Secondary Education

This experience will enable students to:

• gain an appreciation of soil texture, structure and fertility
• understand and determine these factors manually with field texture
• learn to infer soil properties by understanding EM38 readings with the introduction of technology (EM38, reads electrical conductivity)
• understand how these varying factors affect agricultural operations and with this information how we can manage our practices accordingly.

This experience will enable students to:

• understand how to physically/manually estimate Biomass by conventionally measuring Biomass
• relate this information practically to food on offer and stocking rates
• use and understand a NDVI device and how NDVI readings can correlate to biomass
• use apps relate NDVI readings back to food on offer and stocking rates.

This experience will enable students to:

• appreciate what a GPS is and how it works through practical activities
• understand what technology is available through iPad apps, there possibilities and limitations, and the sources of errors with GPS
• appreciate the various applications of GPS in agricultural enterprises.

This experience will offer students hands-on activities in an agricultural setting incorporating accelerometers/inclinometers, and an understanding basic principles of their workings. Students will also get an:

• introduction to accelerometers/inclinometers, what they are, how they work, and what devices use them
• understanding of technology and relevant iPad apps
• introduction to accelerometers/inclinometers in remote sensing to uses in agricultural operations.

We'll give students a look at the latest:

• livestock management technology, developing technology, and where it could be in the future.
• autonomous systems, how they work, and their modes of communication.
• systems, including:
  • RFID
  • virtual fences
  • walk over weigh and auto-draft
  • gate control
  • remote watering
  • remote cameras
  • drone monitoring.