This workshop covers a lot of cross curricular areas, from plants, farming challenges, climate change to the future of farming in order to obtain food security. We explore current population stress on resources, the importance in understanding plants on a molecular level, the challenges farmers face in different continents and how the future of farming aims to tackle some of the world’s major issues, from world hunger to climate change.
We use a variety of equipment to investigate plant health and the effects of varying conditions on photosynthesis.
The workshop links to the Biology and Geography National Curriculum; photosynthesis, plant structure; cells, leaf structure, xylem and phloem, transport, plant disease and genetic engineering
AQA 4.7.5.1 Factors affecting food security and AQA Required practical activity 6: investigate the effect of light intensity on the rate of photosynthesis as well as OCR B6.2 Feeding the Human Race
Geography OCR B Resource resilience, 8.2, Can we feed nine billion people by 2050? And AQA, Resource Resilience covering;
- Reasons for increasing food consumption: economic development, rising population
- Factors affecting food supply: climate, technology, pests and disease, water stress
- Strategies used to increase food supply