Materials and Resources
Printed Materials

• Textbooks
• Story books (e.g. Pole to Pole by P. Freeman and P. Blyth)
• Manuals
• Reference materials

Internet Resources

• Create A Graph
  http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphing/*
  Using the features on this site students can create a variety of graphs.
                  
• Home Schooling: Charts and Graphs
  http://homeschooling.about.com/od/mathchartgraphs7/*
  http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/explore/charts.htm*
                
• Teachnology
  http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/math/graphing/*
  Graphing lesson plans.
           
• Adobe Website
  http://www.adobe.com/education/digkids/lessons/graphs.html*
  Using Adobe Photoshop* and other applications to make graphs.
             
• McDonald’s Corporation
  http://www.mcdonalds.com.au/HTML/ourFood/*
  This website has detailed information on the nutritional value of McDonald’s food. It provides fact sheets in different categories for consumers who have to control facets of their diet including fat, sodium and glucose levels. Using these fact sheets, students will be able to gather data about fast food choices. They could then compare this information against data from other sources. See below.
                 
• The New South Wales School Canteens Association
  http://www.healthy-kids.com.au/default.asp?action=article&ID=221*
  A very comprehensive site that provides fact sheets on topics such as ideas for school lunches and canteen food choices.
                
• Childhood Obesity: Facts about Childhood Obesity
  http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/obesity/adult/background/background.html*
  This New South Wales Health Department website provides links and detailed information about childhood obesity.
               
• Healthy and Active Kids
  http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/obesity/youth/*
  Using this sight, students can complete an online questionnaire to receive an activity guide.
             
• Food and My Body: Junk Food
  http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/junkfood.htm*
  A very basic sight that sets out the dangers of junk food. It also highlights the need for a healthy diet.
  
• Wiki Information
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki*
  Information about wikis

Online Resources from the Le@rning Federation.

• Healthy life survey: lunchtime activities
  This object explores the use of graphs and data in survey collection using the topic of school lunchtime activities.
            
• Healthy life survey: bringing lunch to school
  This surveying and graphing activity explores the topic of students’ lunch eating habits.
            
• Media report: junk food
  Students help an editor check a magazine article for the accuracy of the data representation and the conclusions drawn from this data.
                     
• Pie chart
  Enter categories and data and draw a pie chart.

For details on how access to these online resources go to www.thelearningfederation.edu.au*.

Other Resources and Personnel
Canteen supervisor, mentors, students visit the school canteen in small groups.
For further sources and materials see Resource List (DOC 45.5KB)

Technology - Hardware

• Camera
• Computer(s)
• Digital Camera
• DVD Player
• Internet Connection
• Printer
• Projection System
• Scanner
• Television  
• VCR
• Video Camera
• Video Conferencing Equip.
• MP3 Player
• Interactive Whiteboard
• PDA Mobile Technologies

Technology - Software

• Database/Spreadsheet
• Desktop Publishing
• E-mail Software
• Multimedia  
• Web Page Development  
• Word Processing
• Editing software
• Internet Web Browser
• Animation Software
• Digital learning objects

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