Growing grains: unit resources

Online

• http://www.gograins.com.au Go Grains Health & Nutrition Website.
• http://www.fao.org/rice2004/index_en.htm This web site contains a variety of information, images and quizzes about rice, another grain product, which may be useful to extend students knowledge about grains.
• http://www.health.gov.au/internet/wcms/publishing.nsf/Content/health-pubhlth-strateg-food-guide-guide2.htm This web site presents the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating as a pie chart.
• http://www.health.gov.au/internet/wcms/publishing.nsf/Content/health-pubhlth-strateg-food-guide-whatis.htm This web site provides additional information about the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating.
• http://gograins.grdc.com.au/grainsnutrition/ Excellent information resource on a wide range of topics related to grains, legumes and nutrition including production, processing, manufacture, health benefits and marketing.
• http://www.gograins.com.au/grainsnutrition/ie/index.html Go Grains ‘Explore Grains & Legumes’ education webpage.
• http://gograins.grdc.com.au/publications/ GoGrains web site.
• http://www.bri.com.au BRI Australia Limited web site.
• http://www.kondinin.com.au The Workboot Series: Wheat Resource Kit.
• http://evaeaston.com/pr/ow-pr-hen.html The Little Red Hen text.
• http://www.quia.com/rd/7122.html Sequencing activity for The Little Red Hen (no pictures).
• http://www.sunrice.com.au Information and good pictures about rice
• http://www.passionforpulses.com Information about pulses plus recipes.
• http://www.clima.uwa.edu.au/schools Web site with lots of information about legumes and opportunities for trialling of teacher materials.
• http://www.awb.com.au/AWBL/Launch/site/AboutAWB/Content/CommunityEducation Information about wheat.

Worksheets

• Worksheet 1 (15K PDF): Concept map examples
• Worksheet 2 (15K PDF): KWL (What I know, what I want to learn, what I have learnt)
• Worksheet 3 (40K PDF): Y chart (what does it look, feel, smell, taste like?)
• Worksheet 4 (25K PDF): Information report scaffold
• Worksheet 5 (25K PDF): Retrieval chart
• Worksheet 6 (10K PDF): Eating choices
• Worksheet 7 (10K PDF): Sequencing task: The Little Red Hen
• Worksheet 8 (100K PDF): Planting sequence
• Worksheet 9 (400K PDF): Plant diary

Teaching strategies

• Teaching Strategies (250K PDF): detailing approaches for using concept maps, mind maps, KWL, Y charts, retrieval charts, likert scale, note-taking strategies, discussion, questioning and working with cooperative groups.

Other

• The Little Red Hen (re-told by several authors).
• Drew, David (1988) What Did You Eat Today? Thomas Nelson (Informazing).
• Greenwood, Ted, What is a Plant?
• Bread Research Institute (1992) A Bakers Dozen, Bread Research Institute, North Ryde.
• Field, Kim and Wilson, Belinda (1997) Wheat resource kit: The Workbook Series, Kondinin group, WA .
• Magazines, food charts, pamphlets.
• Wheat seeds (or bean seeds), potting mix, containers.