Local and Global Citizenship Unit - The cost of our food
Organic Food
What is organic food? Using the websites below, ask pupils to find five facts about organic food.
- BBC Newsround: What is Organic Food? [article]
- BBC Food: Organic Food [article]
Collate the class information. Watch the following news clip. What evidence is there that organic foods are better for you?
- BBC News: Organic Food 'better for you' [Windows Media Video]
Listen to the following audio clips about organic farming and conventional farming. What are the advantages and disadvantages of organic food/farming?
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- BBC TANDY:Growing Organically: Organic Crop [Flash Audio]
- BBC TANDY:Growing Organically: Organic Crop 2 [Flash Audio]
- BBC TANDY:Growing Organically: Organic Food [Flash Audio]
Hot seating activity
A single ‘hot seat’ is placed facing the rest of the group arranged in a semi-circle. Pupils take on a role relevant to the debate, for example, for/against organic food or the view of consumer, a shopkeeper etc when they sit in the ‘hot seat’. The rest of the group make up challenging questions for them.
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