Leaving Cert Home Economics Notes
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Revise nutrition, diet and health, food safety and meal planning alongside consumer studies, household finances, the family and the electives.
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Consumer StudiesA consumer's purchasing behaviour depends on personal circumstances as well as the commercial environment.EnvironmentEnvironmental management is an essential pillar of Leaving Certificate Home Economics, bridging Core Consumer Studies (Unit 2.2.2) and Elective 1: Home…Household AppliancesHousehold appliances are fundamental to family resource management.Household FinancesA household is a small financial unit within the economy: money comes in (wages, social welfare) and goes out (spending, taxes, savings).TextilesTextiles perform specific practical, social, and aesthetic roles in the home and in dress.Diet & HealthDiet and Health is a core component of Food Studies (Section 1.2) in Leaving Certificate Home Economics at Higher Level.Food AssignmentsThe Food Studies Coursework is worth 20% of the total mark in Leaving Certificate Home Economics.Food Industry & PackagingIreland produces far more food than its 5 million people can eat, so most of what our farms produce is processed here and sold abroad.Food Spoilage & Food SafetyEvery micro-organism needs a specific environment to feed, grow, and multiply. In food science, we summarise these factors using the acronym FATTOM:Foods: Meat, Fish, Cereal, Fruit/Veg, Dairy, EggsCow's milk is an oil-in-water emulsion made up of roughly 87% water and 13% milk solids.Meal Planning & PreparationMeal planning and preparation sits inside Food Studies, the largest area of the Leaving Certificate Home Economics course (45% of the syllabus).Nutrition: CarbohydratesCarbohydrates are essential macronutrients formed in green plants during photosynthesis.Nutrition: LipidsLipids include solid fats and liquid oils.Nutrition: ProteinEvery protein molecule is built from fundamental units called amino acids.Nutrition: Vitamins and MineralsMinerals come from rocks, soil, and water. Plants take them up through their roots, animals eat the plants, and humans absorb them through food.Elective 1: Energy & EmissionsElective 1 examines how Irish households source, manage, and consume energy, alongside the environmental and health impacts of domestic emissions.Elective 1: Heating, Water, Lighting...Elective 1: Home Design and Management covers the services and systems that keep a home safe, comfortable, healthy and cheap to run.Elective 1: Housing (Planning, Building...)Elective 1 (Home Design and Management) examines how individuals and families secure, design, build, and manage shelter to meet personal, social, and…Elective 2: FabricsThis topic follows a fabric from the raw fibre to the finished cloth, and then asks whether that cloth is fit for the job it has to do.Elective 2: Patterns & FashionElective 2 (Textiles, Fashion and Design) extends core textiles into contemporary fashion analysis, garment construction, the selection and modification of…Elective 3: Education in IrelandEducation forms a major part of Elective 3 (Social Studies) in Leaving Certificate Home Economics.Elective 3: Family Life & LeisureElective 3 (Social Studies) examines how changing social, economic, and legal realities shape family life, work, and leisure in modern Ireland.Marriage & Family LawMarriage and Family Law covers the legal, social, and emotional foundations of marriage in Ireland alongside the statutory protections that support families.The FamilyThe family is the primary social group and the fundamental unit of society, recognised under Article 41 of the Irish Constitution.
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