Primary education resources

General food and fibre education resources

Classroom activities

• Food - a fact of life - videos and computer games that help children learn where their food comes from

• From Paddock to Plate - for an annual fee, allow access to video series with worksheets, teaching where food comes from and how it is produced; aligned with the Australian curriculum

• Junior Landcare Curriculum resources - to understand where food comes from and participate in activities such as creating school gardens and building a closer connection with the land

• Kids make good pest detectives

• Primary connections - Australian Academy of Science units aligned with the Australian curriculum

• Primezone - provides teachers with a range of primary industries education resources for all year levels

• Scootle - teachers can register here for free resources mapped to Australian curriculum learning areas from K to year 12

• TES Australia - register here for free teacher resources mapped to Australian curriculum learning areas from K to year 12

• Where do my food and clothes come from? - resource book from FutureAg

• Where food is produced in Western Australia - map

• Workboot series - books about agroforestry, chicken, beef and dairy available for purchase from the Kondinin Group bookstore

Useful links

• Kelmscott Senior High School farm - primary school visits

• Landsdale farm - primary school visits

• Kiara College farm - primary school visits

Grains and pulses education resources

Classroom activities

• Grains book - from FutureAg

• Grain Chain - curriculum-linked education resources for teachers and parents to inform students about the story of grain-based food from farm to mill to plate

Fruit, vegetables and plants education resources

Classroom activities

• Fresh for Kids

• Go for 2 and 5 (fruit and vegetables) 

• Growing vegetables and natives - video showing how a metropolitan school transforms a bare patch of ground into a productive garden

• Kids and fruit: kids’ corner 

• pH Indicator activity - using red cabbage as a pH indicator

• Plants - classroom worksheets

• Plant Pest Investigators - lesson plans and activities for students year 4-7, focusing on plant biosecurity

• Plant growth - resources and activities

• Plant2Pollinator - exploring the science of pollination

• Salinity’s (salt) effect on seed germination - activity

• School garden - activities

• Supermarket botany 

• Sustainable gardens - teaching resource designing a school garden, building a worm farm, using greywater, growing vegetables and native plants

Useful links

• Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation

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Meat, eggs, milk and wool education resources

Classroom activities

• Beef book - from FutureAg

• Cattle and the environment - information booklet

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

• Discover Dairy - presentations, activities and worksheets about the dairy industry

• Fun on the farm - interactive game where children look after livestock on the land

• Learn about wool - apply for your free teacher's resource kit from the Australian Wool Institute on 1800 070 099 or email teacherskit@wool.com

• Picasso cows - curriculum program to educate children in the dairy industry and the health benefits of dairy foods

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

• Sheep and wool book - from FutureAg

Information and resources

• Livestock definitions – print out these useful definitions for common terms relating to livestock. An accessible word version can be found in the 'documents' section at the right-hand side of this page

​Useful links

• Dairy Australia
• Golden Eggs
• Parmalat
• Poultry Hub

Environment education resources

Classroom activities

• CSIRO Sustainable Futures schools program - educational program combining the latest in climate science with education in sustainability

• Discovering wetlands in Australia - curriculum-linked education kit

• Environment and nature - storybook and teacher guide

• Forest Learning 

• MarineWATERS - interactive and fully integrated education resources

• Water Cycle Activity - make a mini solar still

• Wildlife Detective iPad app game - be a forest ecologist identifying forest animals in a virtual survey

• WithOnePlanet - teaching and learning resource modules to explore climate change issues

Useful Links

• AUSSI-WA - framework promoting sustainability by tools and case studies

• Australian Museum

• Scientists in Schools 

• SciTech