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Farming in Jamaica

I can name some crops grown in Jamaica and the UK and can think of questions I could ask a farmer in Jamaica.

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Year 2

Farming in Jamaica

I can name some crops grown in Jamaica and the UK and can think of questions I could ask a farmer in Jamaica.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Different crops are suited to different climates.
  2. Questions are a useful way to learn more about farming in Jamaica.
  3. We are connected to different countries by the food we eat.
  4. Bananas, sugar, yams, peppers, tomatoes and peas all grow in Jamaica.

Keywords

  • Crops - A crop is a plant that is grown in large quantities.

  • Climate - Climate is an average of weather conditions (e.g. rain, sun, wind) in a place taken over a long period of time (usually 30 years or more).

  • Equator - The Equator is an imaginary line encircling Earth at 0° latitude and is an equal distance from the North Pole and the South Pole.

  • Plantation - A plantation is an area of land on which one kind of crop is grown, e.g. trees for wood.

Common misconception

We grow all the food we eat in the UK.

We import lots of the food we eat. Bananas, for example, can be imported from Jamaica.

Pupils can research about farming in Jamaica to fill in their final practice task grid in more detail.
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Supervision

Adult supervision recommended

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Lesson video

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6 Questions

Q1.
Where are crops grown?
Correct answer: in the UK
Correct answer: in Jamaica
in Antarctica
Q2.
A is a person who grows and harvests crops or rears animals for food or raw materials.
Father
Correct answer: Farmer
Pharmacist
Q3.
What is the imaginary line encircling Earth at 0° latitude and is an equal distance from the North Pole and the South Pole?
Tropic of Cancer
Antarctic Circle
Correct answer: Equator
Q4.
How many different crops are grown in one plantation?
Correct answer: 1
2
3
Q5.
Match the definitions
Correct Answer:Weather,the day-to-day condition of the atmosphere

the day-to-day condition of the atmosphere

Correct Answer:Climate,Climate is an average of weather conditions over more than 30 years

Climate is an average of weather conditions over more than 30 years

Correct Answer:Season,four times of year that have different weather

four times of year that have different weather

Q6.
Which type of weather would you not experience in Jamaica?
Correct answer: Rain
Correct answer: Wind
Correct answer: Sun
Snow

6 Questions

Q1.
Which is a crop that grows well in Jamaica?
Correct answer: Sugar cane
Strawberries
Broccoli
Q2.
Bananas grow…
Correct answer: in a big bunch on the plant
on a vine that wraps around other trees
under the ground
Q3.
How long has sugar been grown in Jamaica?
Always
100 years
Correct answer: More than 500 years
Q4.
What can we use to help write questions?
Question page
Question mark
Correct answer: Question grid
Q5.
Where can people grow their own vegetables in Jamaica?
Correct answer: Homes
Correct answer: Gardens
Plantations
Q6.
What is this vegetable, commonly grown in Jamaica?
An image in a quiz
Ham
Correct answer: Yam
Potato
Q6 Source: C Ford March 04. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:YamsatBrixtonMarket.jpg. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.