3. What were your observations? Results?

Your group now needs to combine your results with the other class groups.

4. What did you discover? Can you decide based on these three tests alone which eggs are fresh and which ones are not as fresh?

5. Create 3 class results graphs. One for Test 1, Test 2 and Test 3. Which Test was the best test to show if the eggs were "rotten"? Which Test showed the egg was fresh the best?

A Taste for Magpie Geese? Really!?

 Middle Secondary

Australian Curriculum Cross Curriculum Priorities: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Numeracy

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking

Australian Curriculum General Capability: ICT Capability

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Literacy

1. "Forget kale and quinoa, the next big food fad could be an animal that is considered a pest by Top End farmers. Magpie geese have a reputation for destroying crops in the Northern Territory, but now some of world's best chefs are serving them up to their customers." (Source: ABC) Read this article about Magpie Geese [Former Port Adelaide star...] and the new industry - how to provide magpie geese on a large scale to Australian city restaurants.   2. Birdlife Australia tells us that Magpie Geese are widespread in northern Australia "where they may congregate in huge flocks often comprising thousands of birds".

"The Magpie Goose is a specialized feeder with wild rice, Oryza, Paspalum, Panicum and spike-rush, Eleocharis, forming the bulk of its diet". (Source: Birdlife Australia) NT holds the largest population with an estimated population of over 2 million individuals. These birds are large and grows up to 90cm, slightly smaller than a Black Swan. The Department of Land Resource Management limits hunting to 3 - 4 months of the year, for which a permit is required. (Source: Parks and Wildlife, NT)

Fast Facts to consider:

• The business can process 20 birds in an hour
• The demand is for 200 - 300 birds per week or 15,600 birds per year
• The business needs to be sustainable - have little or no impact on the number of breeding pairs. It also needs to comply with the NT Department of Natural Resources, Environment, The Arts and Sport regulations of only harvesting 10 - 14% of the 2 million birds (200 - 280K) including the 60K hunted by Aboriginal traditional hunters and 20 - 40K by non-traditional hunters.
• Magpie Geese's eggs are 3 times the size of duck eggs (which retail for about $8/dozen) (Source: Bush Tucker Recipes)
• Chicken livers are sold for $3.98/kg (Source: Woolworths)

Magpie Goose getting plucked

Recipes for Magpie Geese:

• Magpie goose curry and pan fried damper
• Baked marinated magpie goose with asparagus mushroom stir, blachan and braised kangaroo steaks

Magpie Goose at an Adelaide Restaurant, Orana

3. You are to work out:

a. A sustainable trap to capture the birds without hunting

b. How many sales of Magpie Geese will ensure that 9 workers will be paid $50K per year if the birds were worth - $50, $75, or $100 each.

c. What other Magpie Goose products could be added to the business?

d. The business' maximum growth

e. Devise a marketing campaign to encourage both Australians and visitors to eat Magpie Geese. Use Canva or Kittl to create a poster about the delights of eating Magpie Geese

Secondary School Worksheets (developed by the Poultry Hub)

Middle Secondary

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking
Australian Curriculum General Capability: Personal and social capability
Australian Curriculum General Capability: Literacy

Teacher

Subjects: Biology, Science, Agriculture

Local copy - PDF (96 pages) - with answers. Unfortunately, you need to apply for a CD [old technology] from poultryhub@une.edu.au but there is plenty of work to go on with without the CD. Great photos thoughout the PDF.

Topics Covered:

Anatomy and Physiology

Anatomy of a Chicken
Avian Eye
Comparison of High and Low Egg Producing Hens
Eggs – farm to table
(worksheet for DVD It all starts with an Egg)
Gastrointestinal Tract (left half)
Gastrointestinal Tract (right half)
Genitourinary system
Musculature system and nephron
Physiology of a Chicken
Pulmonary system and air sacs
Pulmonary system plus heart
Skeletal system

Chicken Anatomy You NEED to Know
https://youtu.be/pV7qDVB7oO8?si=8OZkZLrXYXxKmEpK

Animal Health and Welfare

Animal Welfare
Antibiotics
Avian Influenza
Biosecurity
Definitions
Disease
Pathogens and Parasites
Poultry Health Management
Poultry Health
Vaccination

Food Preparation

Lemon and Sweet and Sour Chicken
Hawaiian and Apricot Chicken

Food Production

Activities to complete before viewing the Hatchery to Home DVD
Chicken Layer Industry
Chicken Meat Production
Chicken Meat
Egg Structure
Food Promotion
Nutrition for Meat Chickens
Nutrition
Production and Consumption
Selective Breeding of Meat Chickens
Technology
Activities to complete while viewing the Hatchery to Home DVD

Research and Experiments

Experiment Proforma
Writing Laboratory Reports
Research Topics
Experiment Examples
Body Weight Experiment


Poultry Industry Teaching Resources

Primary School Worksheets (developed by Poultry Hub)

Primary

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking
Australian Curriculum General Capability: Personal and social capability
Australian Curriculum General Capability: Literacy

Teacher

Local Copy - PDF (61pages) with answers

This is a comprehensive list of activities - with instructions - that you can use in the classroom.

"The Poultry CRC commissioned the development of an Integrated Unit aimed specifically at Primary Schools. The Unit is titled “Eggs, The Inside Story” and is a Science Based Unit for Students aged 9 – 11 years.

Lesson materials will include activities for Science, English, Mathematics, History, Creative Arts, PE and Health and Technology. The new Australian National Content Descriptors from the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority, have been used in the creation of this material. The material has been split into components as follows:

Unit Plan (This document lists the resources and additional information needed for each activity.)

Primary School Worksheets are grouped by topic below

Activity 1 – Looking at Eggs

Bird Sayings
Looking at Eggs
Measuring Eggs
Science Experiments 1
Spelling Activities

Activity 2 – Experiments with Eggs

Science Experiments 2
Factual Recount

Activity 3 – Looking at the life cycles of oviparous animals

Chicken Anatomy
Life Cycle of a Chicken
Temperature and Time

Activity 4 – Methods of Egg Production

Commercial Egg Preparation Procedures
Egg Production Worksheet
Maremma Guard Dogs
Spreadsheet calculations

Cage Eggs or Free Range?
https://youtu.be/VTyWIHEvA0A?si=1ha7b5-_aZMeMyBF

Activity 5 – Welfare of Chickens

Chicken Breeds
A Brief History of Egg Production
Chook House Mathematics
Designing and Making Activity
People who work in Egg Production
Word Search

Activity 6 – Eggs in our diet

Eggs in Food
Pikelets
Supermarket Eggs
Why Eggs are Good for Us

Activity 7 – Proposal for a School Chicken Pen

(This activity is outlined in the unit plan. There are no worksheets associated with it.)


Library Research

Teacher Information

Drama, Music and PE
Display Cards
Visual Arts (10 different activities)
Reading Resources
Egg Spreadsheet (as a PDF)
Answers to the Maths Worksheets and the exercise titled “Why Eggs are Good for Us”

Critical Thinking Spot

Secondary

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