7–10Agriculture Technology 7–10 Syllabus
The new Agriculture Technology 7–10 Syllabus (2024) is to be implemented from 2027.
2025 and 2026 – Plan and prepare to teach the new syllabus
2027 – Start teaching the new syllabus
School sectors are responsible for implementing syllabuses and are best placed to provide schools with specific guidance and information on implementation given their understanding of their individual contexts.
Content
Life Skills
Through collaborative curriculum planning, it may be decided that Life Skills outcomes and content are the most appropriate option for some students with intellectual disability.
Recognise familiar agricultural animals
Explore the range and variety of farm animals
Explore a range of animal enterprises
Recognise ways to care for animals
Identify different products from agricultural animals
Observe animal behaviour in agricultural contexts
Investigate and identify animal nutritional needs
Measure quantities of feed for specific animals
Participate in feeding animals in a school agricultural context
Identify key features of a selected farm animal
Investigate sustainable wildlife enterprises developed by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Recognise animal welfare guidelines and regulations
Recognise a production process for an animal product
Identify one or more steps in the production process of an animal product
Identify technology used for animal production
Identify daily care requirements for an identified agricultural animal
Identify a suitable enclosure for an agricultural animal
Use appropriate tools and equipment safely when working with animals
Explore a range of techniques and management practices used to breed animals
Explore potential risks related to an animal production enterprise
Participate in rearing or managing an animal for animal production
Participate in appropriate procedures and techniques for handling, caring for and/or transporting agricultural animals
Use collaborative practices during animal production
Investigate an animal production cycle
Identify common signs of an animal affected by pests and/or diseases
Identify techniques used by producers to treat and prevent pests or diseases
Identify a range of pest-control products
Participate in community activities involving animal production
Create an oral, visual, written or multimodal text to communicate about technology or processes in animal production
Identify the supply chain of an animal enterprise
Investigate technologies used to trace animals and animal products
Follow appropriate processes to harvest animal products
Explore features of different grades of product derived from an animal enterprise
Explore marketing strategies used in an animal context
Design an advertisement for an animal product
Explore ways that consumers influence animal markets