Upper secondary education resources

Animals

Classroom activities

• Animal science study guide - written for year 12 students studying agricultural and horticultural science, South Australian Certificate of Education

• Condition scoring of sheep - guide and instructional video

• Genetic engineering of animals - compares genetic engineering with traditional selective breeding and artificial selection of domesticated animals

• Genetics Web Lab - online laboratory activities (natural selection, sex-linked genes and more)

• Learn genetics - online activities, resources, virtual labs and lesson plans about cells, DNA and heredity

• Parasite control in sheep training guide - including presentations and worksheets

• Poultry and eggs - books, DVD, worksheets and posters

• Sample exam questions (agriculture) - agriculture sample questions for High School Certificate, New South Wales

• Selective breeding school-based experiment - activity to compare growth rates of layer versus meat chickens

• Virtual labs - form hypotheses and design biological experiments

Information and resources

• Animal production tools and calculators - for cost of production, feed, animal health, nutrition and pastures

• Cleanskin Sheep - a new website with a focus on 'easycare' cleanskin meat sheep highlighting advantages, disadvantages, husbandry, looking after lambs, breeding and links to further information

• Livestock biosecurity

• Livestock health and diseases

• Making more from sheep - modules on running a sheep enterprise from Meat and Livestock Australia and Australian Wool Institute

• Paraboss - a suite of three products developed for the management of blowflies, worms and lice. Links to the WormBoss, FlyBoss and LiceBoss websites provide detailed management information and regional programs that will assist in managing the major parasite risks for sheep

• Red meat: the green facts - environmental sustainability of the Australian red meat and livestock industry and covers the key areas of reducing emissions, reducing water use and managing the land

• Woolwise sheep and wool resources 

Videos

• Animals in schools - livestock handling video series 

• Chicken meat industry - video clips relating to production of chickens

• ChookCam - live feed from a farmed egg facility and a discussion forum on the mysteries of egg production

• Five Freedoms of Animal Welfare - short videos explaining, in simple terms, the five freedoms of animal welfare

• How to condition score sheep 

• Juvenile in vitro embryo transfer program for advancing sheep genetics

• Livestock handling techniques

• Meat Standards Australia (MSA) beef and lamb grading - step-by-step explanation of what is required to deliver quality beef through the MSA supply chain

• Precision sheep management 

• Sheep genetics: Wiping out worms - from MLA Feedback TV

• Reducing livestock emissions

• Robotic dairy - demonstration of new technology

• What goes in must come out: reducing emissions from livestock research program - from the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

Useful links

• Australian Wool Innovation

• Australian Wool Network

• CSIRO Biosecurity Flagship 

• Department of Agriculture

• Future Beef 

• Lifetime Wool

• Meat and Livestock Australia 

• Sheep Cooperative Research Centre 

• Wormboss 

• Woolwise