Australian Mushroom Growers Association

Mushrooms are the ‘fun-guy’ in class!

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.

About the Mushrooms in Schools program.

The Mushrooms in Schools program, developed and funded by the AMGA, offers a variety of free resources to assist in-class learning for primary schools. These include free lesson plans and resources and once a year, FREE MUSHROOM KITS.

10 FREE Lesson plans

Lesson plans are all linked to the Australian Curriculum and encourage enquiry based learning.  Subjects include Mathematics, Science, Humanities and Social Science and much more.

 

VIEW THE LESSON PLANS >

Colour coded lesson plans

For your ease of reference:

Red is for Questioning
Blue is for Evaluation
Yellow is for Researching
Purple is for Presenting

VIEW THE LESSON PLANS >

Resources and Worksheets

Each lesson plan is supported by multiple resources and worksheets for the students to complete. These resources are downloaded automatically with every lesson plan pack.

VIEW THE LESSON PLANS >

Videos and Links

A "Mushroom Library" of videos and resources has been created, to further assist students understanding about the unique life cycle of a mushroom and how they grow.

 

VIEW THE MUSHROOM LIBRARY >

Free Mushroom Kits

As part of the Mushrooms in School program, once a year the AMGA provide free mushroom kits to schools, to aid in-class learning. Kits are limited, so we encourage you to register early!

 

REGISTER YOUR INTEREST NOW >

Have a question or a suggestion for the Mushrooms in Schools program? Please CONTACT US. We'd love to hear from you.

APPLICATIONS FOR 2025 ARE NOW CLOSED.

Register your interest for the NEW program, being launched in 2026!

We have exciting news! Our Mushrooms in Schools program is being re-developed, with a new name, new website with interactive student games, and expanded lesson plans and resources to include all foundational years from K-6!   

Click the button below to sign-up to be notified when its launched in 2026. 

In the meantime, make sure you check out our lesson plans, which are free to download and use anytime! Thank you very much for your interest and we hope you have fun with fungi in class.

For any questions please reach out to our schools team at schools@amga.asn.au

SIGN-UP TO BE NOTIFIED