Educational resources

Australian Curriculum Aligned
Design and Technologies, Science
Curriculum 8.4
ACSSU094 ACSIS093 ACSIS107 ACSIS093 ACHGS053 ACTDEP037
Curriculum 9.0:
Year 5-6 | AC9TDE6K03, AC9TDE6P02, AC9S5H02, AC9S6U01, AC9S6H02 Year 7-8 | AC9TDE8K04, AC9TDE8P02, AC9S7H01, AC9S7H03AC9S8H01 AC9S8H02, AC9S8H03, AC9S8H04

Throughout this resource, students will have the opportunity to analyse how sugarcane is grown in managed environments, and to consider the management practices used by Australia’s sugarcane growers to support and improve the profitability, productivity, and sustainability of their farms. Students will apply Design Thinking skills as they generate design ideas to solve environmental concerns on farms, and will consider the ways that scientific knowledge is used by the sugarcane industry to improve sustainability along the supply chain.

Teachers can access a downloadable PDF containing answers for the workbook to aid in the marking and assessment of student work.

Australian Curriculum Aligned
Design & Technology
AC9TDE8K04, AC9TDE8K02, AC9TDE8K01

A digital resource kit designed for teachers and educators across Australia, with a series of digital (virtual) Farmer Time farm tours that explore food and fibre production in Australia. There is a 30-minute session with sugarcane growers Zenan Reinaudo and Paul Marbelli talking all things cane growing. They'll share insights into a day-in-the-life of a cane producer and the features of cane production in Australia.

Australian Curriculum Aligned
Mathematics
ACMSP148, ACMNA123, ACMNA129, ACMNA131, ACMMG135

These STEM Challenge - Sugarcane Maths Challenge Cards designed are a great resource for teachers to use in their classrooms.

Blockchain Technology & Harvest Mate portal and app
Australian Curriculum Aligned
Science, Design & Technology

Learn about the digital traceability platform using blockchain technology in the sugar industry. This new technology allows product traceability across each major data collection point throughout the paddock-to-packet supply chain of Australian sugar.

Can you grow the perfect sugarcane crop? 

CANEGROWERS collaborated with Code Club Australia to patriciate in the 2024 Moonhack Coding Challenge. 

Sweeten the Crop is a Scratch project which is a clicker game that teaches about the water irrigation on sugarcane farms and how sugarcane growers are doing their part to help mitigate climate change. The 2024 projects focused on how we can do our bit for climate change and sustainability. Let’s #getkidscoding by having conversations about climate change and sustainability, and what we can do to help! 

Check out the Sweeten the Crop project SHOWCASE – Moonhack

• Instruction Guide Sweeten the Crop | Code Club Australia
  • Code Along Video Sweeten the Crop - YouTube
  • Interview with CANEGROWERS Chat with CANEGROWERS

Curriculum Codes
Year 3–4 Digital Technologies
AC9TDI4P02 — follow and describe algorithms involving sequencing, comparison operators (branching) and iteration
AC9TDI4P03 — generate, communicate and compare designs
AC9TDI4P04 — implement simple algorithms as visual programs involving control structures and input
Years 5–6 Digital Technologies
AC9TDI6P01 — define problems with given or co-developed design criteria and by creating user stories
AC9TDI6P02 — design algorithms involving multiple alternatives (branching) and iteration
AC9TDI6P04 — generate, modify, communicate and evaluate designs
AC9TDI6P05 — implement algorithms as visual programs involving control structures, variables and input