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Some great fact sheets for kids

The sugarcane industry has six new fact sheets for schools.
Each of these fact sheets has been lined up with curriculum (teachers’ resources available from our website).
Teachers can align learnings to the curriculum using the pink words on the fact sheets.

Paddock to Plate: The sugarcane production process from paddock to plate. Includes industry facts, alternative uses for cane and a fun quiz. There is also a short fun kids segment on YouTube Click to download brochure Click here to watch the movie	Water: The importance of water in the growing process and how farmers use water effectively and efficiently. Improving water quality and protecting the Great Barrier Reef. Click to download fact sheet
Biodiversity: Cane growers see themselves as guardians of the rainforest and reef. How farmers work with nature to help protect the land, water, birds and animals which live with us. Click here to download fact sheet	Soil: Healthy soil is vital to grow a good crop of sugarcane. Lists the steps taken by farmers to ensure that their soil contains the nutrients required to ensure a healthy crop Click here to download fact sheet
One Crop many uses: Lists a number of other products that can be made from sugarcane. Includes some sugarcane facts, electricity from sugarcane and a map of the growing areas. Click here to download fact sheet	Nutrition: Lists some important nutritional facts about sugar. The key is to balance energy inputs with outputs whilst understanding nutrition. Click here to download fact sheet

Competitions: Your school could win $3,500 The cane tube make a movie about sugarcane competition	Teacher's resources Teacher's resource notes Water maze activity sheet Kids answer this question (in writing, using pictures, making a drawing or making a movie): How are sugarcane growers using new farming practices and technology to: improve water quality? improve health of the soil? improve biodiversity? produce not just sugar, but a range of products from sugarcane? Colouring-in forms Smart kids wear helmets The reef is our back yard