School Science Lessons
2026-04-14
Agriculture
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Contents
School Food Gardens
Agricultural crops
Agriculture chemicals
Australian native foods
2.0 Agriculture techniques
3.0 Animal production
4.0 Crop cultivation and harvesting
6.01 Peas
Pesticides
6.02 Rhizobium
9.0.0 Soil cultivation
Vegetative reproduction
2.0 Agriculture techniques
Composting
Crop care
Grafting
Interplanting
Marcotting
Mulching
Plant fertilizers
Planting
Planting methods
Seeds
Spraya, dusts,white oils
Weedicides
Weeding
3.0 Animal production
Bees
Chicken Project
Duck Project
Goat Project
Honey
Pig Project
4.0 Crop cultivation and harvesting
Artichoke
Avocado
Banana Project
Breadfruit Project
Canola
Cassava Project
Citrus
Sprouts and microgreens
Citrus growing, by Sandra Nanka
8.0 Maize
Mushrooms
Pumpkin
Sprouts and microgreens
Cocoa Project 1
Cocoa Pests
Cocon Project 1
Cocon Pests
Eggplant
Herbs
Jackfruit
Mango
Papaya Project
Pineapple Project
Tomato
Olive
Sweet potato Project
Taro Project
Yam Project
potatoes
4.6Stimulants and spices
Chilli Project
Ginger beer "plant"
Herbs
Mustard
Onion
4.7Legumes
6.0 Legumes
6.01 Peas
4.8Sugar crops
sugarcane, sugar beet sweeteners
4.9 Grasses and fodder crops
Leucaena
Pasture grass
5.0 Beetroot
Beetroot
3.01 Beetroot juice acid-base indicator
9.1.4 Beetroot plasma membrane
9.3.1 Cell membranes of beetroot
Betanin
6.0 Legumes
Beans and peas Agriculture
5.2.0 Legumes, peas and beans
Bean Classification of a common bean
Broad bean, (Vicia faba), Fabaceae
9.6.5 Epigeal germination of bean
9.6.11 Hypogeal germination, broad bean, pea, wheat
9.3.5 Growth of radicle, zone of elongation, broad bean root
9.3.7 Growth of first internode, runner bean seedlings
Jack bean, (Canavalia ensiformis), Fabaceae
Jequirity bean, (Abrus precatorius), Fabaceae
Lablab bean, (Lablab purpureus), Fabaceae
6.01 Peas
6.02 Rhizobium
6.01 Peas
Pea, (Pisum sativum L.). 1753, (Lathyrus oleraceus), nowadays
9.1.6 Energy from peanuts
9.1.8 Heat energy from respiration of peas
Pea
Pigeon pea
9.1.13 Respiration of soaked peas over mercury
9.1.21 Tests for respiration of soaked peas
7.8.7, Prepare bean curd
Soya bean
"Beans"
9.6, Classification of a common bean
9.3.13, Root hairs of germinating bean plant
3.9.3, Soybean oil
Vigna species
6.02 Rhizobium
Rhizobium in root nodules of legumes
Rhizobium
Apigeninglucoside
4.3.14 Nitrogen-fixing bacteria
Legheamoglobin
6.9.11 Legumes for the soil
6.12.3 Nitrogen deficiency in soils
8.5.19 Rhizobium bacteria
5.2.21 Rhizobium inoculation
9.3.9 Rhizobium
4.3.18 Root nodules
6.2.2 Soil nitrogen bacteria
Apigeninglucoside
4.3.14 Nitrogen-fixing bacteria
Legheamoglobin
8.0 Maize
Maize, (Zea mays), "corn", Indian corn, sweet corn, mealy, vegetable, corn oil, corn silk herb
Maize
Baby powder
Baking powder
Boiled vegetables
Cellophane
Psoralen
Carotenes
Cryptoxanthin
Cytochromes
DIMBOA
Harzianopyridone
Rubisco
Sitosterol
Tryptamine
Zeaxanthin
Flint corn, (Zea mays subsp. mays), [used for popcorn], Poaceae
Dried herb sold as purple corn seed powder.
9.17.1.2 Adding fertilizers
19.3.3 Boiling vegetables
9.2.2 Companion planting
9.185 Conduction of water and salts through the stems
9.183 Conduction of water in plants
Cooking fats
Corn oill
Corn oil
5.5.1.0 Corn products
Cornmeal glucose
Cornmeal agar
Cornstarch
1.9 Crop rotation
Electrorheological fluid
9.3.6 Enzyme activity during germination
Faidherbia
Food allergies
1.10 Food crop families
9.5.1.2 Fruit,
9.2.3 Interplanting
9.80 Monocotyledon stem, maize
9.1.3 Monocotyledons
Osmosis
9.5.3: Plants need mineral salts
Popcorn
Shear-thickening
9.1.2b Smuts
9.9.18.2 Soil-less culture solutions
Starch, cornstarch
Starch, cornstarch
Stir-thickening
Superheating in a microwave oven
Yoghurt
7.0 Onion
Onion, (Allium cepa)
Onion
Onion
Allium species
9.1.12 Disinfectants
9.6.13 Mitosis in cells of onion root tip
9.1.11 Onion leaf scale cells
#9.3.6 Plasmolysis in onion epidermis
2.5.8 Stain onion epidermis
Allium species
9.0.0 Soil cultivation
Soils 1
Soils 2
Soils 3
Soil pH test kit
5.1.0 Citrus growing, by Sandra Nanka
Citrus do best in a sunny position, this ensures good fruit production.
Soil should be well-drained, the roots should not sit in water.
If more than one tree is planted allow 2 to 3 m minimum between trees.
Add compost to the soil to add body to sandy soils and break up clay soils.
Dig a hole twice the size of the root ball.
Pop the tree while it is still in its bag/pot into a container of water with seaweed solution.
Remove the tree from the pot and place it in the hole.
Fill with soil leaving no air pockets and water in well.
Mulch around the tree to help keep moisture in and the area close to the tree weed and grass free.
Fertilise during early spring, summer and autumn.
Spread the fertiliser just within the drip line.
Use organic extra or aged poultry manure.
Avoid fertilising while they are in flower, because it can cause the fruit to drop.
Water twice a week for the first month after planting, then once a week or fortnight for the first year.
When the trees are established, only water during dry periods and when fruits are developing.
Soil types will determine the frequency of watering, sandy soils will require more water than clay soils.
Prune lightly once a year after fruiting.
Remove old or dead wood and any unwanted growth or branches touching the soil.
Prune to maintain the height and shape you are after.
Always prune any shoots/suckers that are growing around or below the bud union or graft.
Remove flowers from the tree for at least the first year to let the energy go into making a strong tree.
Leaf miner and scale insects can be controlled with Eco oil.
To control gall wasp, cut off any swollen branches and burn or bag the affected branches.
Dwarf Citrus are regular citrus varieties grafted onto smaller tree rootstock, usually Flying Dragon Rootstock.
The 'flying dragon' rootstock is root disease resistant as well as cold tolerant.
Dwarf citrus will grow between 1.5 m to 2 m.
The fruit is the same size and quality as regular fruit trees.
They are ideal for small gardens, courtyards, decks or balconies.
Dried herbs
Dried Wattleseed Powder
Dried Strawberry Gum Leaf Powder
Dried Old Man Saltbush leaf
Dried Lemon Myrtle Leaf
Dried Cinnamon Myrtle Leaf
Dried Anise Myrtle Leaf