KS1, KS2
Years 1-6
More than 900 million cattle, sheep, pigs and poultry are reared in the UK each year for food production, along with many millions of farmed fish. Does your class know where their food comes from?
Introduce your young learners to the topic of farm animal welfare. Where our food comes from, the needs of farm animals and how we can be compassionate citizens and make ethical choices to help improve the welfare of animals reared for food.
This fun lesson explores the differences between caged hens and free-range hens kept for commercial egg production and the associated welfare issues. Pupils learn to identify the method of production from the information given on the egg box.
There are four more lessons in the RSPCA ‘Farm Animals’ series, which you can find here:
Included in this lesson plan:
- Starter activity
- Main activity
- Plenary activity
- Curriculum objectives
- Learning outcomes
- Vocabulary
- 2 Factsheets
- 2 Worksheets
- Teachers’ notes
Find more great resources from the RSPCA at education.rspca.org.uk/education and follow @RSPCA_official on Twitter.
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