Completed project
Mushroom education resources (MU22002)
Publication date: October 24, 2022
Delivery Partner: Primary Industries Education Foundation Australia
From October to December 2022, this project produced a series of lessons about mushrooms. These lessons were targeted at secondary school students from years seven to ten and were aligned with the Australian curriculum. They provided hands-on interactive activities for teachers to use and offered a detailed understanding of the science behind mushrooms.
The lessons covered a range of topics, including:
These lessons were designed to be comprehensive and accessible to a wide range of teachers.
Additionally, an associated card game was created to complement the resources. The lessons and resources provided a valuable insight into the mushroom industry for Australian schools, offering relevant scientific content that was linked to the Australian curriculum.
This project was a strategic levy investment in the Hort Innovation Mushroom Fund
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