Key Stage One : Geography : Farming : Lesson Five – Field to Plate


This geography teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to explore and record the journey of a carrot from the farm to the shop to the home. The class can produce a flow chart showing the sequence of steps needed in food production when harvesting food to be sold in shops to customers.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to explore and record the journey of a carrot from the farm to the shop to the home

Learning Objectives

Describe the human features of a physical environment. Compare human geography of different locations  and say how features vary.

Learning Outcomes

I can describe the function of a farm in relation to other examples of human activity. I can say how farms are similar or different than other locations.

Field to Plate

Teaching sequence to help the children explore and record the journey of a carrot from the farm to the shop to the home

Field to Plate

Template to help the children identify and record the journey of a crop from a farm to the shops to a home (enlarge to A3)

Journey of a Carrot

Activity cards to help the children identify and sequence the journey of a carrot from the farm to the shops to a home

Field to Plate

Interactive activity to help the children explore and record the journey of a carrot from the farm to the shop to the home

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to explore and record the journey of a carrot from the farm to the shop to the home

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