Agriculture, food & fibre classroom lesson plans for primary & secondary.
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Grade: 7 to
10
Access a series of ten curriculum-aligned fact sheets and accompanying learning tasks for secondary students designed to explore Australia’s thoroughbred industry. These resources integrate multimedia content, real-world case studies, and cross-curricular activities to engage students in meaningful learning. They showcase the industry's careers, sustainability initiatives, and the role of innovation and technology, offering students practical insights into breeding/genetics, anatomy, nutrition, welfare, and performance management.
Grade: 0 to
6
Access a series of curriculum-aligned fact sheets and accompanying learning tasks that explore Australia’s thoroughbred industry. For primary-aged students, the fact sheets can be used to enhance literacy learning and facilitate modelled, shared, guided or independent reading in the classroom and beyond. Each fact sheet includes differentiated worksheets to provide students with hands-on, cross-curricular learning experiences across the Science, Mathematics, Design and Technologies, and English Learning Areas.
Grade: 9 to
10
The Aquaculture: Oyster Farming 'The World is you Oyster' resource is designed to engage students in Australian Curriculum aligned investigations that explore oyster farming and how its role in aquaculture exemplifies nature's efficiency and adaptability.
Grade: 7 to
10
The Hands-on Horticulture resources have been designed to engage students in hands-on Australian Curriculum aligned investigations that explore Australian grown fruit and vegetables.
Grade: 7 to
10
This series of Career Q&A videos forms part of a suite of resources promoting careers within agriculture. Three candidates are interviewed and asked the same series of questions about their careers in agriculture. The videos can either be watched individually depending on the topic or all three of the videos can be watched together.
Grade: 7 to
10
This series of Career Q&A videos forms part of a suite of resources promoting careers within agriculture. Three candidates are interviewed and asked the same series of questions about their careers in agriculture. The videos can either be watched individually depending on the topic or all three of the videos can be watched together.
Grade: 0 to
6
The Hands-on Horticulture resources have been designed to engage students in hands-on Australian Curriculum aligned investigations that explore Australian grown fruit and vegetables.
Grade: 12 to
12
The Dairy Production as a Global economic Activity resource for the new NSW HSC Geography syllabus will provide a niche study of dairy production for the global economic activity of agriculture within the topic of Global Sustainability.
Grade: 7 to
10
This series of Career Q&A videos forms part of a suite of resources promoting careers within agriculture. Three candidates are interviewed and asked the same series of questions about their careers in agriculture. The videos can either be watched individually depending on the topic or all three of the videos can be watched together.
Grade: 2 to
5
With this suite of primary school resources, teachers can inspire the next generation to learn about biosecurity. Teach them about our role in protecting Australia and how they can help.
Grade: 7 to
10
This series of Career Q&A videos forms part of a suite of resources promoting careers within agriculture. Three candidates are interviewed and asked the same series of questions about their careers in agriculture. The videos can either be watched individually depending on the topic or all three of the videos can be watched together.
Grade: 5 to
6
As Australians and global citizens, understanding our natural environment is crucial for a sustainable future. The “Forest Science Explorers” resource for Years 5 and 6 immerses students in the unique habitats of Australia’s native forests, examining how different tree species have adapted to their unique environments.
Grade: 12 to
12
This resource for the new NSW HSC Geography syllabus will provide a niche study of cotton production for the global economic activity of agriculture within the topic of Global Sustainability. Students will examine a range of strategies for sustainability for cotton production.
Grade: 7 to
10
This series of Career Q&A videos forms part of a suite of resources promoting careers within agriculture. Three candidates are interviewed and asked the same series of questions about their careers in agriculture. The videos can either be watched individually depending on the topic or all three of the videos can be watched together.
Grade: 7 to
10
This resource is aligned with the year 7-10 Design and Technologies and NSW Agriculture Technology curriculum.
Grade: 9 to
10
This resource is a two lesson unit about growing and grafting plants, and the use of plant propagation techniques in Australia’s Nursery industry designed for Years 9-10, including worksheets and teacher guide.
Grade: 7 to
10
These 2 lessons are targeted to students in Years 7 to 10. Students will learn about innovations and technologies in the cropping industry. They will view source materials that are focused on developing new varieties of productive plants in a changing climate, and technologies that generate data to enable improved risk management and crop decision-making by producers.
Grade: k to
k
You may have heard of Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. But did you know that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have their own names and times for the seasons?
Grade: 11 to
12
This comprehensive educational resource, designed predominately for Stage 6 Preliminary Agriculture courses, focuses on Australian chicken meat production. This resource is designed to integrate into curriculums across different states and territories, offering educators a flexible and comprehensive tool for teaching about Australian chicken meat production.
Grade: 5 to
10
In collaboration with Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) and Seafood Careers Australia, PIEFA has developed a series of ten engaging student worksheets centred around engaging videos produced by FRDC to showcase career opportunities, sustainability initiatives and technological innovations in Australia’s aquaculture and wild-catch fishing industries.
Who we are
PIEFA…THE LEADER IN FOOD AND FIBRE EDUCATION
We engage Australian schools and the community through education about food and fibre production and careers.
The Primary Industries Education Foundation Australia’s (PIEFA) vision is to embed the value of Australian food and fibre production in the national psyche. We aim to achieve this with a range of classroom activities and resources, eLearning courses, Virtual Classroom sessions and agriculture career pathways information. Through meaningful collaboration with research and development corporations, the government and education sectors, PIEFA’s content is current, industry-specific and aligned with the curriculum.
