Geography / Year 9 / Geographical Knowledge and Understanding / Unit 1: Biomes and food security

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This is a digital resource containing information and resources, such as printable games, that relate to biodiversity and farming, and how food and materials can be produced while protecting the Earth's natural resources. It includes an extensive glossary of important terms, and external links to teacher and student resources ...

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How much food does Australia produce, and what does this mean for food security in Australia? Watch this clip to find out about the factors that influence food production and crop yields, and also about the role that science and technology play. How will future population growth affect global food production and security?

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This thirteen and a half minute video highlights the importance of food and fibre production in the Murray Darling Basin. It explores the perspective of the farm families involved in both irrigated and dryland farming and explains how their products are distributed to local, national and global markets. This video also ...

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This is a video of a TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) talk by Professor Marla Spivak about the dramatic decline in the number of bees. The 16-minute video begins with a discussion of why humans should care about bees, including their critical importance for the world's food supply. Professor Spivak explains that ...

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This is a compilation of three teaching sequences about food security. It includes sections on countries and their levels of food security and insecurity, hunger worldwide, programs working to improve food security, and approaches to food security. It introduces this important global issue and provides source material, ...

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This is a teacher resource containing a sequence of lessons for investigating farming and crop yields in Australia. It contains material to assist planning, implementing and assessing a study of the environmental, economic and technological factors that influence crop yields, and the role of geographical data systems and ...

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This is a CSIRO video of just under 4 minutes, with subtitles and full transcript, that shows the importance of the relationship between bees and flowering crop plants and how a worldwide crash in bee numbers caused by disease or predators can have an impact on world food production and food security. This resource describes ...

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This is a CSIRO vodcast of about 4.5 minutes, with full transcript, that describes a research trial where wheat is grown under conditions that simulate the environmental conditions in 2050 following the impact of climate change. Scientists aim to identify the characteristics of wheat plants that will allow them to thrive ...

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The expected growth in world population from 6.8 billion in 2010 to over 9 billion by 2050, the demand for food will increase by around 70 per cent. This collection of articles from the CSIRO describes some of the research that is underway to improve the world's agriculture sector to address this growing demand. The web ...

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This is 2-page CSIRO information sheet that describes the difficulty of producing consistent rice yields in Australia as a result of low-temperature sterility and a shortage of irrigation water. Scientists discovered that their strategy of genetic manipulation for improving cold tolerance in rice also resulted in improved ...