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Food Systems

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Work with our industry partners to create solutions and value-adds within the local food production sector.

A fully immersive 4-day Design Thinking program in collaboration with Common Ground Project, the City of Greater Geelong Compost Facility and the Botanical Gardens.* Students discover local food production initiatives through industry visits and work through the design process to address challenges and value-adds identified on site. *Whether we visit the compost facility OR the botanical gardens is dependent on availability.

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Suitable for

Years 7-10 & VM

Duration

4x Full days at Industry & GTS

Program Information

  • Science
  • Humanities
  • Digital Technologies
  • Design & Technologies
  • VCAL

  • Food Studies
  • Applied Computing
  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Horticultural Studies
  • Product Design and Technology

  • Certificate III in Horticulture
  • Certificate III in Parks and Gardens
  • Certificate III in Nursery Operations
  • Certificate III in Landscape Construction
  • Certificate II in Engineering Studies
  •  Certificate III in Information Technology
  • Diploma of Engineering - Technical

  • Horticulturist
  • Landscape Designer
  • Agronomist, Farm Manager
  • Irrigation Specialist
  • Agricultural Technician

 

 

 

Program Delivery

Day 1 Compost Facility / Botanical Gardens
Tour the compost facility or botanical gardens to understand their roles in food production as well as unpack the design brief.
Day 2 Common Ground Project
Participate in sessions with Common Ground staff to understand their mission and the challenges they face as a social enterprise.
Day 3 Geelong Tech School
Work through the design process, identify a challenge, design a solution & begin prototyping. Use a range of emerging technologies to prototype designs.
Day 4 Geelong Tech School
Finalise prototypes and present them to industry partners via Zoom.
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If you have any further questions, please get in contact with us:

Tash Shukuroglou

nshukuroglou@gordontafe.edu.au

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