Overview

The Year 10 Food Studies course provides students with the opportunity to increase their food skills and knowledge to a more advanced level.  The course will allow the students to develop a greater understanding of what happens to the ingredients when they apply the processes outlined in the recipe method with consideration to nutritional foods.

What will I learn?

Across the semester students will explore influences on their food choices with a focus on their personal life and their memories of past life events. From this unit students will then be introduced to simple food science to develop an understanding of what is happening to their food as they apply various cooking methods. Ethical and sustainable food issues are a growing societal concern and students will look into what is happening both in Australia and world wide in this area to increase their knowledge and understanding of these factors when making personal food choices. 

What will I do?

Students will develop and start using language that is used throughout VCE Food Studies to have an understanding of the concepts of food science and various food issues associated with food production and the food they eat. Practical assessment will take into consideration individual practices, safe and responsible food handling methods, and the students’ ability to follow instructions and implement relevant techniques/skills independently for the successful completion of all production work. The design process will be worked through to present a solution to a created problem that is linked to the real world situation.

Students need to participate in the range of practical activities that support the learning throughout this unit.

What will this lead to?

This course leads strongly into VCE Food Studies Units 1 – 4. It also compliments the work completed in other Year 10 Food units. This unit leads to students having strong real life skills in the area of food preparation and making informed, ethical food choices.

Why choose this subject?

• have an interest in the we food eat

• want to develop stronger practical skills

• have a social conscious

• interested in further studies in food through to VCE

Duration

5 periods per week for one semester

Head of Art/Technology: Maree Brennan