Research and Development - AGRICULTURAL SCIENTIST

Landline & our Agricultural Scientists

Middle Secondary

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Personal and social capability

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Numeracy

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Literacy

Australian Curriculum General Capability: ICT Capability

Australian Curriculum Cross Curriculum Priorities: Sustainability Priority

1. Individually, you are to research two different episodes of the ABC's Landline (see resources below) and list:

• 5 interesting facts
• any statistics or the mathematics involved in the industry
• a description of the technology involved
• how Agricultural Scientists have been involved
• how the Agricultural Scientists helped with sustainability
• the outcome of the research and practice by the farmers

Landline 22 August 2020: Edible Plants First part of Whole of Landline Episode News Story	Landline 9 February 2019: Mango Dreaming
Landline 21 May 2016: Avocado Boom	Landline 9 May 2016: Reef Restoration
Landline 9 May 2016: Carpageddon : Carp Virus	Landline 27 April 2016: Abalone Rancher
Landline 27 April 2016: Sparkling Success	Landline 14 February 2015: The Colour Purple
Landline 7 September 2014: The Family Tree

2. Find a partner who has investigated two different episodes. Share with each other your findings. Was there anything that you rated as very interesting? Why?

With your partner, reduce down your interesting facts to 3 (from the 10 you have investigated individually). How did you decide which is the most interesting facts? Be prepared to share your criteria with the rest of the class. 

3.  As a pair, share with the class your facts and how you arrived at your conclusions. Also as a pair, create a poster using Canva showing the support Agricultural Scientists give to industry.

4. As a class, collate

• the 10 most interesting facts
• the statistics of the industries
• the technology for each industry
• the impact of Agricultural Scientists on the industries

Display your posters around the school

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