This is an observation and detection activity where you will all be using your different skills.

Working together in your groups, use the immediate farmyard area to investigate the following questions.

You may find it quicker to organise yourself for particular tasks within the group
Spend about 10 minutes collecting the evidence and then report your findings back to the group.

Do not worry if you do not come to definite conclusions.

The questions

1. What costs does the farmer have in order to farm? Can you find evidence of what the farmer needs to buy from elsewhere in order to assist him in his job?

2. The day in the life of the farmer. Can you find evidence of what the farmer does from day to day in order to earn a living?

3. How does the farmer make his money? Can you find evidence of what the farmer sells in order to make money?

4. Are there any other ways in which the farmer earns his living?

5. Can you identify any other jobs that the farmer does which do not earn him money but when he is perhaps managing the countryside?