Food Production

Food Production

 
KS1 &2 Science based farm visits.

Working in partnership with Alvis Brothers and Farmlink the Industrial Trust, the National leader in the provision of out of classroom curriculum linked activities, can arrange and subject to conditions potentially fund your next STEM based visit.
Food Production
Science Key Stage 1: Sc1. 1a,b,c,e,f,g. Sc2. 1a,b,c; 2a,b,e,f,g. Sc31a,c; 2b.
Science Key Stage 2: Sc1. 1a,b; 2a,c,e; 5a,d,f,h,j. Sc2. 1a,c; 2e; 5a,d,f. Sc3. 2a,b,c,d,f.
Objectives: To understand that our food is produced by farmers & is then processed, transported & retailed in different ways.
Methodology: Pupils see stages in the production of cheese by first visiting a dairy farm & then seeing how the milk is processed into various cheeses & later sold in a farm shop. They also have an opportunity to test the quality & temperature of the milk & cheese at various stages. In the farm shop pupils look at the country of origin of fruit & vegetables & plot these on a world map. Food miles are discussed.
Key Words: Dairy, milking parlour, process, production, retail, bacteria, food miles, global warming, country of origin, organic, non organic.
Skills & Concepts: Our food comes from many different areas & we can make choices about what we buy. Materials can change e.g. from liquids to solids. Animals need respect & care, using a thermometer & recording temperatures.
Lesson Plan Classroom activity. Resources:
Timing: Activity - Allow 30 minutes
  1. Arrive, welcome & Health & Safety
  2. Discuss dairy farming. Look at cattle indoors & out
  3. Watch milking & test temperature of milk. Cheese making demo.
  4. Look at how milk is stored. Take temperatures.
  5. Coach to farm shop. Divide into 2 groups.
  6. Group 1 visits cold store to see cheese production
  7. Group 2 visits farm shop to look at the country of origin of products.. Swap groups.
  8. Coach to Lower Stock . Lunch (venue weather dependent)
  9. Play activities supervised by teachers.
  10. 2 groups.
    Group 1 design a logo to represent cheese (Alvis)
    Group 2 trailer ride to see various aspects of the farm.
  11. Coach leaves

Cheese samples
thermometer
clipboards & paper
pencils
Cross Curriculum Linkages delivered by the above activities:
  • Science
  • History
  • Geography
  • Maths
  • English
  • PSHE
  • Technology

  Supported by The Ernest Cook Trust