Developed as part of the ‘Promoting Science and Agriculture in schools’ project, it was recognised that there was an opportunity to more actively involve students that study textile and design. After the initial pilot study in 2008 a number of teachers have continually requested the course be run again. René van der Sluijs travelled to Narrabri and presented an ‘Introduction to Textile Processing’ course from the 12th to the 13th of October 2010, with fellow presenters Rose Brodrick, and Geoff Dunlop, to teachers and senior high school students across the Namoi valley. This year saw three schools participate with another two showing great interest but unable to attend at that time. This course is a shortened version of the Cotton Field to Fabric course presented in Geelong and the course educated teachers of science, agriculture, and textiles in all aspects of cotton production from field to fabric. It assisted in the dissemination and integration of cotton examples into the high school curriculum. Undertaking the course in an accessible, central cotton growing area gave students practical, hands-on experience of the entire cotton production system and increased interactions between the broader community and the cotton industry. The course also exposed students to the range of science and agricultural careers available through the industry along with assisting with the adoption of new technologies and industry knowledge. The general feedback from participants is that the course was well presented, informative, well organised, interesting and they hoped that it will be run again in the future.