Maths/Numeracy

Y11 VCE VM Numeracy – Healthy Diet Incursion Program

During Term 1, students in Y11 VCE VM Numeracy have been learning the topic – What is the Healthy Diet. They have been applying Number and the mathematical Relationship skills into the healthy diet and some of the examples are:

• calculating calories from their daily diet and comparing it with the Dietary Reference Intake (DRI),
• calculating the energy expended to do the physical activities, and 
• designing a meal for people with various lifestyles based on 5 food groups in the Australian Healthy Eating Guide.

Students had the incursion program. The nutritionists, Ms Silva Nazaretian and Ms Belinda Nowakowski from VIC Kids Eat Well Program visited to support the students to learn the topic.  Through the incursion program, students had the opportunities to listen to real life example of how nutritionist applied numeracy in the work and to make their own healthy snack - colourful rice paper rolls and wholemeal wraps.

Students enjoyed the incursion program very much.

Jin Chung

Mathematics Teacher