A Year on a Farm – Unit for Year 1

This unit consists of a pdf resource and two supporting videos. It has five inquiry teaching sequences about exploring tasks that must be undertaken on a farm all year round, where animals are raised, crops are grown and where different foods we eat and fibres we use are produced. It encourages students to use different measurements of time whilst exploring the tasks undertaken on farms. Students explore things that farmers do to care for the animals and crops that are grown, raised and processed for food and fibres and they explore how long it may take to do some tasks.

In this unit, students:

• Explore farm life through stories.
• Investigate tasks that must be undertaken on a farm all year round, where animals are raised, crops are grown and where different foods we eat and fibres we use are produced.
• Use different measurements of time whilst exploring the tasks undertaken on farms and how long they might take to do. • Explore things that farm families do to care for the animals and crops that are grown, raised and processed for food and fibres.
• Create a calendar that uses the months of the year or seasons to describe what happens on a farm that includes how long it takes how long it takes to do some tasks on a farm.
• Explore products that can be designed and produced from plants and animals, for example food products, paper and wood products and fabrics and yarns.
• Reflect and evaluate the ways farmers undertake tasks on farms all year round, where animals are raised, crops are grown and where different foods we eat and fibres we use are produced.

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