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.
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.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Different crops are suited to different climates.
- Questions are a useful way to learn more about farming in Jamaica.
- We are connected to different countries by the food we eat.
- Bananas, sugar, yams, peppers, tomatoes and peas all grow in Jamaica.
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.
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.
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
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