The Australian Mushroom Growers Association has developed the Mushrooms in Schools program, to help primary school educators teach students all about the mighty mushroom!
Mushroom education is important at a primary school level, to ensure children are aware that mushrooms are not a fruit, or a vegetable – mushrooms are fungi and belong to a separate food kingdom to fruits and veggies. Being fungi, mushrooms grow in a very unique way and have a completely different nutrition profile too.
Learn all about mushrooms with the Australian Mushroom Growers Association’s ‘Mushrooms in Schools’ resource. This resource includes 10 lesson plans as well as activity sheets, videos and more.
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Applications are now open for the Mushrooms in Schools FREE Mushroom Kit!
Mushrooms kits are the perfect tool for classroom learning, as your students can easily grow and harvest mushrooms in a matter of weeks!
Through the Mushrooms in Schools program, teachers will receive 10 free lesson plans, enough for the whole school term and FREE mushroom kits for their classroom. The shared mushroom kits encourage teamwork and group learning, and over a few weeks of carefully growing and harvesting, there should be enough mushrooms for each student to cook and eat.
Mushroom kits are around half the size of a student’s desk. There is no need for special garden beds or change to school infrastructure, all you will need is a water spray bottle to keep the mushrooms wet. Everything else is provided!
Kits will be sent to schools in the first week of term three. We’re excited to share free resources to assist in-class learning for primary schools, and want to ensure involved classes can nurture and care for their kits throughout term three, so that they produce healthy, delicious mushrooms!
Lesson plans are free to download at any time, but the mushroom kit program is only for a limited time. Head to the Australian Mushroom Growers Association website now to complete the application form.
APPLY FOR THE MUSHROOM KITS PROGRAM HERE
Link
https://australianmushroomgrowers.com.au/mushrooms-in-schools/
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