Understanding

Home Economics Education

A four-page overview describing contemporary home economics education, its relationship to the learning areas, to key competencies and the paid workplace. Useful for advocating to school administrators and for student subject selection purposes. Attractively set out in two colours on satin paper. (1997, HEIA)

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Slide Share This website is a fantastic place to find Powerpoint presentations already done and ready to go for a myriad of different topics.

Teacher Tube    Is another wonderful place that you can access to download video footage of different
curriculum elements.

Masterchef A great contemporary site for students to learn different techniques. Some of the recipes may prove to be a little too challenging though.

MyKitchenRules Another great contemporary site for students to learn different techniques. Surprisingly alot of the recipes would be quite easy to accomplish by the students.

Independent Home Economic Teachers Group The purpose of IHETG is to challenge, inspire and equip Home Economic teachers in their teaching pedagogy. It has information and various links for teacher use.

Taste A great Australian recipe resource for students to use for Stage 1 & 2 Assignments.

Virtual Hotel A fantastic resource that allows students to work through the various hotel departments and fix the OHS&W issues that arise.

AATFA The Apex Australia Teenage Fashion Awards are a great opportunity for students to get involved in fashion design.

Fashion Era A great source of information regarding the history of fashion.

Women's and Children's Hospital A fantastic site containing some helpful information for Child Studies easily accessed by the students.

Jamie Oliver The official Jamie Oliver website contains a lot of facts and information - very popular with students.

Poh's Kitchen A great contemporary site for students to learn different techniques. Contains videos, recipes and cooking tips the students will find advantageous.

Food Standards Nutrition Panel Calculator (NPC) A great website developed to provide food manufacturers with the ability to readily calculate the average nutrient content of their food products and to prepare a nutrition information panel as required under Standard 1.2.8 - Nutrition Information Requirements, of the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code.

Puzzle Maker A free source that allows teachers to tailor make puzzles for their students..

Yahoo 7 Food With 1000’s of reliable, free recipes you’ll always find something delicious to cook at Yahoo!7 Food

Fresh and Healthy Great value recipes by Curtis Stone that won't blow your budget. Also good tips on skills, produce and cooking. Students will benefit

Nestle Recipe With over 500 delicious recipes - tested in the Nestlé kitchen - finding healthy, tasty recipes has never been easier! You can even save and create your own cookbook of favourite recipes all in one place     

Masterfoods With over 500 products in categories as diverse as mustards, marinades, relishes, sauces, herbs and spices, pasta and stir fry sauces you’re bound to find something delicious to cook at Masterfoods

Lifestyle FoodWith over 10000 recipes to search, you unquestionably will find something to tickle your tastebuds

Cuisine Healthy recipes don't need to be boring ones, so add some spice to your diet and find one that suits you...!

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