Go to this site to find out out what environmental issues farmers are faced with today and the how they deal with them. Look at topics such as different styles of farming, crop and grazing rotations, chemical use, water quality and manure. Find interesting facts about farm animal behaviour at this site . Children investigate animal fibres used to make clothes and fabrics. They bring samples to school to classify under headings, e.g. fur, feathers, hair.
Children find out what different fibres look like under a microscope.
They record their observations.