What are Food and Fibre?
Technologies · Year 2 · Food and Fibre Production · 3o Periodo

What are Food and Fibre?

Discover the difference between the food we eat and the fibre we use to make things like clothes and paper.

ACARA Content DescriptionsACARA Australian Curriculum v9 Design and Technologies Foundation to Year 2: Knowledge and understanding;Technologies and society;(AC9TDE2K02) explore how food and fibre are produced in managed environments.

About This Topic

Discover the difference between the food we eat and the fibre we use to make things like clothes and paper.

Key Questions

  1. What is the difference between food and fibre?
  2. Where do our clothes come from?
  3. How do plants and animals help us every day?

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