Sustainable Table - Large versus small scale dairy farming

Australian curriculum content descriptions: 

Year 9 & 10 Design and Technologies:

• Investigate and make judgments on the ethical and sustainable production and marketing of food and fibre (ACTDEK044)
• Apply design thinking, creativity, innovation and enterprise skills to develop, modify and communicate design ideas of increasing sophistication (ACTDEP049)

Syllabus Outcomes: D&T5.2.1, D&T5.3.2, D&T5.5.1

General capabilities: Critical and creative thinking, Ethical understanding.

Cross-curriculum priority: Sustainability OI.3, OI.5, OI.8.

Relevant parts of Year 9 & 10 Design and Technologies achievement standards: Students explain how people working in design and technologies occupations consider factors that impact on design decisions and the technologies used to produce products, services and environments. Students create designed solutions for one or more of the technologies contexts based on a critical evaluation of needs or opportunities. They create and connect design ideas and processes of increasing complexity and justify decisions.

Time required: 2-3 sessions

Level of teacher scaffolding: Low – oversee activity, facilitate discussion.

• Student Worksheet – one copy per student
• Device capable of presenting a website to the class
• Internet access
• Access to YouTube
• Materials or programs for making models (e.g. paper and cardboard or desktop graphics program)
• Presentation Rubric
• KWHL chart.

This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:

• Communication
• Creativity
• Critical thinking
• Collaboration
• Problem solving

This resource was created in collaboration with Sustainable Table with the aim of empowering young people to use their dollar to vote for a food system that is fair, humane, healthy and good for the environment. To learn more about Sustainable Table, click here.