Navigating primary industries in to the 21st Century

This is a unit developed with a learning sequence about the environmental, economic and technological factors that influence crop yields in Australia and across the world.
In this unit, students:

• explore environmental factors that support crop yields
• investigate contributing environmental factors why a crop is grown where it is
• examine the role variability across the landscape and its affect on productivity
• explore some of the digital technologies being developed to increase crop yields
• are introduced to emerging technologies that assist with higher crop yields
• reflect and evaluate on the environmental, economic and technological factors that influence crop yields

The supporting video and worksheet can be found HERE.

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