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Kitchen gardens – sustainability action process (Years 7–10)

Learning objects Kitchen gardens – sustainability action process (Years 7–10)

TLF ID M020970

This resource guides students through an extended school-based or local investigation focussed on kitchen gardens using the five-step sustainability action process. The resource supports the investigation of a real-world issue or problem. Students develop and implement a chosen sustainability action and then evaluate and reflect on their success and their learning.

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Educational details

Educational value
  • This resource uses the five-step sustainability action process to engage students in an authentic hands on investigation within their school context.
  • The investigation process addresses the Australian cross-curriculum priority of Sustainability.
Year level

7; 8; 9; 10

Topics Technologies Soil degradation Creating texts Engineering Food products Farms Plant cultivation Farming systems Gardening Primary industry Tools Environmental management Environmental sustainability Sustainable development Deductive reasoning Recreation Emotions Word meanings Technical drawing Design Manufacturing processes Maps (Geographic location) Water resources Data representation Materials Planning Data collection Human settlements Climate change Computer graphics Reasoning Critical thinking Communication skills Sharing (Cooperation) Fibres (Materials) Evidence Design briefs Procedures Food availability Vegetation Environmental impact Work health and safety Human impact Enterprise (Behaviour) Self-evaluation Evaluation Fieldwork Vegetables Market gardens Geographical information systems Inquiry-based learning Social competence Causality Referencing Research questions Food miles Wellbeing Modelling Outdoor recreation Physical activity
Learning area
  • Geography
  • Health and physical education
  • Design and technologies
  • Technologies
  • Humanities and Social Sciences

Other details

Contributors
  • Author
  • Name: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Organization: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Description: author
  • Contributor
  • Name: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Organization: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Description: author
  • Name: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Organization: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Description: Data contributor
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Description: Data manager
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.esa.edu.au/
  • Publisher
  • Name: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Organization: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Description: Publisher
  • Resource metadata contributed by
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
Access profile
  • Generic
Learning Resource Type
  • Interactive
Rights
  • © State of New South Wales, Department of Education.