#451: Countryside Classroom - new 'A' level resources

The Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) and LEAF Education have teamed up to bring a suite of curriculum linked resources for KS3 – KS5 students, aged 11-18. The resources bring real world context to students learning, linking back to food production and farming. The resources are designed to be used by teachers in school to aid with curriculum links, real life examples and interlinking with pre-existing subject matter and farmers delivering farm visits.

A new 'A' level resource is now available. There are links to GCSE here.

#112: 'A Year in Farming' Calendar

A resource from the Countryside Classroom - a resource site which I have blogged about previously.

It goes through a typical Farming year and sets it out as a circular calendar. I've seen similar diagrams before in geography textbooks. A free account is needed to download the diagram and the related teacher notes.

Having identified the typical farming year, one activity would be to consider the possible changes that will be required in the coming decade(s) to account for changes to the natural order of things...