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Through the use of sensor technology, students are introduced to the ever-growing agriculture industry.

All activities adopt a learning-by-doing approach, through which students acquire knowledge by constructing fully functional solutions. These provide students with an understanding of advanced technology and how it works.

Students build a moisture monitoring system and explore how the concept of regular data collection, monitoring and automation can improve efficiency in the agriculture sector.

Learning
Program Overview

Duration
1 Day or flexible delivery
Year Level
7-10, VCE, VCE VM
Location
Bendigo Tech School
Curriculum Focus
  • Science
  • Technologies
  • Mathematics
  • Personal and Social Capability
  • Critical and Creative Thinking (Indigenous perspectives)
  • Ethical Capability
  • VCE (Agricultural and Horticultural Studies, Environmental Science)
Technology Utilised
  • IoT devices, integrated development environment, sensor technology
Student Outcomes
  • Build smart-systems to collect data from the real world via sensors.
  • Develop an understanding of how smart-devices and automation can positively impact agriculture in the local area.
  • Understand environmental variables that impact plant growth.
Industry Links
  • Food and Fibre
  • Sustainability
Program Insight

“This program will provide a basis to explore how innovation improves the efficiency of farming, and enable young people to champion this vital, yet often underexposed, area of science and engineering.”