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TAS - Food Technology - Year 11 - Food Availability and Selection: Home

A selection of resources to support Year 11 Food Technology students with their assessment

Food Availability & Selection

Key Terms

Databases

Resource Key

Resource Key

When accessing content use the numbers below to guide you:

brief, basic information laid out in an easy-to-read format. May use informal language. (Includes most news articles)

provides additional background information and further reading. Introduces some subject-specific language.

lengthy, detailed information. Frequently uses technical/subject-specific language. (Includes most analytical articles)

Reports

Australian Bureau of Statistics

Apparent Consumption of Selected Foodstuffs, Australia - provides experimental estimates of apparent consumption per capita of selected foods based on sales of products in Australia

 

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Poor diet in adults

 

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Nutrition across the life stages

Articles and Papers

What drives our food choices?

Medibank. 6th April 2015

 

Background Paper: Social factors and food choice in Australia.

Department of Educaton and Training Victoria.

ClickView

Establishing a Small Business : Case Study of a Cafe 

Featuring a dynamic and thriving cafe business, this video documents the process of establishing a small business in a competitive market. In telling their story, the owner-operators highlight the many personal, practical and legal considerations involved in starting a business, and identify the factors that have been critical to their early success. Topics covered include: - Personal features needed to start a business - Identifying and planning business opportunities - Assessing and monitoring the target market - Establishing a competitive advantage - Cost control and financial management - Legal responsibilities - Supply networks - Staffing.

Mind Map

Need to create a Mind Map for your assessment? Use the following tools and resources:

Canva Mind Map Maker

Copyright Free Images

Are you looking for images to use in your assessment, but worried about that pesky copyright issue? 

There are a number of websites you can use to source images which are available for use privately and commercially for free, such as the following:

Pixabay

✓ Free for commercial use ✓ No attribution required ✓ High quality images.

Pexels

Free stock photos you can use everywhere. ✓ Free for commercial use ✓ No attribution required.

Free images

Free, high quality stock images ✓ Free for personal use ✓ Free for commercial use

The following websites allow you to search for images licensed under the Creative Commons license. For more information about the Creative Commons visit https://creativecommons.org/ 

References & Cover image credits

References

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2020, December 11). Apparent Consumption of Selected Foodstuffs Australia. https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/health/health-conditions-and-risks/apparent-consumption-selected-foodstuffs-australia/latest-release

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. 2018, October 26). Nutrition across the life stages. https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/food-nutrition/nutrition-across-the-life-stages/summary

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2019, July 19). Poor diet in adults. https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/food-nutrition/poor-diet/contents/poor-diet-in-adults

Classroom Video (Production Company). (2003). Establishing a Small Business: Case Study of a Cafe [Video]. ClickView. https://clickv.ie/w/36hn

Eat for Health. (2020, February 21). The Guidelines. https://www.eatforhealth.gov.au/guidelines

Medibank, (2015, April 6). What drives our food choices? https://www.medibank.com.au/livebetter/be-magazine/food/what-drives-our-food-choices/

National Health and Medical Research Council. (2020, January 16). Nutrient Reference Values. https://www.nrv.gov.au/

Owen, A. and Nguyen, T. (2019, June 6). Background Paper: Social factors and food choice in Australia. Department of Educaton and Training Victoria. https://fuse.education.vic.gov.au/Resource/LandingPage?ObjectId=bde87d4b-d6d0-48a9-a06c-060f35cd301a

Cover Image Credits

Bazzocco, M. (2018, November 23). Brunch on a Friday [Photograph]. Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/786K4OK_Dfo

Foo Visuals. (2019, September 9). Menu [Photograph]. Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/5AMSZcgN_cM

Vick, A. (2019, March 2). BLVD Menu [Photograph]. Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/LrTFJXXoCWc