LEARNING ACTIVITY
Creating your own potato chips: marketing
Category: Food Production
Climate Region: Arid | Temperate | Tropical
State or Territory: ACT | NSW | NT | QLD | SA | TAS | VIC | WA
Age Range: 7-13

“These chips are so good that you can sell them” Eliza said to Beth after tasting the hot chips that Beth had made using rosemary and thyme, “my family would love to eat these!!!”

Eliza’s comments were the perfect introduction to the next activity for the Junior Landcare group. Miss Gorman informs the group “We are going to market the hot chips you made. You are going to tell the community what it takes to make these yummy hot chips. Think about the love and care that went into growing the potatoes, and the ingredients you needed to make them taste fantastic. How can we get our families and friends to love and appreciate these hot chips even more than we already do?”

ACTIVITY OVERVIEW

We are going to make an advertisement! In this activity young learners will produce a short (30-60 second) advertisement to promote their chips.

This learning activity is the final part of a sequence of 3 individual learning activities focused on creating your own potato chips. The order of these learning activities are: growing, cooking and marketing.

Outcomes

For children to:

  • appreciate the process of food production
  • identify the unique qualities of their produce
  • develop a plan to promote their product
  • use communication technologies to produce an advertisement.
SEASONAL NOTES

This activity can be undertaken at any time of year.

Did you know?

Each Australian farmer produces enough food each year to feed 600 people, 150 at home and 450 overseas.

Did you know?

The global demand for food is expected to increase by 14% per decade.

Did you know?

Kids watch an average of over ten food-related ads every day (nearly 4,000/year).  Most of them are for ‘junk’ food.

Did you know?

Each Australian farmer produces enough food each year to feed 600 people, 150 at home and 450 overseas.

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