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Published: 2007

Wet-weather wheelchair garment

Year 13 Soft Materials - Student Showcase

Bonnie was interested in a project that would have a 'helping the community' focus. After brainstorming different contexts she decided to consult the nearby Kimi Ora School, which serves teenage students who have special needs, such as high-level physical disabilities.

Published: 2007

Ballet competition costume

Year 12 Soft Materials - Student Showcase

Victoria's Year 12 Materials Technology project was to work in the context of What's the Occasion?. Students could identify any occasion and an appropriate client who had a specific need for that occasion.

Published: 2008

Food Bank Recipe Variations

Year 13 Food and Bio-related - Student Showcase

Madeline developed a collection of recipe variations for De Paul House, an emergency housing and family support service.

Published: 2008

Anti-didymo spray

Year 12 Food and Bio-related - Student Showcase

In Year 11 Kyle made an indoor non-ice curling stone - see his previous Student Showcase. In his Year 12 Materials Technology course, he wanted to do something different. "I wanted a project where I had to solve a real problem - an important issue that I could spend some time working on."

Published: 2008

Waffles Makeover

Year 11 Food and Bio-related - Student Showcase

When Neala was asked to develop a healthier version of a favourite family recipe, she decided this was a good opportunity to experiment with her new birthday gift, a waffle maker. She looked at basic batters and considered how she could make them more wholesome without losing any of the taste her f...

Published: 2008

Iron-enriched vegetable lasagne

Year 12 Food and Bio-related - Student Showcase

Tracey wanted to create a product for the vegetarian market but as there are not many vegetarians in her small, rural community she loosened her constraints, focussing instead on a product for a group of teenage girls who were 'fussy' eaters.

Published: 2008

Jubilee Cakes

Year 13 Food and Bio-related - Student Showcase

Sian developed gift-wrapped fruit cakes for her client, the school principal, to present as thank-you gifts to members of the 50th jubilee committee.

Published: 2008

Spud in a Tub

Year 11 Food and Bio-related - Student Showcase

The class was given a context in which to develop their project called the Lunch Box. After looking at the broad key factors related to key trends, the obesity issue and current market products for lunch box fillers the students identified an issue they wished to explore.

Published: 2008

Food and Nutrition Programme

Year 13 Food and Bio-related - Student Showcase

Krystal's Food Technology Food and Nutrition Programme was sparked by the media focus on childhood obesity, malnutrition and the lack of nutritious food in some homes.

Published: 2008

Fresh Chocolate Soy Milk

Year 13 Food and Bio-related - Student Showcase

While researching a Food Technology project, Ronald found that New Zealand children aged 11-14 years are prone to calcium deficiency.

Published: 2008

Healthy Tuck Shop Food

Year 13 Food and Bio-related - Student Showcase

The 2008 government guidelines on healthy food in schools, requiring lower salt, sugar and fat levels, provided a good opportunity for Taleesha, Bernadette and PawWah to consider the quality of food supplied by their school tuck shop.

Published: 2008

Mulitlayered Jam

Year 11 Food and Bio-related - Student Showcase

The Nelson outlet of the national chain of Simply New Zealand tourist shops asked Garin College Year 11 Food Technology class to design a range of products suitable for sale to both local and overseas visitors.

Published: 2008

Delight in a Bite

Year 11 Food and Bio-related - Student Showcase

When asked to identify an issue in the given 'Lunch Box' context, Nicky chose to investigate a snack product. She wanted to develop something for teenage girls who play sport that reflected a key market trend for healthy but indulgent snacks.

Published: 2007

Green Bread

Year 13 Food and Bio-related - Student Showcase

No, it's not Dr Seuss or St Patrick's Day, but Food Technology at Wellington High School. Amy took the green bread discovered and developed by students in previous years.

Published: 2007

Citrus fruit body care products

Year 10 Food and Bio-related - Student Showcase

Bridget and Tegan were asked to produce a small range of body care products with a common theme, suitably packaged and labelled to give as Christmas presents, and with a brochure promoting the benefits of their product.

Published: 2007

Soy Yoghurt Project

Year 12 Food and Bio-related - Student Showcase

When Hansells NZ Ltd offered the opportunity for a student to work on an authentic investigation, Samantha Eagle took on the challenge.

Published: 2007

Special Baking

Year 11 Food and Bio-related - Student Showcase

The class was given a context in which to develop their project called Special Baking. Sinead decided to use her sister as a stakeholder, because she is one of the chefs at the local Black Stump Café.

Published: 2007

In-flight meals with a flair of 'Kiwiana'

Year 11 Food and Bio-related - Student Showcase

Students were asked to develop to a meal or a dish that referred to New Zealand culture in some way, be it through shape, form or choice of ingredients, suitable for serving aboard long-haul flights coming into New Zealand.

Published: 2007

Meatballs and dipping sauces

Year 7 Food and Bio-related - Student Showcase

Kathryn, a pupil of Pahiatua School, attends a mixed ability, mixed gender Technology class at Bush Primary School's Technology Centre every 12 days.

Published: 2008

Video game

Year 11 Digital Technology - Student Showcase

Asked to design a recreational activity for Year 11 boys, Campbell decided to design and program an arcade-style video game.