NSW Department of Primary Industries Schools Program 

Robotics and coding in the Dairy Industry

Excursion for Early Stage 1 – Stage 3 (Kindergarten - 6)

1. Students use Bee-bots (K-1) or Lego robotics (2-6) to learn about the use of robotics in 21st century farming eg cow collar, automated dairy milking system or automated drafting gates. Students will code the robots to move and/or sense their environment.

2. Creamery tour to demonstrate the improvements that science and technology have made to the dairy production processing chain, from milking to milk processing.

Science in your milk

Excursion for Early Stage 1 – Stage 3 (Kindergarten - 6)

1. Students will learn the needs of dairy cows, farming practices to meet the needs of cows, how technology has improved milk harvesting on farm. 

2. Food science eg milk composition, food safety, raw milk

3. Creamery tour to demonstrate the improvements that science and technology have made to the dairy production processing chain, from milking to milk processing.