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Learning Outcomes

		Demonstrate the ability to share, communicate and investigate
		Understand the concept of virtual shopping
		Appreciation of the importance of a variety of foods and physical activity

Introduction

This learning activity gives the students the opportunity to look at the impact of technology and busy life styles on nutrition and physical activity and the importance of a balanced and healthy food intake.

While students are doing this activity get them thinking about the advantages that online shopping might provide. They should also consider any disadvantages focusing on physical activity (does online shopping reduce daily activity in any way?).

Background

Get students to work individually or in small groups (no more than 3) on the virtual shopping trip. Encourage students to share what they find about shopping online and also the advantages and disadvantages of doing this.

Students will take a trip … a virtual shopping trip. During this trip they will be given a budget and will need to buy food items for a special event or celebration and collate:

		Food item
		Cost
		Where the food fits within the 5 food groups and the 5 Fun Ways Wheel

The budget: The class decides on an appropriate budget for the celebration.
How many to shop for: Students will be shopping for 2 adults and 2 kids.
What to shop for: A special celebration to be decided on by the group of students. eg. Birthday party, beach party, family fun day, Mother’s Day.

Learning Task

Familarise students with some virtual shops
Coles http://www.coles.com.au/

Woolworths http://www.woolworths.com.au/

BiLo http://www.bilo.com.au/

Students need to work out what groceries they need to buy for the celebration?

They should remember variety and choose foods and drinks from each of the 5 food groups

Students then collate the information using the shopping template.
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Remember to get students to collate the food item, cost and where they fit within the 5 food groups and which part of the 5 Fun Ways wheel do they fit under.

Once students have collated the information – total the amount of shopping

Students should reflect:

•	How much change have they got left? Or did they overspend? If so, by how much? Print out their results and share their virtual trip with the class
•	Does their food reflect a good mix of the 5 food groups?

Discuss as a class:

•	What are the advantages and disadvantages of shopping online?
•	What are the physical activities that would not be done by shopping online? Get students to make a list. Students should think about all stages of shopping … getting to and from the shops, doing the shopping, getting home and unpacking. Some of these may include: lifting bags, walking, talking, stretching etc.

Teacher Notes

The curriculum areas included in this learning activity are:

Health/PE – advantages and disadvantages of shopping online, 5 food groups, 5 Fun Ways, variety of foods
Mathematics – budgeting, money left over, e-commerce, shopping online

Other skills students will learn or develop include:

Sharing, investigating, brainstorming, reflecting, online shopping, exploring, decision making, use of tables, collation, personal responsibility – safety, communicating and working as a class and groups.

Important Note:

Students should understand the basics of e-commerce and issues surrounding security when purchasing items online. Questions to be explored include:

What is a shopping cart? How do I pay? Is it safe to provide sensitive information including credit card details to a website? Can I track the progress of my order as it leaves the store and is transported to my home? The level of detail here should reflect student interest in the topic.

Examples such as Amazon and Disney or local sites could be used to expand knowledge and highlight issues.

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