1. Why Farming Matters: Primary

Tags: [KS2, crops, farming, historical geographical and social understanding, scientific and technological understanding] This teaching pack from Farming and Countryside Education (FACE) helps teachers ...

2. What Plants Need to Grow

Tags: [KS2, crops, mathematical understanding, scientific and technological understanding] This booklet from Science and Plants in Schools (SAPS) includes activities that children can do to find out ...

3. Photosynthesis

Tags: [KS3, KS4, crops, chemistry, biology, science] This is a collection of resources and practicals from Science and Plants in Schools (SAPS) on photosynthesis.  Understanding how plants use carbon ...

4. Grow Your Own Car

Tags: [KS2, KS3, materials, crops, engineering, scientific and technological understanding] A poster from the Home Grown Cereals Authority (HGCA) that shows how renewables can be used to construct cars ...

5. The Oilseed Rape Story

Tags: [KS2, KS3, crops, biofuel, materials, science, scientific and technological understanding] This poster from HGCA explains how we grow and process oilseed rape.  It then describes all the uses, ...

6. Industrial Hemp

Tags: [KS3, KS4, materials, engineering, crops, design and technology, science] Industrial hemp has been used for thousands of years to make rope, paper, textiles, medicine, insulation and oil.  This ...

7. Industrial Uses for Crops

Tags: [KS2, crops, materials, biofuel, farming, historical geographical and social understanding] HGCA have produced an education pack called the Industrial Uses for Crops a new teaching resource for ...

8. Plants for Products

Tags: [KS2, scientific and technological understanding, materials, engineering, crops, plastics] Plants for Products illustrates the ways that plants can be used to replace ingredients (raw materials) ...

9. Why Farming Matters: Secondary

Tags: [KS3, crops, farming, geography, citizenship] This teaching pack from Farming and Countryside Education (FACE) helps teachers in secondary schools raise awareness of the importance of sustainable ...

10. Plants for Primary Pupils: Part of a Plant

Tags: [KS1, crops, scientific and technological understanding] This booklet from SAPS introduces pupils to the basic parts of a flowering plant - the root, stem, leaf and flower. It suggests a number ...

11. Farming and Countryside Education

Tags: [KS3, crops, farming, biology, geography] Find out more about Non-Food Crops from Farming and Countryside Education Online  ...