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Learning area: Technologies
Year level: Year 3, Year 4
Country: China, India, Indonesia, Philippines
General capability:

This learning sequence examines where and how rice is grown and harvested throughout the Asia region, including Australia.

Engage

  1. Men ride bikes laden with crops from their harvestFarmers bring their crops to marketShow your students the map of Croplands of the Earth and ask them to describe the crop-growing distribution pattern. Discuss where Asia is and ask them to predict why there is heavy cropping in this region.
  2. Show the enlarged map of rice cropping cycles in Asia from Asia– rice, a website monitoring world rice growing. Ask students to identify which countries grow rice more than once a year. Explain that they are to work in pairs and discuss why this occurs in some areas and not others. Each pair will write down their ideas.
  3. Show the map of Rice growing in Australia and ask students to compare the amount of rice cultivation in Australia with the countries of Asia.

Explore

  1. Explain to your students that they are going to create a diagram showing the different stages in rice growing in the Asia region.
  2. Look at the website Rice, a Global Education case study about rice production, in addition to the three videos below, and ask students to make notes as they view each resource.
  3. Review each of the resources, and ask students to write any additional information they need to create their diagram.
  4. Ask students to complete their rice cycle diagram and present and explain them to the rest of the class.

Reflect

Show your students the two videos below and ask them to do the following:

  • describe what you see
  • discuss what you think about this information
  • summarise what it makes you wonder about rice growing in the future.

It is recommended teachers preview websites prior to use in class to ensure they are suitable for their students. Content accessed via these links is not owned or controlled by Asia Education Foundation and is subject to the terms of use of the associated website.

Acknowledgements

Images: Farmers on bicycles by DMahendra ‪‪‬(CC BY 2.0)
VideosOne day in the life of a rice farmer by The Documentary Network ‪‪‪‬‬‬‬(Standard YouTube Licence); Rice is life by GreenpeaceVideo ‪‪‪‬‬‬‬(Standard YouTube Licence); Growing rice in Indonesia by Bill Cunningham ‪‪‪‬‬‬‬(Standard YouTube Licence); Chinese scientist creates a super rice by NTDTV ‪‪‪‬‬‬‬(Standard YouTube Licence); Modified rice mat nursery by IRRI video ‪‪‪‬‬‬‬(Standard YouTube Licence)

Australian Curriculum alignment

Learning area: Technologies

Year level: Year 3, Year 4

Country: China, India, Indonesia, Philippines

Content description: Investigate food and fibre production and food technologies used in modern and traditional societies‬‬‬‬ (ACTDEK012)

Elaboration: Identifying the areas in Australia and Asia where major food or fibre plants and animals are grown or bred, for example the wheat and sheep belts, areas where sugar cane or rice are grown, northern Australia's beef industry, plantation and native forest areas

Cross-curriculum priority: Asia and Australia's engagement with Asia

OI.2 Interrelationships between humans and the diverse environments in Asia shape the region and have global implications.

General capability: Intercultural understanding

Students will be involved in learning about and engaging with diverse cultures in ways that recognise commonalities and differences, create connections with others and cultivate mutual respect.

Use the learning activities to explore where rice is grown and harvested in the Asia region, including Australia.

Acknowledgements

The Australian Curriculum alignment statement is based on the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) materials which are licensed under a ‪‬‬‬‬Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Australia (CC BY NC SA) licence.

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