Engineering Solutions:

The Future of Farming

This resource will enable students to explore how design and engineering can be applied to farming. Students will learn about the farming industry, how food is grown, harvested and produced, as well as the environmental impact of farming.

This resource has been designed to complement the Science, Design and Technology and Geography curriculums at Key Stage 1 and 2.

What's in the box?

Bringing agricultural engineering to life

In combination with the lesson plans, posters and videos, there is also an additional resource box to complement Lesson 05: Grow your own strawberry crop. This box gives students access to equipment to grow their own crops, allowing them to understand how food is grown, harvested, monitored and improved through engineering principles.

Please email info@jamesdysonfoundation.com if you are interested in recieving one of these boxes.

The engineering box and its contents. Including a Dyson vacuum cleaner, screwdrivers and a teacher's information pack.

In the box

Two planting trays and troughs

One bottle of plant food

One water dosage system

$Drawing of a refractometer$

One refractometer

Two LED lighting rigs

Eight mini trowels

Four bags of coir

Four informative posters

One teacher's pack

Teacher's pack

Fully supported lesson plans

This pack contains six lesson plans and supporting worksheets. It also contains summary information for you, the teacher, explaining how the lessons relate to engineering principles across the Dyson Farms.