1. Agriculture: What we grow and where By: Katie Watson Australian’s are connected

2. Agricultural map of Australia http://www.mapsofworld.com/australia/images/australian-agriculture.gif

3. What is grown where? N.T. Cattle, prawns, vegetables, fruit (excl. grapes) Qld:Sugar cane, cattle, vegetables W.A. Wheat Barley Oats NSW:Wheat, cattle, oats, rice ACT:Eggs, cattle, tuna S.A.Wheat, grapes, vegetables, tuna Vic:Milk, cattle, sheep Tas:Milk, vegetables, cattle, lobster, potatoes

4. Activity 1 Pretend you work for a supermarket in Queensland. You need to use your map of Australia to: Design a product with Australian ingredients Eg: a breakfast cereal Write down what States/Territories you will get these ingredients from Eg: Wheat, barley and oats from W.A., sugar from QLD, grapes from S.A. Write how you think you could transport these ingredients Eg: Train from W.A., plane from S.A. and a truck from QLD.

5. Climate map of Australia Discuss why climate is important when growing crops

6. Activity 2 Look at the climate map of Australia and write down in your Integrated Studies books why you think crops grow in these climates: Hot and humid: Summer: warm/rainy; Winter: warm/dry Hot dry summer, cold winter:Summer: hot to very hot, rarely rains. Winter: cold nights Temperate: Summer: mild to warm; Winter: cool Cool temperate: Summer: cool to warm; Winter: very cold, wet

7. Water-wise Australians Why do we need to conserve water? Where do people like us who live in cities get our water from? Where do Aboriginal people in remote areas get their water from? Talk about things that we can do to save water? Running stream Hinze Dam Water hole

8. Water-wise activity Talk about things that we can do to save water?