Environments - OLERICULTURIST - VEGETABLE GROWER
Chinese
Market Gardeners, the Gold Rush & Australian History
Primary
Middle 
Secondary
Australian
Curriculum General Capability:
Literacy
Australian
Curriculum General Capability:
Numeracy
Australian
Curriculum General Capability:
Critical and creative thinking
Australian Curriculum General Capability: ICT Capability
1. In groups of 3 - 4 students, using the Expert Jigsaw Strategy, read and take notes on the following websites.
Other resources:
a.
Australian Food Timeline
b.
Chinese Ancestors - Market Gardener in Echuca
c.
Australian Museum - Homesickness and the banana traders
2. Create a presentation about the Chinese Market Gardeners in Australia
Carrots:
Girl Power: "Just Veg" Story
Primary
Middle Secondary
Australian
Curriculum General Capability:
Numeracy
Australian
Curriculum General Capability:
Critical and creative thinking
Australian
Curriculum Cross Curriculum Priorities: Sustainability
Priority
Cooperative
Learning Activity
Teacher
This is an old Landline story but an
interesting one!
Here is the
Landline Transcript -
Word doc - 11 April 2016 - Original script and the report in ABC News
Students
1. Students are to form groups of 3 - 4 students and read the
transcript and the report
[Word doc].
Suggest that your group breaks up into pairs and reads
either the original scrip or the report.
What impressions did you get about this story?
2. Write down as many facts and figures contained in the transcript and report. What was the "problem" and what was the "solution"?
3. Look at the following video
and
add to your "report" from the transcript and report.
The Just Veg. Story
https://youtu.be/KFYHRRKOH-g?si=ysU3-AjqRBZnhV-5
4. Write down the Jobs the women had and how the skills from these jobs helped the new business "Just Veg".
Put it into a simple table: Name of Woman, a picture of her [from Meet the Farmers' Wives], Current Job and Her Contribution to Just Veg.
What are Female Perspectives? How did they help the business grow?
5. Read the "Just Veg" story from their website:
Did the website tell the whole story accurately?
6. Look at the Mathematics of the business....
| Carrot Products |
Price obtained |
| Waste
Carrots [Ugly carrots] for Cattle  |
$50/tonne |
Whole Bagged
Carrots 1 Kg = AU$2.00 |
$1000/tonne |
Ready-to-eat
Carrot Pieces 300g Bag = AU$300 |
$5000/tonne |
Shredded Carrot  300g bag = AU$3.55 |
? How much per tonne? |
What about ... Carrot Baby Food?  110g = $AU1.35 |
How much per tonne? |
7. Brainstorm & write down as many other products that you think a busy family might buy using carrots?
8.
As a class, discuss the business model of "Just Veg".
About
"FEAST"
Primary
Australian
Curriculum Cross Curriculum Priorities: Sustainability
Priority
Teacher
FEAST is a Year 5 and 6 curriculum-aligned education program, inspiring kids to eat healthy, waste less and become change-makers in their local community. Like any good FEAST, it’s designed to be fun, engaging and filled with good food! It runs for 7-10 weeks and is aligned to the Australian Curriculum STEM and English Learning Areas. The program can be adapted to suit your school’s needs and can be delivered in an online learning environment.
To run the program, teachers are encouraged to sign up to teacher training provided by OzHarvest – a professional learning teacher training day or an online training module that is quick and easy to complete. Schools also get access to online learning resources including 10 detailed lesson plans, student worksheets, videos, recipes books, the FEAST practical cooking guide and ongoing support from the FEAST team. For more details email FEAST@ozharvest.org
List
of Vegetables that we eat!
Primary
Australian
Curriculum General Capability:
Numeracy
(Source:
Azer News)
1. In groups of 3 - 4 students, create a list of all the vegetable names that you eat in your family or yourself or both! Put these vegetable names into alphabetical order and put them into your notebook.
2. Over the course of a month, tick off the vegetables that you have eaten each day. Add to the list if you hadn't listed a vegetable before but are now eating it.
3. Which ones do you like?
4. In a graph, show the name of the vegetable and the number of times you have eaten it over the month.
5. Have you grown any - tick off the list
6. As a class, work out who has 5 vegetables a day? Who has or is growing vegetables?
