATORY YEARS 7–8 SYLLABUS (2017).

The focus of this course is entirely based on Agriculture and Food Technologies from the Technology Mandatory syllabus and planning to incorporate the general capabilities and personal and social capabilities.

We will also guide you through the cross-curriculum perspectives and other areas identified as important learning for all students. Topics such as food and fibre production, nutritional needs, sustainable production of food, sensory properties of foods and safe and ethical work practices will be covered to assist teachers in presenting this content in a fun and contemporary way.

With Carly’s experience as a university lecturer and experienced teacher, she will provide you with tips and strategies to engage your students in studying the syllabus.

Resources you will receive:

• Annotated Syllabus
• Unpack It – 40-page Teacher Handbook
• 79-page PowerPoint presentation of the course

Year 7 – Grow & Thrive – Agriculture Unit

• Year 7 syllabus Grow and Thrive unit of work and lesson plan
• Grow and Thrive – 27-page student worksheets booklet
• Year 7 Agriculture and Food assessment task and marking criteria
• Agriculture and Food Technologies Grow & Thrive Design Brief
• Agriculture and Food Technologies Grow & Thrive Design Folio

Year 8 – Fantastic Food

• Year 8 Fantastic Food Technology unit of work and lesson plan
• Fantastic Food Technology – 22-page student worksheets booklet
• Fantastic Food Technology – 17-page recipe worksheets booklet
• Fantastic Food Technology assessment task and marking criteria

Audience

This course is fantastic for teachers who are teaching Stage 4 TECHNOLOGY MANDATORY YEARS 7–8 SYLLABUS (2017) who wish to enhance their strategies, content knowledge, resources and worksheets.

Session 1 – Unpack It

• Assessing the suggested placement of syllabus outcomes and dot points
• Examine the general capabilities and how they can be included
• Deconstruct the requirements of the key terms used in the syllabus and literacy strategies

Session 2 – Grow and Thrive (meeting the following outcomes)

• Importance of food and fibre production to Australia’s food security and economy including imports and exports from Asia
• Evaluate environments that have been designed in consultation with community groups
• Select, justify and use a range of appropriate tools and techniques in an agricultural project and/or food preparation
• Investigate how food and fibre production is managed in environments as a system and how sustainability can be improved
• Research legal and ethical requirements associated with agricultural production

Session 2 – Fantastic Food

• Identify and apply safe and ethical work practices
• Explore the nutritional needs of a group of people
• Investigate and communicate how a recipe can be improved to enhance nutritional value, and justify the recipe adjustment
• Investigate the characteristics and properties of a variety of nutritious foods
• Explains how people in technology related professions contribute to society now and into the future

Delivery Format

Online course for teacher professional development. Once you’re enrolled, you have 24/7 access to fit around your busy schedule!

Duration

5-hours

Completing Online Technology Mandatory – Agriculture and Food Technologies will contribute 5 hours of Elective PD addressing 2.1.2 and 6.2.2 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.

Teaching Standards

2.1.2 Proficient Level – Apply knowledge of the content and teaching strategies of the teaching area to develop engaging teaching activities.

Please be advised: This is a live recording of the course, we have taken precautions to try and provide quality audio and video. However, please be mindful there may be areas of this course where the audio needs to be adjusted.

Please Note:

• Purchasing 1 (one) course above will allow access for 1 (one) individual teacher to access and complete the online course.
• Select “Group” when purchasing 2 (two) or more of the course.
• The quantity of a single course you purchase will be the quantity of teachers you’ll be able to enrol and will be included in the group. For example, if you purchase 3 (three) of a course, you will be able to enrol 3 (three) teachers, or 2 (two) teachers and yourself.
• The person who places the order is assigned as the ’group leader’. The group leader is able to enrol the additional teachers for the purchase group.
• To be eligible to purchase additional licences to use the resources, one member of faculty from your school will need to be enrolled in the online course. If your school is eligible, email [email protected]
  for more information on additional licences.