Activity One - Draw

One of the skills a geographer should have is the ability to draw a simple, annotated diagram. We are going to practice this skill for the first activity.

• • 1. Collect a piece of A4 paper and a set of coloured pens.

    2. Draw a diagram to represent the changes in the nutrition transition.

    3. Annotate that diagram to help you explain the transition between the stages.

Useful Resources

Harvard - Obesity Prevention

'Our Planet's. Food and Health' textbook by Stephen Codrington Pages 17 - 19

Activity Two - Mind Mapping

To investigate the causes of the disparities in the access that people have to food you are going to complete a mind map. This can either be completed using Google Drawing or you can go old school and use paper and coloured pens. You know I like a good coloured pen!

• • 1. In the middle of your page write 'Disparities in access to food'.

    2. Mind map the following points:

       1. 1. 1. 1. • Current situation - location, production, waste and death

                   • Subsistence Farming with many crops

                   • Traditional Farming methods

                   • Poor Storage Facilities

                   • Small Dividend Holdings

                   • Absentee Landlords

                   • Agribusiness

                   • High Yielding Varieties of Crop

                   • Irrigation

                   • Chemical pesticides and fertilisers

                   • Mechanical Technology

                   • Relative Poverty

Useful Resources