Inquiry Task:
Future Food Production
Task OVERVIEW
You are to compare and contrast the challenges of Australia’s future food production with Timor-Leste. You must identify one main challenge toward future food production that each country faces (ACHGK063 ), what factors have influenced this challenge (ACHGK062 ), what is the anticipated future food security of the country and you must suggest one method that can aid the country in relieving their food security challenge (ACHGK064 ).
You are then to present your findings as a poster (old school), PowerPoint (presentation software) or a documentary (iMovie).
STRUCTURE OF THE TASK:
Your project should include pictures, diagrams, maps and interesting data. You must also follow the outline provided below, ensuring you include all the required information:
You are then to present your findings as a poster (old school), PowerPoint (presentation software) or a documentary (iMovie).
STRUCTURE OF THE TASK:
Your project should include pictures, diagrams, maps and interesting data. You must also follow the outline provided below, ensuring you include all the required information:
- Choose one Challenge to Food Production for Each Country
- Provide a brief outline of the country.
- Define each challenge and identify what effect it has on each country.
- Provide statistics about current food security (i.e. malnourishment percentage)
- Provide a brief outline of the country.
- Environmental, Economic and Technological Factors
- Choose three factors that have arisen from the food production challenge and define them (i.e. climate change lead to warmer summers and less rainfall). Provide evidence of these factors (i.e. newspaper articles, statistics, government reports).
- Choose three factors that have arisen from the food production challenge and define them (i.e. climate change lead to warmer summers and less rainfall). Provide evidence of these factors (i.e. newspaper articles, statistics, government reports).
- Anticipated Future
- Identify what effect this challenge to food production has on future food security.
- Outline at least one method that is currently being implemented to improve future food security (use credible resources as examples)
- Identify what effect this challenge to food production has on future food security.
- Bibliography
Resources
The following websites will provide you with an adequate starting point for your research, however you will need to do further research using a variety of sources (digital and physical) to complete the task.
HUMANITIES & Social Sciences SKILLS
The Humanities and Social Sciences subjects include a range of skills that can be represented broadly as questioning and researching, analysing, evaluating and communicating and reflecting. Students apply these skills to their everyday learning activities and to investigate historical and contemporary events, developments, issues, and/or phenomena.
Questioning & ResearchingDevelop questions about events, developments, issues and/or phenomena; collect and organise information, evidence and/or data, from primary and secondary sources (ACARA, 2018).
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AnalysingInterpret information, evidence and/or data to identify key points or ideas, points of view, perceptions and interpretations; identify the purpose of sources and determine their accuracy and reliability (ACARA, 2018).
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EvaluatingPropose explanations for events, challenges, developments, issues and/or phenomena; draw evidence-based conclusions and explanations; and suggest courses of action in response to events, challenges, developments, issues and/or problems (ACARA, 2018).
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Communicating & ReflectingPresent findings in appropriate forms for different audiences and purposes using subject specific terminology; reflect on conclusions/findings to consider consequences (ACARA, 2018).
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Example Presentation
This is an example of the first section of the task. Ensure you use your own words when completing the task.
Presentation Options
You must present your information in the format stated previously, however you may choose one of following methods to present your information. You may choose to use the recommended program or you may choose to use a similar program of your liking.
PosterThe old school method of creating a poster is an awesome way to present information in a visual and fun way. You may even like to spice it up by creating a 21st century poster using Canva. Follow the link below to create a digital poster.
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PresentationPresentation are an effective way to engage the audience as it shows one key idea on the screen at a time. You can even make your presentation more interesting by adding diagrams and photos. Prezi is an awesome online presentation tool.
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DocumentaryDocumentaries are a great way of presenting information to people in all round engaging manor. The use of video and audio effectively engages audience and grabs their interest. ClipChamp is a free online video editing tool.
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