Food By Design
Years 7 - 10

Your Comprehensive Series for Empowering Lifelong Food Knowledge and Appreciation.

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Foster Students’ Lifelong Skills and Passion for Food

Food by Design for Years 7-10 empowers teachers to inspire a lifelong love of food, nutrition, and cooking in their students.

More than just a textbook, the fifth edition is a contemporary resource filled with recipes, modern examples and practical activities designed to save you time and cost.

Food by Design provides a solid foundation that integrates key knowledge and skills with hands-on-learning. Combining comprehensive and scaffolded coverage of the new Victorian Curriculum with a focus on key topics, such as sustainability and the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating, with budget and time-friendly recipes and rich and tailored activities, Food by Design engages students in the fascinating and multifaceted world of food.

Enhanced Student Engagement

Keep students captivated with a fresh text design, interactive activities, and engaging animation videos. These elements are crafted to maintain interest and enhance the learning experience.

Practical and Relevant Recipes

Discover easy-to-make recipes that fit within a double lesson and use budget-friendly ingredients. These recipes help build student confidence and encourage cooking at home, while embracing dietary trends with alternative proteins like tofu and tempeh.

Tailored Learning Experiences

Engage all learners with visual aids like images, diagrams, and infographics. Activities are designed to meet diverse learning needs, offering support for those who need it and challenges for advanced students.

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Relevant Recipes
Dietary Guidelines
New Recipe Ideas
Global Food Systems
Differentiation
Engaging Case Studies
Sustainability Focus

Relevant Recipes

Easy-to-prepare recipes are included that can be made within a double lesson using budget-friendly ingredients. These recipes are perfect for building student confidence in the kitchen and encouraging cooking at home.

Learning Checks

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Sustainable Eating with Australian Dietary Guidelines

Learn about healthy eating habits with a strong emphasis on sustainability. This section covers the latest Australian Dietary Guidelines, helping students understand the importance of making environmentally friendly food choices.

Syllabus Coverage

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New Recipe Ideas

Embrace the latest dietary trends with new recipe ideas that include alternative protein sources like tofu and tempeh. This section focuses on developing diverse cooking skills and expanding students' culinary repertoire.

Exam-Style Questions

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Global Food Systems & Security

Gain a comprehensive understanding of the global impact of food production and distribution. This section explores the complexities of food systems and the challenges of ensuring food security worldwide.

Worked Examples

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Differentiated Learning Needs

Visual literacy is enhanced with images, diagrams, and infographics to cater to all reading levels. Activities are tailored to varying abilities, providing support for those who need it and extensions for advanced learners, ensuring that all students can succeed.

Chapter Summaries

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Engaging Case Studies & Recipes

Dive into a variety of fresh case studies and new recipes that bring real-world applications into the classroom. Comprehensive assessment tasks are included to test understanding and application. Plus, explore trending topics like TikTok food trends to keep the content relevant and engaging.

Cognero Assess

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Sustainability Focus

Sustainability is integrated throughout all chapters, providing students with a thorough understanding of sustainable practices. This focus helps students appreciate the importance of sustainability in all aspects of food production and consumption.

Cognero Assess

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Watch as our expert authors take you through practical strategies to help implement the new QCE Science Syllabi

Practical strategies for implementing the new QCE Biology Syllabus

Practical strategies for implementing the new QCE Chemistry Syllabus

Practical strategies for implementing the new QCE Physics Syllabus

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For Teachers

Tailor your Food by Design content to your classroom needs by rearranging content, activities and recipes.
Access Gradebook Analytics and view immediate results for self-marking quizzes and tests. Understand individual student and classroom results at a glance.
Plan to your curriculum efficiently with detailed Scope and Sequence charts for the Australian and Victorian curriculum.
Diversify your teaching with access to your favourite past Food by Design recipes, providing a wealth of cooking inspiration.
Track spending and cost effortlessly with a recipe ingredients calculator (Excel) that ensures accurate ingredient quantities for practical classes.

Students

Enrich your lessons with curated weblinks that integrate additional online resources seamlessly.
Reinforce learning with structured worksheets designed to support student progress and understanding of key concepts.
Access a series of animated videos that unpack key concepts for students in an engaging way.
Access a downloadable PDF version of the student text for offline use.

Meet your expert author team

Glenis Heath
Heather McKenzie
Laurel Tully

Glenis Heath

Glenis Heath is an educational consultant who provides teaching and learning advice to teachers both in seminar and school-based settings. She is a highly experienced examination assessor and has presented examination revision lectures for students in VCE Food Studies. She has also been instrumental in the development of resources and professional learning opportunities for teachers of VCE Food Studies. Glenis is a past president and life member of Home Economics Victoria.

Heather McKenzie

Heather McKenzie was previously an Assistant Principal and the Leader of Instructional Practice at Strathmore Secondary College and has been the manager for the Technology Learning Area. She has extensive experience as a VCE examination assessor and has presented examination revision lectures for students of VCE Food Studies. Heather is a past president of Home Economics Victoria.

Laurel Tully

Laurel Tully is an experienced educational consultant who has worked on a range of projects across the Victorian educational system. She has extensive experience in presenting professional learning seminars to teachers and has been actively involved in the assessment and reporting processes for VCE Food Studies and the Victorian curriculum. Laurel has also been instrumental in the development of resources and professional learning opportunities for teachers of VCE Food Studies. Laurel is a past president and life member of Home Economics Victoria.