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Developing greater awareness of weeds and their management in the wider community will be more achievable by starting with the younger generation in schools today. With this purpose, the following resources and projects have been developed through the education program of the Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Australian Weed Management and the University of New England.
If you would like further information, please contact:
Susanna Greig
Education Officer, Cooperative Research Centre for Australian Weed Management (CRCAWM)
Agronomy and Soil Science
School of Environmental and Rural Science
University of New England
Armidale 2351
NSW Australia
Email: susanna.greig@une.edu.au
Phone: (02) 6773 2809
Mobile: 0427776463
Fax: (02) 6773 3238
for schools
misbehaving plants
Misbehaving plants is a big book with an introduction to weeds, a narrative story, a cartoon strip and factual information describing weeds. It was developed in consultation with experienced lower primary / infants teachers. While the book was developed for early stage teachers, the content and lesson activities suit a range of abilities, making it appropriate for a wider range of primary classrooms.
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lord of the weeds
Lord of the Weeds, a report-writing competition for high school students included resources such as suggested lesson activities, student proformas to guide students through writing the report, marking guide and appropriate contacts for teachers to use. This way, finding a weedy site in the school or local area became the only difficult thing to do.
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ghastly guests
Ghastly guests is an upper primary unit of work that investigates weeds with links to the curriculum in each state and territory of Australia. The unit includes suggested lesson activities with accompanying worksheets and teacher resources.
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weed wipeout
Weed Wipeout is an interactive game where the player is in a position of managing a farm with weed problems. The player is required to make decisions regarding the most appropriate weed management strategy, and then discovers the results of these decisions. Humorous and unexpected events appear, keeping the job at hand very interesting. Who will be wiped out, you or the weeds?
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