Design and Technologies

Years 5 and 6 band Content Descriptions

Knowledge and Understanding

Investigate how and why food and fibre are produced in managed environments (ACTDEK021).

manipulating materials with appropriate tools, equipment and techniques, for example, when cultivating gardens

Apply safe procedures when using a variety of materials, components, tools, equipment and techniques to make designed solutions (ACTDEP026).

investigating and and experimenting with different tools, equipment and methods of preparing soil and sustainability, for example, when designing a garden for a community group

"Design Project: Your School Kitchen Garden"

The project involves students designing and creating a small school kitchen garden. Students will investigate and select a suitable location, equipment, tools and materials needed, as well as suitable plants. They will also consider climate and other external factors when making their design choices.

This resource for the Years 5 and 6 band includes:

Teacher notes and Example student learning experiences
Worksheets for students to use
Useful links to websites and videos

Teacher notes and Example student learning experiences

Site assessment checklist

Useful links and additional resources

"Dig in - Creating an edible school garden"

(Queensland Government, 2003)

General capabilities

Critical and creative thinking: students generate ideas, consider alternatives and reflect on design processing.
Literacy: students create multimodal texts (e.g. drawing a garden plan), develop design technologies vocabulary.
Personal and social capability: students work cooperatively in teams and make group decisions.

Cross-curricular priorities

Sustainability: stdents consider and implement environmentally friendly and sustainable practices when designing the kitchen garden.

Differentiation

opportunities for individual and group work
flexibility of content
adjustments to learning activities and sequencing
learning spaces: in the classroom and outside

Curriculum key ideas

Design thinking: students apply design processes when they are planning, investigating and evaluating their solutions for the kitchen garden project.
Project management: students learn to manage the garden project to successfully complete it e.g. planning, organising; collaborating with others throughout the project.

"Safety with tools"

(Sessions 1 & 2)

Student Worksheets and Guides:

"Yearly planner"

(Sessions 1 & 2)

"Planting guide"

(Sessions 1 & 2 )

"Edible plants for our garden"

(Sessions 1 - 3)

References

Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. (2016). Cross-curriculum priorities. Retrieved March 6, 2016, from

http://v7- 5.australiancurriculum.edu.au/crosscurriculumpriorities/Sustainability

Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. (2016). Australian Curriculum: Design and Technologies. February 25, 2016, from http://v7-5.australiancurriculum.edu.au/technologies/design-and-technologies/curriculum/f-10?layout=1#level5-6

Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. (2016). Australian Currriculum: General capabilities. Retrieved March 6, 2016, from http://v7-5.australiancurriculum.edu.au/generalcapabilities/overview/general-capabilities-in-the-australian-curriculum

Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. (2016). Australian Curriculum: Technologies. Retrieved March 6, 2016, from http://v7-5.australiancurriculum.edu.au/technologies/content-structure

Department of Education and Communities. (2012). Kitchen Gardens. Retrieved May 9, 2016, from

http://www.kitchengardens.det.nsw.edu.au/kg/01_teachers/index.htm

Gardening tools [Image]. (n.d.) Retrieved May 9, 2016, from https://www.wix.com

Growing plants [Image]. (n.d.). Retrieved May 9, 2016, from https://www.wix.com

Herb garden [Image]. (n.d.) Retrieved May 9, 2016, from https://www.wix.com

Howell, J. (2014). Teaching and learning: building effective pedagogies. South Melbourne, VIC: Oxford University Press.

Nursery and Garden Industry Australia. (2011). Kids grow munch and crunch garden. Retrieved April 20, 2016, from

http://healthy-kids.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/C-KGKC-Kids-Grow.pdf

Passy, R., Morries, M., & Reed, F.(2010). Impact of school gardening on learning. Final report. Retrieved May 9, 2016, from

https://www.nfer.ac.uk/publications/RHS01/RHS01_home.cfm

Queensland Government. (2003). Dig in. Creating an edible school garden. Retrieved April 17, 2016, from

http://www.kitchengardens.det.nsw.edu.au/kg/assets/dig_in_guide.pdf

Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority. (2016). Year 5 Technologies. Retrieved February 25, 2016, from

https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/p-10/aciq/p-10-technologies/year-5-technologies

Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation. (2016). A food philosophy that makes sense. Retrieved March 5, 2016, from

https://www.kitchengardenfoundation.org.au/

Technologies Resources