Handout: An investigation sheet for the students to complete.
Ask the pupils to look at the two photos on the slide. One is of animals outside in a field, the other is of animals in a factory. Ask the pupils to compare and contrast these two farming methods and list both the pros and cons of each type of farming.
Answer questions and take part in activities during the presentation.
Expert Film: This is Sam Brook, who works with the RHS as the Senior Agronomist at Vitacress. Sam talks about modern farming.
Career Film: Sam Brook works with the RHS as the Senior Agronomist at Vitacress
Watch today's film on Food Production - Pest Control (Pesticides and Biological Control) - Discuss the food and energy requirements of animals raised outdoors and those raised by ‘factory farming’. Suggest reasons for the difference.
With their talk partners, the children are to go through the quiz at the end of the presentation and answer the questions.