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.

Lessons

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

Lesson 2: What does it mean to trade responsibly?

Lesson 3: How do we get our chocolate?

Lesson 4: Where does our food come from?

Lesson 5: Are our school dinners locally sourced?

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

Key skills

  • Locating some
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Key knowledge

  • To know
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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

  • IPads ×15
  • Laptops, computers, tablets ×30
  • Colouring pencils
  • Recycled food packaging (with labels, collected by children in L4)

    ×8
  • Calculators ×30
  • Atlases ×30
  • Member of staff with knowledge on where food from school dinners comes from
    for interview.

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

The equipment below is optional

  • A1 card or foam boards

    ×5
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