Who Will Buy

HSIE Unit for Year 3 and 4: Who Will Buy? - Shopping, basic needs and wants, shops and businesses, production, distribution, recycling, reducing waste.

Family Farms Around the World http://www.disknet.com/indiana_biolab/farms.htm These 150 farm homepages give you information about life on their farm, animals, crops, wildlife, marketing, problems, economics, soil, climate, and other information.

Hershey's Factory Tour http://www.kidztown.com/factorytour.shtml Virtual tour about how a chocolate bar is made.

Manufacturing Virtual Tours http://www.manufacturingiscool.com/cgi-bin/mfgcoolhtml.pl?/tours.htm& Virtual tours of manufacturing technology and people in action.

Milk Production http://www.moomilk.com/tour.htm Virtual tour of milk production.

Mr. Rogers' Factory Tours http://pbskids.org/rogers/R_house/picpic.htm Tours of production process for household items.

 Raw Materials Line Up http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/kids/games/lineup/lineup.htm An item used to produce something else is called a \"raw material.\" Some raw materials are easy to spot, but many require detective work.

The Pencil Pages http://www.pencils.com/ Tour about production of pencils and an introduction to renewable resources.

 Virtual Farm http://www.ext.vt.edu/resources/4h/virtualfarm/wheat/wheat_farm_to_you.html Find out how wheat gets from the farm to you.

Shopping: The Latest Sport http://library.thinkquest.org/C004830/ We think shopping has become important in the lives of many people, as a form of relaxation. We set out to examine the different attitudes to shopping. We look at the possibility to becoming addicted to shopping.

CyberSpace Farm http://www.cyberspaceag.com/ Learn about Kansas farms from the experts who live and work there.

Wheat Mania http://www.wheatmania.com/ Learn about planting, growing, harvesting and using wheat. Includes photos, activities, teacher resources, and Wacky Wheat\'s favorite links.

Amazing Behind-the-scenes Tours http://www.howstuffworks.com/factory-tour.htm Tours of a range of production processes.

Bega Cheese Virtual Tour http://www.begacheese.com.au/

Shopping Centre Virtual Tour http://www.supacenta.com/vrtour/virtual.jsp Homemakers SupaCenta Moore Park, using Quicktime technology, provides an interactive, 360 degree tour of the SupaCenta.

Kidbank http://www.kidsbank.com/ A fun place for children to learn about money and banking.

Fast Food Finder http://www.olen.com/food/ Type in the food chain name and item and find out the calory and fat content.

Attack of The Fast Food Junkies http://www.fantastifood.com/ Follow the story of children rescued from the fast food junkies.

Dole 5 A Day http://www.dole5aday.com/ Information about all kinds of fruits and vegetables and their health benefits.

Smart Mouth http://www.cspinet.org/smartmouth/ Information on how to make good choices about the food you eat.

Recycle City http://www.epa.gov/recyclecity/ Learn about recycling and waste management by visiting a simulation of Dumptown and assist in solving their waste management problems. There are also lesson plans and guided teacher objectives.

School Canteen Virtual Tour http://workworlds.ryde.tafensw.edu.au/cookery/schoolcanteen/ To discover information about the School Canteen and its equipment, you can click on any of the hotspots on the image.

EconedLink Lessons http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm Large collection of lessons on good and services, money, business and consumerism.

Webquest: Who Will Buy? http://www.midcoast.com.au/~ttc/buy.html

The Basics: Needs and wants http://www.curriculum.edu.au/download/lesspln/needs.htm Secondary lesson that may be adapted for primary. Aims to assist students to understand the concept of scarcity and its relation to needs and wants.

Needs and Wants http://users.xcel.net.au/drugarm/lesson_plans/lp_needs_wants.htm Students are asked to view various pictures and classify examples of wants and needs.

What Do You Want to Sell? http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/20011011thursday.html?pagewanted=all In this lesson, students explore how companies describe their products and services. They then write business plans for companies based on their interests or needs.

Money Instructor: Needs and Wants http://www.moneyinstructor.com/wsp/wsp0054.asp An important money concept is understanding the difference between needs and wants. Here, students must decide if each item is a need or a want.

Curriculum Corporation: Money and Exchanging Goods http://www.curriculum.edu.au/download/lesspln/lesson.htm Collection of lessons on money as a means of exchange.

Innovated: Trade Marks http://www.innovated.gov.au/Innovated/html/i012.asp?LPID=419 This is the first in a series of four visual art lessons in which students will explore the use of trade marks.

Goods and Services: The Things We Want http://www.econed-in.org/lesson_plans/pd1.html Lesson on the differences between goods and services.

Public Goods and Services http://www.michigan.gov/scope/0,1607,7-155-10710_13476_13480-54353--,00.html In this lesson the children listen to the book Community Helpers from A to Z. They list the helpers who provide goods or services to the public.

Make a Farm http://www.ext.vt.edu/resources/4h/virtualfarm/wheat/wheat_farm_to_you.html Free software for kids to create a 3D farm to cut out and colour.

Trinity Library: Food Technology http://library.trinity.wa.edu.au/subjects/te/hospit/foodtech.htm Large collection of links related to this unit and food technology in general.

Who Will Buy? Weblinks http://members.ozemail.com.au/~slacey/whowillbuy.htm List of links related to this unit.