Activities for Children!

27 March 2020 Ben Burgess News

With Covid-19 restrictions closing schools and nurseries we have put together this page with agricultural activities, videos and website links for children. Don’t forget to tag Ben Burgess in the finished pieces!

This lesson plan and others like it can be found from Twinkl

Download lesson on food and farming in the uk

This worksheet and others like it can be found from Twinkl

changes in farming worksheet

This lesson plan and others like it can be found from Twinkl

Download a lesson plan on innovative agriculture

This lesson plan and others like it can be found from Twinkl

Download farming and agricultural maths problems

Answers
How much of the UK’s vegetables are grown in Norfolk and Suffolk? 20%
How many eggs do British hens lay a year? 10 billion
How much grain is harvested from each square metre of wheat? 1kg
How much sugar does 1 square metre of sugar beet produce? 1.5kg
How do some modern dairy farms milk their cows? Using robots
What is the biggest land use in East Anglia? Cereals
How much of the UK’s sugar beet is grown in Norfolk and Suffolk? 50%

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