Home Economics/ Food and Nutrition
This field consists of 5 main aspects: Food Safety,Promoting Healthy Lifestyles, Nutrition Across the Lifecycle, Food Economics and Budgetingand Food and Culture.
NZQA: Home Economics- Qualifications and standards, includes information about home economics levels 1-3 and assesment matrix.
Health Ed- Great site for ordering food and nutrition posters and booklets
Agencies for Nutrition and Action: Great site for general recipes and resources surrounding nutrition.
Unit link: Has some unit plan examples and resources that other teachers have used.
Books:
Focus on Food (MOH Booklet)
Nutrition. Whitney & Rolfes.
Focus on Food (MOH Booklet)
Nutrition. Whitney & Rolfes.
Home Economics Matrix
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 |
AS90956 1.1 Demonstrate knowledge of an individual’s nutritional needs. 5 Credits Internal | 2.1 Demonstrate understanding of how to address issues around the provision of food for people with specific food needs. 5 credits Internal | 3.1 Investigate a current nutritional issue affecting New Zealand society. 5credits Internal |
AS90957 1.2 Demonstrate understanding of societal influences on an individual’s food choices and well-being. 5 Credits Internal | 2.2 Demonstrate understanding of the relationship between determinants of health, food choices and well-being in New Zealand. 4 credits External | 3.2 Evaluate action taken to address a current nutritional issue affecting New Zealand society. 5 credits Internal |
AS90958 1.3 Describe how cultural practices influence eating patterns in New Zealand. 5 credits Internal | 2.3 Demonstrate understanding of beliefs, attitudes and practices that influence food security for families in New Zealand. 5 credits Internal | 3.3 Investigate a contemporary ethical food related dilemma. 5 credits Internal |
AS90959 1.4 Demonstrate knowledge of practices and strategies to address food handling issues. 5 credits Internal | 2.4 Demonstrate understanding of sustainable food practices. 5 credits Internal | 3.4 Analyse the influence of multinational food production on food choices in New Zealand. 5 credits Internal |
AS90960 1.5 Demonstrate understanding of how an individual, the family and society enhance each other’s well being. 4 credits External | 2.5 Evaluate strategies to enhance well-being used in care provision in the community. 5 credits Internal | 3.5 Debate a strategy which promotes health-enhancing nutritional changes. 4 credits External |
AS90961 1.6 Demonstrate understanding of how packaging information influences an individual’s food choices and well-being. 4 credits External | 2.6 Evaluate health promoting strategies designed to address a nutritional need. 4credits External | 3.6 Analyse the influences of media messages on food choices. 4 credits External |
Food Safety
It's usually a good idea to start with a unit surrounding food saftey at the beggining of the yearResources:
High risk foods, foodborne illnesses, recalls, complaints, tips.http://www.foodsmart.govt.nz/food-safety/
Food saftey e-library, great to order posters or booklets for class. http://www.foodsmart.govt.nz/elibrary/
Umu Pasifika: Food safety for Pasifika, bilingual booklets relating to food saftey for pasifika. http://www.foodsmart.govt.nz/elibrary/consumer/food-safety-pacific-umu-pasifika/index.htmFood safety at the marae:http://www.foodsmart.govt.nz/elibrary/consumer/manawa-marae-food-safety-guide/index.htm
Meet the bugs booklets, info on bugs and illnesses, symptoms, CCCC.http://www.foodsmart.govt.nz/elibrary/consumer/meet-the-bugs/index.htm
Food safety when cooking hangi, great photos, history, protocols.http://www.foodsmart.govt.nz/elibrary/consumer/food-safety-practices-hangi-guide/index.htm
Funny food saftey music video, Dont get sicky with it!
Food saftey wheel game for the students:http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/corpaffr/educ/gamejeu/wheeroue/wheeroue.shtml
Promoting Healthy Lifestyles 
We are living in enviroment where there is an abundant availability of unhealthy foods, high in sugar, sodium, energy density and fat . How can we help to promote healthy eating and lifestyles for everyone?
Resources:
Amazing bilingual resources illustrating fat, salt and sugar contents of certain foods in a visual way, a must have for any health, tech, or nutri class! As well as these charts it includes resources for healthy food ketes and healthy cheap kai for people with diabetes. http://www.tehotumanawa.org.nz/nutrition-and-physical/resources.cfm
Books:
Food Health and Wellbeing for New Zealander. Patricia Bawden. Great templates etc for looking at factors that influence food choices.Food for Thought: Good video commenting on global food trends, changing needs , future predictions etc, second video is best.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayb9Cw7ZhcM
Good for pamphlets and booklets on 5+ a dayhttp://www.5aday.co.nz/resources.html
National Heart Foundation http://http://www.nhf.org.nz/
Dairy Resources: http://www.anchorville.co.nz/,http://www.meadowfresh.co.nz/
NZ Beef and Lamb, http://www.nzbeeflamb.co.nz/
Nutrition Foundation http://www.foodworks.co.nz/ http://www.everybody.co.nz/
Green Cuisine http://www.greencuisine.co.nz/
Jamie Olivers work in improving the nutritional content of foods available in UK schools : http://www.jamieoliver.com/school-dinners
Nutrition Needs for Groups and Individuals
Nutritional needs are different for all individuals and can be dependant on lifestage, gender, health and lifestyle factors. To understand nutrient needs we need to understand the composition of foods as well as what nutrients are and what their purposes are in the body.
Resources:
Includes info on food function and structure, macro and micronutrients, fibre, water and phytochemicals.http://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/Contexts/Food-Function-and-Structure/NZ-Research/Food-Function-and-Structure
Food allergies and intolerances: The difference between allergy and intolerance. Culprits, diagnosis, reading food labels and sourcing safe foods, recipes:
General information about nutrition requirements across the life cycle:
Food Economics and Budgeting
Might be a good idea to get someone from a food bank or budgeting serice to come in and talk to students.Dont forget to think about buying brands like Pams or Budget, why are they cheaper?
Resources:
http://www.korowai.co.nz/rescources.html: Recipe book
Good tips on lowering costs when shopping
Advice and recipeshttp://www.paknsave.co.nz/budgeting-advice/
WINZ : Great Little Cookbook. Great ideas for ingredient substitutes, recipes for brekky, lunch and dinner, takeaways, foods for babies,reading labels, budgeting, planning, staying healthy, shopping list e.g.s www.workandincome.govt.nz/documents/the-great-little-cookbook.pdf
Food and Culture
Culture is strongly linked to food and globalisation has brought great variety to the foods available to us here in New Zealand.
Resources:
Food and Culture in 20th century NZ, run down of history of NZ food and culture. Includes information on traditional Maori and European foods, the introduction of 'fast food' and eating out culture in NZ, tea and coffe breaks, fruit and vege and preserves. http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/culture/no-pavlova-please/food-and-drink
Interesting article on the origins of kiwifruithttp://www.nzhistory.net.nz/timeline&new_date=15/6
What the world eats- Photo essay on the different weekly groceries bought by families in Japan, Sicily, Kuwait, America, China etc, includes favourite foods and prices. http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1626519_1373664,00.html
