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About The Resource
The Future Of Food Unit Of Work is a ten-week project based learning resource that challenges students to explore how food systems may evolve in response to growing populations, climate pressures, changing consumer behaviours and emerging technologies. Students investigate how cities might source, produce, distribute and sell food differently in the future while considering sustainability, nutrition and local impact.
Working in teams, students begin by exploring why food is becoming one of the defining challenges of the future, examining issues such as food scarcity, environmental pressure, food miles and global supply chains. As the unit progresses, they investigate emerging food innovations from around the world and apply these ideas to design a future focused food ecosystem for their own community.
Students develop a supermarket of the future, rethink in store experiences, explore local supply chain solutions, design sustainability initiatives and create a restaurant concept that reflects new technologies and future foods. Throughout the process, students are encouraged to think critically about how food systems can become more efficient, accessible and environmentally responsible.
The unit culminates in a final pitch presentation where each team presents its future food concept, outlining how their ideas improve food production, customer experience, sustainability and long term food security. Designed to build creativity, critical thinking, collaboration and communication skills, this unit provides students with a practical opportunity to explore one of the most important industries shaping the future.
Age Group
High School Students
Learning Time
10 weeks of classroom delivery. Approximately 10 x 60-minute lessons, with flexibility for extended project work.
Student Output
Students develop and pitch a future food concept along with visual materials, supermarket ideas, restaurant concepts and supply chain innovations that demonstrate how food systems could evolve.
Delivery Format
Digital download including editable PowerPoint, Word documents, and printable PDF resources.
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What's Included
Upon purchasing the Future Of Food Unit Of Work, you will receive a downloadable bundle of teaching resources designed to support the delivery of a full project based learning unit centred around food innovation, sustainability and agricultural technology solutions.
The resource package includes a mix of editable teaching materials and ready to use student templates to help educators deliver the program with ease. The unit overview, unit plan and lesson slide decks are provided in editable formats so teachers can adapt the materials to suit their classroom and curriculum needs. Student facing resources such as templates and task sheets are provided as PDF documents ready to print or distribute digitally.
Included in this bundle:
Unit Overview (3 Pages - Editable Word Document): A high level overview of the unit outlining the weekly structure, learning objectives and activities each week.
Task Sheet With Challenge Overview (PDF): A student facing brief outlining the future food challenge, focus areas and final pitch expectations.
Lesson Slide Decks (10 x Editable PowerPoint Documents): Presentation slides designed to guide each stage of the unit, introducing concepts, activities, food case studies and classroom prompts.
Printable Student Templates (6 x PDF Documents ): A collection of printable worksheets designed to support research, rapid ideation, supermarket planning, sustainable thinking and pitch development.
10 Week Unit Plan (8 Pages - Editable Word Document): A detailed week by week teaching guide including lesson objectives, activity instructions, and materials required.
Guide to Team Formation (PDF): A practical guide for educators outlining recommended approaches for forming effective student teams during the project.
These resources have been designed to support educators in delivering a complete future food innovation project, giving students the tools and guidance they need to explore food challenges, develop future focused ideas and communicate them clearly.
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