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Designing a chicken welfare experiment

In this lesson students will examine the reasons for selective breeding of chickens for meat and learn how extreme selection for specific traits can cause unnecessary suffering to the chicken. Ideally, they should have completed the lesson 'intensive farming and selective breeding - an ethical debate' beforehand.

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BBSRC Science on the Farm poster - ANIMAL WELFARE

A poster that showcases how science and technology benefits farming. One in a series of ten posters. This is the ANIMAL WELFARE poster.

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A set of activities for EYFS children, including an initial input, adult-led activities and opportunities for child initiated activities.

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It’s that time of the year when new born lambs are springing up in fields across the country. Thanks to the National Farmers’ Union, we can find out what sheep farmers have to do all year round to care for their sheep.