{"id":3080,"date":"2022-06-22T02:02:19","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T02:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc-futuris\/?post_type=article&#038;p=3080"},"modified":"2022-06-22T02:02:23","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T02:02:23","slug":"year-9-geography-students-eating-bugs","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc-futuris\/article\/year-9-geography-students-eating-bugs\/","title":{"rendered":"Year 9 Geography Students Eating Bugs!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During the second week of June, Year 9 Geography students baked insect cookies, did a taste testing with cricket corn chips and a brave few sampled:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chilli and garlic crickets<\/li>\n<li>Saltbush rosemary mealworms<\/li>\n<li>Milk chocolate with mealworms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After their cricket cooking adventure Year 9 students were on the hunt for some teachers to try their creations to see if people could \u2018find the bug\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Below are some comments from our staff taste testers:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018The students need better poker faces though. I knew there was SOMETHING different about the cookies they weren\u2019t telling me \u2013 they couldn\u2019t stop grinning! They were delicious. I\u2019ve eaten whole crickets before, in traditional Mexican food. Insects are definitely part of the our future food security \u2013 can\u2019t wait to see how delicious the other goodies are.\u2019 \u2013\u00a0<strong>Tracy Getts, Assistant Head of Department \u2013 Science<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018My review for the cookie \u2013 Not too sweet, nutty, and was able to eat it without it falling apart. Delicious! \u2013\u00a0<strong>Kestie Neligan, Mathematics Teacher<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018They were delicious, thank you. Can\u2019t wait to taste the spiced whole crickets and corn chips next week. Be sure to send the girls over.\u2019 \u2013<strong>\u00a0Wendy Allen, Receptionist<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Below is a summary from Sophia (Year 9) on behalf of her class:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018I had a fantastic experience in the hands-on activity of baking cricket cookies! It was extremely fun and creative to participate in baking and producing a realistic solution to food security, the topic we are exploring in class. It was an eye-opening experience tasting and applying techniques we had learnt, as well as being able to have a unique and immersive experience in which we were able to play a huge part in. The class\u2019s final verdict was majority in favour of the cricket cookies which may be a huge indicator of our world\u2019s future foods!\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Here is a final photograph snapshot of our insect cooking experience and bug taste testing. We would like to thank\u00a0<strong>Sally Marks<\/strong>, Head of Department \u2013 DART for allowing us to use the kitchen spaces to bring geography to life.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013<strong><em>\u00a0Danielle Rodrigues<\/em><br \/>\n<\/strong>Head of Department \u2013 Human Society and Its Environment (HSIE)<\/p>\n<p><em>Click on the image gallery to view full-sized images.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"gallery-1\" class=\"gallery galleryid-20594 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium\">\n<figure class=\"gallery-item link-\">\n<div class=\"gallery-icon\"><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2022\/06\/IMG_6628.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2022\/06\/IMG_6628-640x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"gallery-item link-\">\n<div class=\"gallery-icon\"><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2022\/06\/IMG_6625.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2022\/06\/IMG_6625-640x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"gallery-item link-\">\n<div class=\"gallery-icon\"><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2022\/06\/IMG_3077.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2022\/06\/IMG_3077-640x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"gallery-item link-\">\n<div class=\"gallery-icon\"><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2022\/06\/IMG_3078.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2022\/06\/IMG_3078-640x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the second week of June, Year 9 Geography students baked insect cookies, did a taste testing with cricket corn chips and a brave few sampled: Chilli and garlic crickets Saltbush rosemary mealworms Milk chocolate with mealworms After their cricket cooking adventure Year 9 students were on the hunt for some teachers to try their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3102,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[7],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-3080","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc-futuris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/3080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc-futuris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc-futuris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc-futuris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3080"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc-futuris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc-futuris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc-futuris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=3080"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc-futuris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=3080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}