1. FARMING

2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ0FEc 2BRa0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJpxa WR2J-c Organic and Free range Farming Intensive farming WATCH VIDEOS…

3. CARD SORT Pesticides and Herbicides Methods can lead to environmental damage and damage to human and animal health. Greenhouses and Hydroponics Fish farms and Battery hens Biological Control Manure and Compost Less efficient / Less cost effective Better life for the animals May get smaller / imperfect crops Weed by hand Artificial Fertilisers ; NPK Eutrophication

4. Organic farming Intensive farming Pesticides and Herbicides Methods can lead to environmental damage and damage to human and animal health. Greenhouses and Hydroponics Fish farms and Battery hens Biological Control Manure and Compost Less efficient / Less cost effective Better life for the animals More efficient / Cost Effective May get smaller / imperfect crops Weed by hand Artificial Fertilisers ; NPK Nutrification

5. EUTROPHICATION http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGqZsSuG7ao

6. Advantages Disadvantages Better life for the animals No danger of spreading toxic chemicals No build up of pesticides in food chains No needless killing of useful organisms Other benefits we don’t know about? Less efficient farming meaning less food and less money. Harder to weed out unwanted plants. May get smaller / imperfect crops/ cattle.

7. DISCUSS / DEBATE IN GROUPS Are you for or against intensive farming? Why? Your aim is to convince the other person to take your views.

8. HOT SEAT All students must write out 2 questions from what they have learned about farming… These questions will be asked to the person on the hot-seat. If this person gets it right, they can pick someone else to come up. If not then they stay to answer more questions. Make the questions challenging.