Classroom Practice Case Study Sept 2008
Food Technology / Digital Technology / Graphics YEAR 9

Parkway playground project

Cool foods

In an 18-week programme, all Year 9 students at Tararua College did a Technology course which incorporated Food, Materials, Digital and Graphics, and involved them working on two units. Each unit was taught by two teachers to two classes, and repeated to the other two classes in the second half of the year. In the Cool Food unit students developed an ice-cream product and packaging, recording group progress through blogging.

Teacher Guidance Additional Material:
  • Incorporating Food, Materials,
    Digital and Graphics into a
    Technology course
  • Team Teaching
  • Differentiated classes
  • Developing technological literacy
  • Using a Food Technology Toolbox
  • Blogging as a planning tool

Unit worksheets

Student Work Boards

Student Workbook