Centre of Excellence in Agricultural Education- Richmond Agricultural College

Excellence in Agricultural/STEM Education

Telephone 0400718234

Emailrichmondagcollege-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Stage 6 Programs

Registration for our 2021 Programs NOW OPEN

 

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Our programs currently scheduled for 2021 include: 

  • Stage 5/6 : Digital Narratives - Transdiciplinary Industry Partnered Project - suitable for Year 11
  • Stage 5/6 Industry Partnered Hackathon - Future of Australian Fibre
  • Stages 2-6 School identified thematic Hackathons/Project Based Ideation and Milstone Development days.
  • Stage 4-6 : Sydney Food Bowl Transdisciplinary industry partnerd Immersion events
  • Stages 4-6 Pearl and Oyster Industry Transdisciplinary programs
  • Stages 1-5 Sydney Food Bowl  AgSTEAM Challenges
  • Stages 4-5 Food Futures Hackathon

Due to Covid 19 our Stage 6 Programs are currently on hold.  We can still deliver our in-school immersion events and some in- industry delivered events. 

Please contact us if you have a particular request relating to Agriculture and STEM related programs for your school:

E: richmondagcollege-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au

M: 0400718234

Stage 6 Hackathon_Imagineering_Project Design Immersion program

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Take your student’s current learning to the next level.

Students will work through an intense day and prototyping using   Design Thinking principles.

Students will apply their theoretical and scientific knowledge to a   community focused inquiry question and begin imagining possible    solutions.

Perfect approach to support student design and development of their Stage 6 research projects and peer evalauation processes. 

Give every student a voice

The process ensures every student has a voice through collective Imagineering.

Students develop their team work skills through structured negotiations, constructive feedback and prototyping.

Gain consensus on the direction of your group project.

The day allows for clear categorisation and testing ideas against known parameters allowing groups to gain consensus and a clear

project direction.

Develop student’s General Capabilities.

Creativity—Innovation-Communication –Collaboration—21st Century

Literacies– AgSTEM Knowledge —Social and Ethical Skills —

Leadership and Responsibility

 

Stage 6 Hackathon_Imagineering Days

Update on an exciting new program.

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Making rainbows from the storm.. whilst we are missing students on the campus engaging with our programs, we are using our time to expedite some projects with our industry partners. One very exciting project we are currently finalising is our partnered learning programs with Broken Bay Pearls and Pearls of Australia. The project consists of interactive programs and excursion/fieldwork opportunities that we hope to be able to launch Semester 2. Our programs are transdisciplinary and will suit Stages 4-6 in TAS, Aquaculture, Sciences, Agriculture and Geography. Here is a sneak peak of our website currently under development to support our programs. (May 5th 2020)

New transdiciplinary online resource on protected cropping currently in development.

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We are currently testing an online cross curricula unit of work focussed on protected cropping and look forward to sharing this with schools in the near future. The unit will cover ionformation aligned to Stages 5 and 6 agriculture, sciences, geography and technology based courses. 

The work is a fully integrated learning unit focussed on protected cropping and the role of scientific research in the future development of the horticultural industry in Australia. Each icon is a discrete learning component, fully resourced with embedded and linked videos, source materials and learning tasks.  Each icon contains an estimated completion time. Collectively they represent up to 20 hours of learning. 

A quick visual of the unit delivery mode is included here. 

 

Contact us to determine how we can link your school to this program