The following Year 4 'Farm to Plate' activity ideas have been developed to help students investigate and understand more about the Australian dairy industry.
Students will learn about the History of the Australian dairy industry and the significance of bringing the dairy cows on the First Fleet.
Students will also create story books for a younger audience using a dairy farm as a setting. All of these activity ideas are linked to the Australian Curriculum learning areas of English, Science, and Humanities and Social Sciences.
They will investigate environmental management on a dairy farm and the impact that issues such as erosion can have on milk production.
These activity ideas can be used as stand-alone teaching ideas, incorporated into an existing program or used to support other inquiry units and resources found on the Discover Dairy website.