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A Sustainable Food Future
Lesson4 of 6 in this unit
SecondaryYear 9 - 10Humanities and Social SciencesGeographyEnvironmentalBiodiversityLand ManagementSustainability
Lesson Summary
In this lesson students will review and critically examine typical features of sustainable agriculture to complete a Diamond Ranking activity. They will examine different categories of food producers and identify examples for each. Working in groups, students will select one category of interest to investigate one food producer (farm) in that category and assess its contribution to a sustainable food future.
Learning intentions
Students will:
- understand some of the features of sustainable agriculture
- be able to do a geographical inquiry in which they learn about one food producer
- understand how food producers can contribute to a sustainable food future.
Success criteria
Students can:
- define sustainable agriculture and food security in their own words
- critically evaluate different features of sustainable agriculture and rank their perceived importance to a sustainable food future
- work collaboratively to identify a topic for investigation and undertake an inquiry
- use geographical tools such as maps, statistics, diagrams and photographs to summarise geographical information
- make a judgement (assessment) about the role of a food producer in creating a sustainable food future
- create digital content for a class food map.
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