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Farming
This Nuffield Working with Science unit featured a range of activities related to a farm visit. Students activities involve careful observation and recording, surveys and formulation of opinions based on evidence.
Guidance for teachers and technicians appears in Teachers’ Notes E.
The unit was revised and republished for the CPVE edition of the project in the 1980s. Guidance for this version appears in the Tutors’ Handbook.
Contents
Section 1: What do you think about farming?
Section 2: Noises, calls, and sounds
Section 3: The behaviour of farm animals
Section 4: A twenty-four hour study of a farm animal
Section 5: Farm machinery
Section 6: Going to work on an egg
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