F.P.S

Term 3's FPS topic is "Propaganda - is it persuasion or manipulation?"

Term Four

Well done to Cole, Amy, Hamish and Brooke who have qualified for the Nationals!!! This will be held up in Auckland at the end of week 3....good luck guys, this could be the beginning of something very exciting!

Your topic of study will be Human Potential.

The following is a list of terms and definitions that you will need to get well acquainted with in order to understand the multitude of readings we will peruse.

Term 2's  FPS topic is " Processed Food'

Try to get yourself organised by learning what each of these words mean as they will pop up  a lot through out our FPS readings.

Our first task is to look at the History of Food Processing. Using the following websites, look into why people preserved / processed food and how they did it. Is it really a new idea or something that people have being doing for thousands of years? We will be creating a pictorial ( and written) timeline to span across our wall showing the ages and types of methods used.

 http://nchfp.uga.edu/publications/nchfp/factsheets/food_pres_hist.html - Historical origins

of food preservation
o http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/583/8/08_chapter2.pdf - The history of
food processing
o http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=processed-food-a-two-million-year- history – A 2-million year history of food processing methods (A subscription to Scientific American is needed to obtain a copy, but you can purchase the edition online at this site.)
o http://www.partselect.com/JustForFun/Food-Preservation-Basics.aspx - Food preservation basics