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Teaching food science & technology in schools
SCHOOLS > For Teachers:

Teaching food science & technology in the secondary curriculum

Go here for FOOD SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS developed by NZIFST.

For more, see ONLINE RESOURCES >>

How NZIFST can help

Contact the nearest Branch of NZIFST - members will be able to help with:

ideas for FS&T experiments and projects, and sourcing food ingredients
help in designing modules, answering questions about food technology
working food technologists willing to come and to talk to students
arranging local food factory visits

Just for starters - food science at University of Otago Click to Download Reader 
- From NZ Science Teacher Magazine
Teaching food science & technology

NZIFST CAREERS & EDUCATION CONTACTS (for enquiries from within New Zealand only):

Auckland: or

Bay of Plenty:

Waikato:

Hawke's Bay/Poverty Bay:


Manawatu/Wellington:


Canterbury:

Otago:

Or contact your local Branch of NZIFST

FUTUREINTECH Ambassadors

Several members of NZIFST are Futureintech Ambassadors, specifically trained to support teachers and inspire students.. They’re able to relate to the students, explain and demonstrate their careers, and show how subjects like maths, technology and science are used in real jobs.

See below for some examples of how NZIFST members work with secondary schools, and a current list of NZIFST member Futureintech Ambassadors.

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Technology Education: Where and how food technology fits
The New Zealand Curriculum (2007) was released in November 2007. Technology is a key part of this curriculum- being a core learning area for students from year 1-10.
By Dr Vicki Compton (The University of Auckland) and Cliff Harwood (National Technology Professional Development Manager)
more...

Cheese making - old to new
NZ Science, Mathematics & Technology Teachers' Fellowship 2007
By Jo Hutt, Little Akaloa
more...

Sherratt Ingredients supporting Long Bay College
Long Bay College Year 12 students are presently increasing their awareness of food and nutrition through the development, investigation and modelling of a conceptual design in Food Technology.
By Debra Scragg
more...

The Food Basket of Hawke's Bay
(TE ROUROU O HERETAUNGA)
By Angela McKee
2007 NZSMT Teacher Fellowship, Sacred Heart College, Napier.
more...

CREST news
The latest CREST (CREativity in Science and Technology) newsletter.
more...

Auckland Science & Technology Fair
NIWA sponsors Auckland Science & Technology Fair
8 October 2007
more...

Schools Science and Technology Fair
Report on the Lincoln University Schools Science and Technology Fair (Canterbury-Westland)
By Nicki Sutton
more...

EIT Hawke's Bay Science and Technology Fair 2007
The NZIFST judging contingent this year included Rebecca Gore, Sophie Spinks, Michelle Lucke, Jayne Glasson and I, who had the honour of judging the 2007 EIT Hawke's Bay Science and Technology Fair projects at the Pettigrew Green Arena in Taradale on Monday 20 August.
By Sandra Chambers.
more...

BOP Food Technology BIG DAY OUT
Report on the Western Bay of Plenty's second successful edition of the 'Big Day Out' for budding food technologists.
By Lyn Parlane
more...

Hawke's Bay Food Technology BIG DAY OUT '07
On 3 July 2007, NZIFST and Massey University hosted 3 teachers and 13 students from 5 schools on the second Hawke's Bay Food Industry Big Day Out.
more...

Food Science Workshop
Report on the food science workshop held at the ChemEd 007 Conference,
The University of Auckland, Monday 2nd July 2007.
by Bronwen Smith.
more...

Profile of a CREST student
Anna Hoek-Sims, the first recipient of a CREST grant awarded through the NZIFST, has a special interest in the sugar-free products she is developing.
more...

TENZ news
Latest issue of TENZ t-news (Technology Education New Zealand).
more...

Nice and natural learning
Tamaki Primary School teacher Colleen Wills worked with a Futureintech Ambassador to create a food technology unit.
more...

The Food Basket of Hawke's Bay
(Te Rourou o Heretaunga)
By Angela McKee, 2007 NZ Science, Mathematics and Technology Teacher Fellow (NZSMTTF).
more...

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Other useful sites:

AgResearch
Supporting teachers in science activities:
www.agresearch.co.nz/community/schools.asp
Science education:
www.agresearch.co.nz/science/scienceed.asp

CREST
CREST (Creativity in Science and Technology) - a national awards scheme designed to encourage student projects in Science and Technology, administered by the Royal Society of New Zealand:
http://www.crest.org.nz/newsletter.htm

University of Otago Food Science
Information for schools:
www.otago.ac.nz/foodscience/schools/

Massey Food Technology:
Careers in food technology (NZ).
http://foodtech.massey.ac.nz/



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Educational resources
Appropriate for secondary school food technology curriculum:

Bakeinfo (NZ Baking Industry Research Trust):
Information on baking, breadmaking, pastry cooking and flour milling (NZ).
www.bakeinfo.co.nz/school/index.php

Biotechnology Learning Hub
How biotechnology is applied in food & beverage (NZ).
www.biotechlearn.org.nz/


Futureintech
Supporting the teaching of technology, engineering and science in schools (NZ).
www.futureintech.org.nz

Techlink
Resource material to support programmes in technology education (NZ).
www.techlink.org.nz



UK National Grid for Learning - Food Technology:
www.foodtech.org.uk/

EUFIC - FoodStudents.Net
www.foodstudents.net/

The British Nutrition Foundation - A-Level Food Technology curriculum
www.nutrition.org.uk/
(click on 'Education')

BBC - GCSE Bitesize - Food Technology
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/
design/foodtech/index.shtml


Food Forum
www.foodforum.org.uk/

IFST Careers
www.foodtechcareers.org/
(Experiments For School Teachers > click on the drop-down list to download experiments as PDF files)

IFT - Teacher Resources
www.ift.org
(click on 'Education')
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