Todays learning: (WALT)

• AfL - Review previous theme - 'What goes in...'
• Scientific Enquiry - asking relevant questions

• understand seasonality, and know where and how a variety of ingredients are grown, reared, caught and processed

Lesson Activities / Tasks

Prior Knowledge - From 'What goes in...' theme about animals producing lots of poo!

ENTRY POINT VIDEO: 'Have you ever had poo flavoured crisps ?'

Video Dialog

The animals theme - what goes in.... looked at how farmers care for their animals and how these animals produce lots of poo!

Farmers recycle this pooh by spreading it on their fields to help their crops - like potatoes or peas.

What happens to this poo?

Why do farmers do this?

Is it good for the environment?

How does it help their crops?

How come you have never had pooh flavoured crisps or pooh coloured peas? Well shall we investigate why?

What would you ask the farmer if he was here?

To do this we need to find out 2 things What happens to the pooh that is spread on the land

How this pooh helps crops?

How do you think you could investigate this?.

Lesson Activities

• Watch and discuss video

• Complete first section of pupil work book

Plenary:

• Do quiz for first section answers…

Resources:

• VIDEO: 'Have you ever had poo flavoured crisps'
• PUPIL WORKBOOK: 'Following the poo...'

Outcomes: (WILF)

• To ask some relevant to questions to ask the farmer about what he does with manure.

Teaching notes:

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