Industry Types and Exotic Diseases

Industry Types and Exotic Diseases (Agricultural Science, Year 12)

This engaging lesson is designed for the QCAA Agricultural Science Year 12 syllabus and examines how animal industry types and biosecurity practices influence pest and disease management in Australia.

Lesson Coverage

• The lesson directly addresses the following syllabus points:

• Analyse how intensive and extensive animal industries affect pest and disease management.

• Explain the terms exotic disease, notifiable disease, endemic disease, and biosecurity.

• Predict the potential impact of exotic or notifiable diseases on agricultural systems.

• Apply biosecurity principles to prevent and manage disease spread.

Resource Features

• Interactive starter activity: Students match real disease scenarios (e.g. Foot-and-mouth, Avian influenza, Tick fever) to exotic, notifiable, or endemic categories.

• Structured content slides: Concise explanations of industry types, disease classifications, and biosecurity principles.

• Extended data interpretation activity: “Outbreak Impact Simulation – FMD in Queensland,” where students analyse data to predict production, economic, and welfare impacts.

• Built-in discussion and reflection prompts: Encourage application of learning to real agricultural contexts.

• Exit ticket questions: Quick review to consolidate understanding of key terminology and ideas.

• All answers included: For teacher ease, with animations and guidance built into slides.

Why This Resource?

1. Fully aligned with the 2025 QCAA Agricultural Science syllabus.

2. Encourages higher-order thinking through real-world disease outbreak analysis.

3. Integrates literacy, data interpretation, and evaluation skills in a single lesson.

4. Ready to teach — includes all answers, activities, and differentiated questioning.