Primary Theme: Food

Lesson 2 : Life cycles

Ordering the stages of animal life cycles.

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Y3/4 (A): Lesson 2: What does it mean to trade responsibly?

Exploring the importance of responsible trading through a case study of cocoa bean production in Côte d'Ivoire; considering the benefits and drawbacks of importing food.

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Lesson 2: Human teeth

Identifying different human teeth and describing their role.

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Lesson 2: What does it mean to trade fairly?

Exploring the importance of responsible trading through a case study of cocoa bean production in Côte d'Ivoire; considering the benefits and drawbacks of importing food.

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Where does our food come from?

Exploring global trade and food production by mapping the world's biomes and tracing where food imports come from.

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Unit outcomes

Pupils who are secure will be able to:

  • Identify that different foods grow in different biomes and say why.
  • Explain which food has the most significant negative impact on the environment.
  • Consider a change people can make to reduce the negative impact of food production.
  • Describe the intentions around trading responsibly.
  • Explain that food imports can be both helpful and harmful.
  • Describe the journey of a cocoa bean.
  • Locate countries on a blank world map using an atlas.
  • Use a scale bar correctly to measure approximate distances.
  • Collect data through an interview process.
  • Analyse interview responses to answer an enquiry question.
  • Discuss any trends in data collected.

Lesson 5 involves fieldwork on the school grounds. It is important to risk-assess the proposed route taking into account any relevant school risk assessment policies and procedures. Refer to the Before the lesson section in Lesson 5 to prepare for this lesson. Please be aware this lesson may take longer than 1 hour.

 

Lesson 2 requires a device (one each).

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Lessons

Lesson 1: How can our food choices impact the environment?

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Lesson 2: What does it mean to trade responsibly?

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Lesson 3: How do we get our chocolate?

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Lesson 4: Where does our food come from?

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Lesson 5: Are our school dinners locally sourced?

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Lesson 6: Is it better to buy local or imported food?

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Key skills

  • Locating some major cities of the countries studied.
  • Locating key physical features in countries studied including significant environmental regions.
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Key knowledge

  • To know where North and South America are on a world map.
  • To know that climate zones are areas of the world with similar climates.
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Key vocabulary

air freight

carbon footprint

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Equipment list

Equipment needed across all lessons in this unit.

This list does not include equipment which is usually readily available in the classroom (e.g pencils, A4 paper etc)

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Quantities marked × will update. Items without quantities are unaffected

  • Digital device (internet-enabled) ×15
  • Digital device (internet-enabled) ×30
  • Colouring pencils

  • Recycled food packaging (with labels, collected by children in L4)

         ×8
  • Calculator ×30
  • Atlas ×30

  • Member of staff with knowledge on where food from school dinners comes from
    for interview.

         ×1
  • Glue stick ×30
  • Scissors right- and left-handed options recommended. ×30

The equipment below is optional

  • A1 card or foam boards

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Knowledge organiser: Geography – Y4 Where does our food come from?

Aimed at pupils, two pages providing key facts and definitions from the unit 'Where does our food come from?'.

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Vocabulary display – Geography Y4: Where does our food come from?

A display version of the vocabulary from the unit ‘Where does our food come from?’.

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