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Design and technologies / Foundation to Year 2 / Design and Technologies Knowledge and Understanding

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Curriculum content descriptions

Explore how plants and animals are grown for food, clothing and shelter and how food is selected and prepared for healthy eating (ACTDEK003)

Elaborations

exploring which plants and animals can provide food or materials for clothing and shelter and what basic needs those plants and animals have
identifying products that can be designed and produced from plants and animals, for example food products, paper and wood products, fabrics and yarns, and fertilisers
considering the suitability of a range of tools when cultivating gardens, mulching and building garden structures and preparing and cooking food from recipes
identifying and categorising a wide range of foods, including Aboriginal bush foods, into food groups and describing tools and equipment needed to prepare these for healthy eating
exploring how people from different cultures including those of Asia design and produce different cuisines based on the plants and animals in their region and available tools and equipment
exploring the tools, equipment and techniques used to prepare food safely and hygienically for healthy eating

General capabilities

Critical and creative thinking

ScOT terms

Agriculture, Food products, Fibres (Materials), Food technology, Housing

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Sam the Lamb: needs of sheep

TLF-IDM021646

This short entertaining video, narrated by ‘Sam the Lamb’ and a wool-growing family show where their sheep live, what they eat and drink and how they ‘chew their cud’. Viewers will discover what a herbivore is, and how many stomachs sheep have. The video introduces rotational grazing and how farmers look after their sheep ...

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Sam the Lamb: what is wool?

TLF-IDM021648

This short video, narrated by Sam the Lamb and a group of young woolgrowers, explores where wool comes from, how it grows and how it protects sheep in all kinds of weather. Viewers will discover what wool looks it, how it feels and how woolgrowers harvest their sheep’s woolly fleece each year…and how it grows back again.

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