JCE Home Economics 21 study plan
JCE Home Economics 21 · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
Food, Nutrition and Health
Define the six major nutrient classes and state two food sources and one primary physiological role for each
Explain energy balance by calculating estimated daily needs from body size, activity level, and life stage
Distinguish undernutrition from overnutrition and list three health conditions linked to each
Describe the role of dietary fibre and water in digestion and identify common shortfalls
Your checkpoint
A one-page nutrient summary table covering all six nutrient classes with sources, functions, and deficiency signs, plus three worked energy-balance calculations
Food, Nutrition and Health
Interpret nutrition panel data to compare two similar packaged foods on sugar, saturated fat, sodium, and fibre
Evaluate three fad diet claims against established dietary guideline principles and write a short rebuttal for each
Plan a balanced one-day menu for a specified life stage (toddler, adolescent, pregnant adult, or older adult) meeting macro- and micronutrient targets
Identify food safety hazards in a home kitchen and match each to a preventive control
Your checkpoint
A one-day menu plan with a nutrient justification paragraph and a hazard-control checklist of at least eight items
Food Preparation, Cooking and Kitchen Safety
Explain the science behind at least four cooking methods (moist heat, dry heat, fat-based, and combination) and their effect on nutrient retention
Demonstrate knife skills and safe cutting techniques by describing grip, claw hand, and board setup in writing
Apply the temperature danger zone and the four-step food safety sequence to a full meal preparation scenario
Classify kitchen hazards (burns, cuts, electrical, chemical, cross-contamination) and specify one control per class
Your checkpoint
A written kitchen safety and sanitation protocol covering at least ten hazards with controls, plus a cooking-method comparison chart noting nutrient losses
Food Preparation, Cooking and Kitchen Safety & Family and Consumer Resource Management
Analyse a recipe for its function of ingredients (structure, leavening, fat, liquid, flavouring) and predict the outcome of one substitution
Solve three standard recipe conversion and yield problems, including pan size and portion scaling
Construct a household budget covering fixed, flexible, and irregular expenses for a sample family
Apply decision-making steps to a major purchase scenario and document the trade-offs considered
Your checkpoint
A costed two-week family meal plan and budget sheet showing per-serving cost and at least three documented purchase decisions
Family and Consumer Resource Management & Textiles, Clothing and Garment Construction
Distinguish needs from wants and apply opportunity cost reasoning to three resource-allocation choices
Explain the stages of the family life cycle and identify the dominant resource demands at each stage
Describe fibre properties (absorbency, elasticity, durability, heat sensitivity) and match each to a suitable end use
Identify at least six labelling symbols and care instructions and state what each communicates to the consumer
Your checkpoint
A resource-management case study of 600 word-equivalents resolving a family's competing demands, plus a fibre-property-to-use matching table
Textiles, Clothing and Garment Construction
Take and record at least five body measurements accurately and explain ease allowance and grainline
Sequence the garment construction process from pattern layout through pressing, listing the purpose of each step
Diagnose three common construction faults (puckered seams, skipped stitches, distorted necklines) and state a correction for each
Compare two fibre blends and justify which suits a specified garment end use
Your checkpoint
A construction order-of-operations flowchart for one garment plus a fault-diagnosis table with corrections, and a labelled measurement record
Home Care, Housing and the Living Environment & Child Development and Family Living
Evaluate a floor plan for work-triangle efficiency, lighting, ventilation, and accessibility
Distinguish cleaning, sanitising, and disinfecting and select appropriate agents for four household surfaces
Outline the developmental milestones of a child aged birth to five across physical, cognitive, and social domains
Apply positive guidance strategies to two described child behaviour scenarios and explain why each is developmentally appropriate
Your checkpoint
An annotated housing evaluation of one room against at least eight criteria, plus a milestone-and-guidance summary for one specified age band
Consumer Education and Community Living & Food, Nutrition and Health & Food Preparation, Cooking and Kitchen Safety & Family and Consumer Resource Management & Textiles, Clothing and Garment Construction & Home Care, Housing and the Living Environment & Child Development and Family Living
Apply consumer rights and responsibilities to a faulty-goods complaint and draft the resolution request
Identify three community resources or support services and state the referral pathway for each
Complete two timed mixed-domain practice sets and score them against an answer key
Compile a personal error log of at least ten missed concepts and state the corrected understanding for each
Your checkpoint
A full-length timed mock exam scored and reviewed, accompanied by a ten-item error log with corrected explanations and a one-page consumer complaint letter
Milestones
Week 2: Score at least 80% on a 30-question Domain 1 self-test and correctly interpret five nutrition panels without notes
Week 4: Complete a timed 25-question set spanning Domains 1-3 with at least 75% accuracy, and produce all four budget calculations with no arithmetic errors
Week 6: Produce a complete garment construction plan unaided and score at least 75% on a 20-question Domain 4 self-test
Week 8: Achieve at least 80% overall on the full-length mock exam with no domain scoring below 70%, and show a complete ten-item error log