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Growing Knowledge
Food, Fibre and Farming in Western Australia
Teaching About Agriculture
The Department of Agriculture's education program aims to promote awareness of the importance of agriculture to the Western Australian economy and to help teachers to use farming, food production and related topics as 'contexts' for student learning.
The program focuses on support for teachers in the form of advice, teachers' notes resources and links with useful organisations.
This website also contains teacher resources, information on all the major farming commodities in Western Australia, case studies that can be used by teachers and students as well as a range of links to other 'useful' websites and information on careers in agriculture.
All resources can be downloaded and used FREE of charge.
Coming Soon - photo resource library for teachers and students
Resources For Teachers
The Department of Agriculture has a range of resources for use in your classroom.
- Articles of interest for the Sheep Industries and Pasture Program
- Primary teachers
- Secondary Teachers
- Salinity in the classroom - teaching resource sent free to all schools in August 2002. Suitable for middle primary to lower secondary students.
Growing Knowledge Newsletter - published four times per year (one per school term) Includes activities for you to do in your classroom.
Regional Factsheets - information on climate, industries, landscape and more
Case Studies - behind the scenes in the agricultural industry
Agriculture industries
An overview of the industry and links to more detail about:
- dairy - milk, cheese and other stuff from cows
- grains - bread, biscuits, breakfast cereals, biodiesel?
- horticulture - fruit, vegies and flowers
- meat - from sheep, cows, pigs and others
- wool - in your carpet or on your body?
- sustainable agriculture - keeping farmers green
- biosecurity - keeping our industry safe
Contact us - we're always happy to help
Page updated: 23 February 2006