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Where does food come from?

Topics Year 4/5
This unit is part of Earliest Civilisations: Shang Dynasty Farming and Food

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Objectives

History

  • Children should undertake a depth study of The Shang Dynasty of Ancient China.

Design and Technology

  • Know where and how a variety of ingredients are grown, reared, caught and processed.

Science

  • Find out and describe how plants need water, light and a suitable temperature to grow and stay healthy.
  • Describe how animals obtain their food from plants and other animals.

Lesson Planning

Learn about farming and cooking in China; recreate the irrigation farming of the Shang Dynasty in miniature.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To explore how food was grown and processed in the Shang Dynasty.
  • To explore how food is grown and processed today.
  • To understand what plants and animals need to grow and develop.

Children will:

  • Describe what plants and animals need to grow.
  • Describe the growing and processing of plants and animals.
  • Recreate irrigation farming of the Shang Dynasty in miniature.

You Will Need

  • Trays
  • Compost
  • Clay
  • Gravel
  • Water
  • Seeds

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