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Curriculum activities for classroom use

The classroom curriculum activities are grouped by theme, and all contain a 'print version' for your convenience.
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ACTION SCIENCE:

»	Action Science worksheet: Science Search
»	Tree measurements in the school grounds & beyond
»	Worksheet: Biodiversity scramble

BIODIVERSITY:

Biodiversity - our food supply depends on it [ **opens new window ]

Cultivating variety [ **opens new window ]

Meet the locals - a food web [ **opens new window ]

Victoria's Biodiversity - measuring biodiversity [ **opens new window ]

Victoria's Biodiversity - What I can do - teacher resource [ **opens new window ]

Victoria's Biodiversity - What I can do - student handout [ **opens new window ]

Activities from 'Biodiversity in Balance':

»	Invertebrates in action - The good, the bad and the ugly [ **opens new window ]
»	The value of biodiversity in an agricultural landscape - PDF worksheet [PDF 169 KB] The value of biodiversity in an agricultural landscape - PDF of PowerPoint presentation [PDF 3 MB]
»	The Brolga story and habitat game - teacher resource [PDF 91 KB] The Brolga story [PDF 867 KB]

CAREERS:

»	Careers in Agriculture, Natural Resource Management & Food Production - worksheet 1
»	ONTrack CD - worksheet
»	ONTrack CD - extension activities

CATCHMENTS:

»	Know your catchments - facts and student activity [ **opens new window ]
»	Facts about the Goulburn Broken Catchment [ **opens new window ]
»	Goulburn Broken Catchment - student activities [ **opens new window ]

FARM MANAGEMENT:

»	Exploring values [ **opens new window ]
»	Role play activity - asking the right questions
»	Federation Farming - Life as a wheat farmer in 1888 [ **opens new window ]
»	Whole Farm Planning
»	Farm safety activity

FOOD & FOOD PRODUCTION:

»	Let us grow lettuce! [ **opens new window ]
»	There are seeds in my soup!
»	Asian vegetables - making spicy japanese pumpkin soup
»	The Shepparton Irrigation Region - A natural food bowl
»	How much Vitamin C can you see? [ **opens new window ]
»	Fruit and vegetables - where are they from? [ **opens new window ]
»	Making yoghurt
»	The science of bread

FRUIT FLY:

»	Queensland Fruit Fly fact sheet [ **opens new window ]
»	Fruit Fly investigators - activity [ **opens new window ]
»	Career profile [ **opens new window ]

GRAINS:

»	Have you ever eaten grass? [PDF 748 KB]
»	Wheat and Measurement - activity
»	Wheat and Measurement - teacher notes
»	The cropping industry

PLANT POWER:

»	Teacher Notes
»	Student activity - How a bean grows
»	Student activity - Spying on roots

SALINITY:

»	Growing in Salt [ **opens new window ]

SEASONS AND WEATHER:

»	The water cycle [ **opens new window ]
»	Here comes the rain [ **opens new window ]
»	Impact of drought on students [ **opens new window ]
»	Drought maths [ **opens new window ]
»	Who cares when it rains?

SHEEP INDUSTRY :

»	Sheepish activities & fieldwork [ **opens new window ]

SUSTAINABILITY:

»	Comparing apples and earth [ **opens new window ]
»	Window - by Jeannie Baker - a book activity [ **opens new window ]

VICTORIA'S EXPORTS:

»	Food and fibre products - Where does the food go? [ **opens new window ]
»	Student activity A - Analysing Victorian food exports [ **opens new window ]
»	Student activity B - Mapping exports [ **opens new window ]

WEEDS:

»	Plants out of place [ **opens new window ]
»	Learn more with the Find-a-Word [ **opens new window ]
»	More student activities [ **opens new window ]
»	A purple haze [ **opens new window ]

'Biodiversity in Balance'
Exploring the balance between agricultural production and wildlife conservation in the classroom, school grounds and community.
Contact LandLearn to obtain your copy on (03) 5824 5523 or by email

Super Seeds CD
Super Seeds is the latest LandLearn resource with curriculum aligned activities based on Cereals, Pulses and Oilseeds. This resource is available on a CD.
Contact LandLearn to obtain your copy on )03) 5824 5523 or by email


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This document was reviewed 18 January, 2010