Rice is Life Originally Created in 2004 for International Year of Rice Updated January 2007 by Jackie Miers

Basic Facts About Rice History Growing Types Nutrition  Rice in Australia Around the World Activities Recipes Stories  Lesson Plans Additional Links

All about rice. Find out what these Year 2 students from Truscott St Public School in NSW have learnt about rice.
http://www.truscottst-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/outback/

Rice is Life: Some Interesting Facts About Rice. Find out lots of information about rice from the official International Year of Rice site.
http://www.fao.org/rice2004/en/kids.htm

Rice Facts. Did You Know? Some interesting information about Australian rice.
http://www.rga.org.au/rice/facts.asp

Interesting Facts About Rice. Read what this Year 5 student finds interesting about rice.
http://www.asij.ac.jp/elementary/projects/jfl5/cody/interesting.htm

Celebrity of the Season: Rice. Find out everything you'll want to know about rice! 
http://www.kidsregen.org/howTo.php?section=celeb&ID=10

Rice: Food From the Gods. Some information and facts about rice.
http://www.kidsarus.org/kids_go4it/growit/plantit/rice.htm

Japan's Secret Garden: The Miracle of Rice. Find out about rice and how it's grown.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/satoyama/rice.html

The Facts of Rice. Learn some interesting facts about many aspects of rice.
http://www.omap.org/resources.html

Basic Facts About Rice : Frequently Asked questions. Check out the questions -- and answers -- that people ask about rice. 
http://www.irri.org/about/faq.asp#Basic%20facts%20about%20Rice

Rice. Discover information and read tips about rice. (This site has a lot of advertising and is slow to download).
http://www.tipsofallsorts.com/rice.html

The History of the Australian Rice Industry. Find out about the history of rice in Australia.
http://www.sunrice.com.au/rice/industry-history.asp

History of Rice. By students from MacGregor State School, Queensland
http://www.macgregoss.eq.edu.au/qldwebchall/ricemdjt/history.html

The History of Rice. By students from MacGregor State School, Queensland
http://www.macgregoss.qld.edu.au/qldwebchall/ricefshc/history.html

History of Rice. Find out where and when rice was first grown in Australia.
http://www.rga.org.au/rice/index.asp

Rice: History. Find out about the history of rice in South Asia
http://www.plantcultures.org.uk/plants/rice_history.html

What is the history of Rice? Find out about the history,  as well as other information about rice.
http://www.hungrymonster.com/FoodFacts/

What is the History of Rice? Here you can read some information about the history of rice and also some facts.
http://utut.essortment.com/ricehistorywha_rgqv.htm

World's "oldest" rice found. Read about a handful of 15,000-year-old burnt rice grains that were discovered by archaeologists in Korea.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3207552.stm

Growing Rice - The Traditional Method. By Upper Primary students from MacGregor State School, Queensland
http://www.macgregoss.eq.edu.au/qldwebchall/ricejgn/tradb.htm

How Rice is Grown. Find out how rice is grown in Australia, which is quite different from how it is grown in many Asian countries. http://www.rga.org.au/rice/howgrown.asp

The Rice Grain. Read and look at the diagram to find out what's inside a rice grain.
http://www.sunrice.com.au/rice/ricegrain.asp

What Rice is Made Of? Find out the answer by looking at a Flash animation of what is inside a rice grain. 
http://www.riceromp.com/animations/ricecomposition.cfm

Build a Rice Paddy. Read some information and view a Flash Movie that shows how rice paddies are constructed.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/satoyama/hillside.html

How Rice is Grown. Find out about two ways of growing rice.
http://mnmn.essortment.com/ricegrown_oah.htm

Rice Cycle Page. Learn about the 3 month life-cycle of rice by looking at the pictures of rice in different stages of growth in Bali. (This page takes quite a while to load)
http://www.brucebriscoe.com/bali/rice.htm

Rice Growing Plant. This site has a lots of information and photos about growing rice.
http://www.pechsiam.com/rice%20growing%20plant.htm

The Production of Rice. By students from MacGregor State School, Queensland
http://www.macgregoss.eq.edu.au/qldwebchall/ricemdjt/produce.html

Rice production.  By students from MacGregor State School, Queensland
http://www.macgregoss.eq.edu.au/qldwebchall/ricefshc/produce.html

Rice problems. Find out about the pests and diseases that affect rice growing from the students of MacGregor State School, Queensland.
http://www.macgregoss.eq.edu.au/qldwebchall/ricefshc/probs.html

Types of Rice. Find out about the types of rice that grow in Australia.
http://www.sunrice.com.au/rice/ricegrain-typesofrice.asp

Uses of Rice. Find out about the different types of rice that are grown in Australia.
http://www.rga.org.au/rice/uses.asp

Rice varieties. Find out about the different types of rice.
http://www.westernricemills.ca/rice_varieties.htm

Forms of rice and best uses. Find out about some common and popular types of rice and how they are best used.
http://www.ricegourmet.com/About_RiceTypes.htm

What is Rice? Find out what the different kinds and forms of rice are.
http://www.ricemilling.com/definition.html

About Rice Types. This sites shows photos and explanations about some of the different types of rice.
http://www.pechsiam.com/allabout_ricetype.htm

Nutritional Benefits of Rice. Find out why rice is good for you.
http://www.sunrice.com.au/rice/ricegrain-nutrition.asp

Fuel For the Body - Nutritious Rice! Read why rice is good for you and look at the Food Pyramid to see where rice fits in.
http://www.riceromp.com/fuel/fuel.html

Rice - What's in a bowl? By students from MacGregor State School, Queensland
http://www.macgregoss.eq.edu.au/qldwebchall/ricejgn/food.htm

Rice the energy source. Find out why rice is a healthy food
http://www.riceassociation.org.uk/Education/information.htm

Rice Facts. Did You Know? Some interesting information about Australian rice.
http://www.rga.org.au/rice/facts.asp

The History of the Australian Rice Industry. Find out about the history of rice in Australia.
http://www.sunrice.com.au/rice/industry-history.asp

History of Rice. Find out where and when rice was first grown in Australia.
http://www.rga.org.au/rice/index.asp

Growing Rice in Australia. Find out where in Australia rice is grown.
http://www.rga.org.au/rice/growingau.asp

Rice Growing in Australia - the modern way. By Upper Primary students from MacGregor State School, Queensland
http://www.macgregoss.eq.edu.au/qldwebchall/ricejgn/modern.htm

How Rice is Grown. Find out how rice is grown in Australia, which is quite different from how it is grown in many Asian countries. http://www.rga.org.au/rice/howgrown.asp

The Rice Grain. Read and look at the diagram to find out what's inside a rice grain.
http://www.sunrice.com.au/rice/ricegrain.asp

Types of Rice. Find out about the types of rice that grow in Australia.
http://www.sunrice.com.au/rice/ricegrain-typesofrice.asp

Uses of Rice. Find out about the different types of rice that are grown in Australia.
http://www.rga.org.au/rice/uses.asp

Rice: a Global Grain - a Photo Voyage. Click on to the topics at the left of the thumbnails (small pictures) to see an enlarged picture with some information about the importance of rice in the lives of people around the world. 
http://wpni01.auroraquanta.com/pv/rice

Rice and Us. Click on the flags to learn about the importance of rice in the lives of people around the world. http://www.fao.org/rice2004/en/world.htm

Asian Rice Terrace. Click the rice culture link for each country to see photos of people and rice in Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, China, Korea and Japan. 
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/aoyagi/kenji/oryza/orym_e.html

Learn About Rice: Rice For Life. Learn about the importance of rice to the people of Asia.
http://www.asiarice.org/sections/learnrice/riceislife.html

Rice Heritage: Ceremonies Rituals and Festivals. Learn about rice and Asian people's beliefs.
http://www.asiarice.org/sections/riceheritage/ceremonies.html

Rice Farmers' Hats. Find out about the 12 different types of hats that rice farmers in 12 different countries use to keep out the sun and rain.
http://www.fao.org/rice2004/en/hats.htm

Rice Growing in Indonesia. Read this easy-to-read information and find out how rice is grown in Indonesia.
http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/tripIndrice.htm

Life in Korea. Korean Food: Rice and Rice Dishes. Information about rice in Korea and recipes are included.
http://www.lifeinkorea.com/cgi-bin/Food.cfm?Subject=rice

Korea for Kids : Kimch'on. Follow the arrows and scroll across the screen to take a journey to Kimch'on.
http://www.curriculum.edu.au/accessasia/korea/journey/kimchon.htm

Rice Expert. This large website was constructed by students in Taiwan. It contains information and photos about every aspect of the rice industry in the Huatung Valley in Taiwan. First click on to the heading links on the side of the page and then on to white links on the black background to find all the information.
http://gsh.taiwanschoolnet.org/gsh2003/2754/se-index.htm

Japanese Culture and Daily Life: Rice. Find out about rice in general and then about the importance of rice in the lives of a Japanese family.
http://www.tjf.or.jp/eng/content/japaneseculture/01rice2.htm

Rice in Vietnam: a Photo. This picture shows how different types of rice are sold in Vietnam.
http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/vn-image.pcd.0655.070.html

Rice in Vietnam. A slideshow of seven photos.
http://home.zonnet.nl/jneele/vietnam/rice1.htm

Harvesting rice in Cambodia. Find out how rice is grown and harvested in Cambodia.
http://cambodia.worldvision.org.nz/tw_stories_view.asp?id=17

Learn about Rice. Why Rice is important to me. Find out why rice is important to 9-year-old Issa from the Philippines
http://www.asiarice.org/sections/learnrice/issa.html

Rice and People : Frequently Asked Questions. Check out the questions -- and answers -- that people ask about where rice is grown.
http://www.irri.org/about/faq1.asp

Not just dinner - Other uses of rice. By students from MacGregor State School, Queensland
http://www.macgregoss.eq.edu.au/qldwebchall/ricejgn/otheruse.htm

Indoor Garden: Grow Rice in a Bucket. Find out how to grow your own rice!
http://www.kidsregen.org/howTo.php?section=inGarden&ID=4

Rice Quiz. Try this quiz from the official International Year of Rice site, to see how much you know about rice.
http://www.fao.org/rice2004/en/quiz.htm

Rice Quiz. Try this quiz, created by a Year 5 student, to see what you know about rice.
http://www.asij.ac.jp/elementary/projects/jfl5/cody/rice.htm

Rice Box.  Play Rice Box. Match the pieces as they fall. You need to be quick.
http://www.riceromp.com/online_tetris.cfm (This page takes quite a while to load)

Rice Swappers. Play Rice Swappers
http://www.riceromp.com/online_swapper.cfm (This page takes quite a while to load)

What's For Dinner? Perfect Rice Every Time. Directions for cooking different types of rice.
http://www.riceromp.com/dinner/recipe.html

Recipes in the rice category. Click on the links to find many rice recipes.
http://www.heb.com/mealtime/recipe.do?categoryId=SIRC00

Rice recipes.  By students from MacGregor State School, Queensland
http://www.macgregoss.eq.edu.au/qldwebchall/ricemdjt/recipes.html

Rice Recipes from Around the World. Check out these easy-to-follow rice recipes from all over the world.
http://ricegourmet.com/Recipes.htm

Rice Knowledge Bank. Rice Recipes. Explore rice recipes from all around the world. Click any of the books on the left side of the screen to find the recipes.
http://www.knowledgebank.irri.org/recipes/recipes.htm

Mangiare Bene : Italian Rice Recipes. A variety of different rice recipes
http://www.mangiarebene.net/academy/rice/

Rice - "Gohan". Find out how to make Onigiri (Rice balls) and other Japanese rice dishes.
http://www.theblackmoon.com/Jfood/frice.html

Rice Dishes of Vietnam. Click on to the links on the page for recipes for cooking plain rice, fried rice, sticky rice, fried sticky rice and more.
http://www.tuvy.com/resource/recipe/viet/rice.htm

Sri Lankan recipe - Cooking rice. This page shows how to cook rice the Sri Lankan way.
http://www.webquarry.com/~raditha/srilanka/recipe/rice.html

Rice Recipes from Around the World. Check out these rice recipes from more than 20 countries!http://www.ricegourmet.com/Recipes.htm

The wonder sparrow. Click on the View in book style for a close look at the beautiful art work.
http://www.accu.or.jp/noma/english/works/2000/002/

Tet legends. Heart makes glutinous rice.
http://www.vnstyle.vdc.com.vn/lunar_newyear/tet_legend/gaonep.htm

The tale of the beggar. Scroll down the page a little to read the story about the beggar and the grain of rice.
http://www.scouts.org.uk/magazine/JuneJuly05/junejuly05_p30.htm

In a Land of Plenty. Read the story about people who wasted their rice.
http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/06/30/stories/1330110a.htm

Lesson Plans and Ideas

Growing Rice. Activities for Lower primary / middle primary based on a series of photos.  http://www.globaleducation.edna.edu.au/globaled/go/pid/844

Growing rice quiz. A Rice Glossary can be checked for clues.
http://www.globaleducation.edna.edu.au/globaled/quiz?action=viewQuiz&quizId=12

The really big food project. This resource for middle to upper primary students is available from the Curriculum Corporation for $39.95. Nine lesson plans / activities based on the book are available for downloading downloading.http://www.asiaeducation.edu.au/bigfoodbook/activities.htm

For the Juniors - Rice farm to Table. A series of activities to accompany this ABC program are available. http://www.abc.net.au/juniors/pages/2001/table/rice/activity.htm

Your Lesson Plan : Asian Foods - Fried Rice. In this lesson students can complete an innovation on the recipe for fried rice. 
http://www.innovated.gov.au/Innovated/html/i012.asp?LPID=365

The onestop lesson share : Reading. International Year of Rice.  A reading-practice lesson plan the focuses on the the International Year of Rice, by Jackie McAvoy. There are two reading passages: one gap fill and one jigsaw reading. This is a large printable .pdf file and takes quite a while to download.
http://www.onestopenglish.com/section.asp?catid=58147&docid=147641

The rhythm of rice production. A lesson plan for lower Primary students on the importance of rice in Asian communities and its growing cycle.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/15/gk2/rhythmrice.html

International Year of Rice Resources page from the Victorian Department of Education and Training Multicultural Education unit
http://www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/lem/multi/mintyear.htm

Department of Education and Training : Government of Western Australia. International Year of Rice.
http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/cmis/eval/curriculum/pathfinders/rice/index.htm

© Jackie Miers 2004-2007 Page Last Updated January 2007