Search results

Refine by topic

Main topic Specific topic Related topic
Listed under:  Technologies  >  Materials  >  Fibres (Materials)  >  Cotton
Listed under:  Economics and business  >  Industries  >  Primary industry  >  Agriculture  >  Fibres (Materials)  >  Cotton
Listed under:  Economics and business  >  Industries  >  Primary industry  >  Agriculture  >  Crops  >  Cotton
Video

How to grow a pair of jeans

This is a slideshow for primary students that traces the steps in cotton production and processing from seeds to jeans. The ten slides in the show use photographs and relatively simple text to cover ground preparation for the cotton crop; seed planting; irrigation and the efficient use of water by Australian cotton farmers; ...

Interactive

Who wants to be a cotton millionaire?

This interactive game is about innovation in textile production in Britain in the 19th century. It focuses on the changes in the manufacturing of cotton, which shifted from the home to the factory with the advent of the steam engine. Students assume the role of advisor to a businessman who wants to manufacture cotton and ...