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Food Security Design Sprint & Guided Project

COLLABORATIVE SCHOOL PROJECT

JULY - OCTOBER 2022

PASS GOALS:

Educators and students build leadership skills and use student-centred and project-based learning approaches to improve educational outcomes
Educators in nominated secondary schools deliver an enhanced STEM curriculum
Positive understanding and relationships between PNG and Australia

target Groups:

PNG secondary school teachers
Australian secondary school teachers
PNG secondary school students – Years 9-11
Australian secondary school students – Years 9-11

DESCRIPTION:

The Food Security Design Sprint is a blended model of delivery that will utilise the design thinking framework to investigate food security in the context of Asia-Pacific. The activities will provide an opportunity for PASS participants to:

empathise with the global impact of food insecurity
facilitate the identification of localised food security problems
ideate and prototype innovative solutions
share these solutions through a formalised group pitch.

The Design Sprint will analyse food security through the lens of UN Sustainable Development Goal 2 which aims to end global hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agricultural practices. Utilising the rich knowledge of the Crawford Fund, participants will learn how climate-smart technology is being used to support agricultural development and innovation.

At the end of the Food Security Design Sprint, your group will have created a prototype of a solution to a problem impacting food and nutrition security to assist on a local, national or international stage. After the Food Security Design Sprint, students will have the opportunity to refine their pitch and contribute to the global agenda through the Guided Project.

LEAD:

The Food Security Design Sprint is designed and delivered by Chris Buswell, Director of STEM at AIS International and Heather MacDonald, Director, Education Partnerships. Both Chris and Heather will be there to facilitate, guide and support you throughout your design sprint journey.

Chris is a multi-award winning EdTech and STEM education leader named the Showcase Queensland Teacher of the Year in 2019, and awarded a Commonwealth Bank Australia Teaching Fellowship in 2020. Chris is currently working as the Director of STEM at the brand-new K- 12 Australian International School in Dubai, whereby helping build the foundations of an innovative and world class school from the ground up, as part of the dual Education Queensland and KHDA systems.

Chris's experience extends globally as a school team leader, lead designer and presenter, as part of the PNGAus Secondary Schools initiative. Chris has previously worked as a STEM Specialist for Australia Awards, developing STEM capacity and communities of practice as part of the blended STEM Nau pilot in the higher education sector in PNG. As part of this commitment to building STEM capacity and long-term relationships, Chris has continued to volunteer his time to mentor those PNG lead educators that have provided him with a deep insight into traditional education and culture.

Heather has been designing and implementing school engagement programs for Primary and Secondary Schools for more than 20 years. In that time, she has delivered innovative programs and resources for organisations such as the Australian and the International Olympic Committees, FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup 2022, Sydney Cricket Ground and Sydney Football Stadium, Ed Tech companies and UNICEF Australia. Heather worked with the Crawford Fund to develop project-based high school learning materials which aim to excite educators and students to the impact of work around global food and nutrition security and the broad range of career pathways for students. With the Asia Education Foundation and the PASS Sprint, she aims to showcase Australian and PNG students’ creative ideas and give them ‘a voice’ to be part of the solution to climate challenges in Agriculture. Heather connects organisations to school students, educators and the Education sector through programs, resources and ‘money can’t buy’ experiences for both Educators and Students.

Program detail:

Student Reporters is an online activity in PNG and Australia, including:

Design Sprint Launch and Food Security perspectives and pre-work
Full-day Design Sprint
Student workbook, for students to use as they undertake the Food Security Design Sprint, in PDF format
Resources and materials created as part of this collaborative activity

What you will Need:

Group access to computers at school
Internet connectivity with data
Access to Google Platforms, WhatsApp and email
Student access to a mobile device or tablet
Access to project materials, online or printed

EXPECTED LEARNING Areas & OUTCOMES:

LEARNING AREAS

Agriculture
Literacy
English
Science
Technology
Geography

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Media literacy
Communication
Creativity
Technology
Teamwork
Collaboration
Intercultural understanding

CAPABILITIES

Australian Curriculum Links:

Geography

Year 9

ACHGK060 - Distribution and characteristics of biomes as regions with distinctive climates, soils, vegetation and productivity
ACHGK061 - Human alteration of biomes to produce food, industrial materials and fibres, and the use of systems thinking to analyse the environmental effects of these alterations
ACHGK062 - Environmental, economic and technological factors that influence crop yields in Australia and across the world
ACHGK063 Challenges to food production, including land and water degradation, shortage of fresh water, competing land uses, and climate change, for Australia and other areas of the world
ACHGK064 - The capacity of the world’s environments to sustainably feed the projected future global population

Year 10

ACHGK070 Human-induced environmental changes that challenge sustainability
ACHGK071 Environmental worldviews of people and their implications for environmental management
ACHGK073 The application of systems thinking to understanding the causes and likely consequences of the environmental change being investigated
ACHGK074 The application of geographical concepts and methods to the management of the environmental change being investigated

Year 11

ACHGE067 - World population growth, growing affluence, advances in technology and their impact on the rate and extent of land cover change and biodiversity.

ACHGE071 - The relationship between land cover change and climate change and the long-term impact of climate change on land cover.
ACHGE073 - Human-generated land cover change and its consequences including: the competitive advantages of indigenous and introduced species; the balance within each of these groups; and the effects such changes might have on land cover changes and biodiversity.

PNG Curriculum Links:

PNG CURRICULUM LINKS

Agriculture

Year 9

Outcome 9.1.1 Describe various farming systems of PNG and illustrate the roles of agriculture in the local economy
Outcome 9.1.2 Investigate and analyse soil properties
Outcome 9.1.3 Investigate and analyse the structure and functions of agricultural plant processes
Outcomes 9.3.2 or 9.4.2 or 9.8.2 or 9.9.2 Investigate, design and
undertake a crop or agro-forestry or livestock project that is ecologically suitable, using appropriate codes and practices.

Year 10

Outcome 10.1.1: demonstrate knowledge of sustainable agricultural practices
10.1.3: describe and explain the environmental impact of agroindustries in PNG
Outcome 1 for the option: Use a range of tools, skills and techniques to undertake the project and/or identify, analyse and describe the impact of the chosen pest or disease for the local and or national economy

Grade 11

11.1 Introduction to Agriculture, 11.2 Soil Management, 11.3 Annual Crop Production, 11.4 Monogastric Animal Production, and 11.5 Farm Technology.

Grade 12

12.1 Applied Farm Management, 12.2Introduction to Applied research, 12.3 Perennial and Biannual Crop Production, and 12.4 Polygastric Animal Production.

Consideration of Apiculture (Beekeeping) could also be explored.

Fisheries Units

Grade 11

11.1 Introduction to Fisheries, 11.2 Marine Biology 1, 11.3 Fishing Technology 1, 11.4 Basic Seamanship, 11.5 Aquaculture and Mariculture, 11.6 Fisheries Management, 11.7 Handling, processing and storage, and 11.8 Fisheries Business.

Grade 12