Pathfinders
Feed the World
These research suggestions and hyperlinks to websites will help you with
your research and developing questions on "Feed the World -trends, issues and other ideas about food".
This is an integrated unit which involves Science, English and Social Studies subjects.
Don't forget to use the books in the Reference area. There are more resource books in a box in the library office or in your classroom.
On-line Resources:
In EPIC http://www.tki.org.nz/r/epic/ you will find:
Britannica Online
Global Issues in Context
Opposing Issues in Context
Australia/New Zealand Issues in Context
Don't forget login is - darfieldhs, password: 22darfieldhs.
A useful NZ resource is INNZ
Below are a few websites that will get you started.
Factory farming
Animals used for food
World Health Organisation, statistics
Global food supply http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=33268
Food crisis
feeding the world fact vs fiction
biodiversity environmental issues
feeding a world of 9 billion
country food production stats to 2009
scanning techniques
issues facing the world
Fighting the hunger problem
Food security
Why are people hungry?
Fairtrade
World Food Programme
Fight Obesity Epidemic
skimming and scanning tests
Scavenger Hunt
Subject headings, keywords
Use these words to help search our library catalogue and the internet.
Global food supply food trends and issues carbon footprint
food miles food processing sustainable production of animals and crops water issues fair trade obesity epidemic famine small and large farms food packaging
sustainability
Dewey Numbers The following numbers are where you will find a few of the above subject headings in our library. We also have National library books available.
333.7 333.72 333.76 333.79 333.91 338.1
362.1 363.3 363.8 388 551.1 578.4
591.52 615.9 620.1 630 630.993 635
660.65 904
Darfield High School Library Team