INTRODUCTION

On this page, you’ll find all the resources needed to deliver Future U’s Pillars of Growth session on Food and Agriculture.

You’ll find the lesson plan and slide, as well as the supporting documents for the Dragons Den task to print extra copies when needed.

Once you have delivered this session, please let the Future U team know by completing the short feedback form at the bottom of this page.

If you have any questions about this box, please contact us at futureuadmin@uclan.ac.uk.

Lesson Plan

The lesson plan below is a teacher/facilitator resource and outlines the suggested timings and stated aims of the session.

PowerPoint Slides

Please download the slides below to deliver the Pillars of Growth: Food and Agriculture session.

There are 2 versions available – a PowerPoint with recordings of the Future U team delivering each slide, and a PowerPoint without recordings.

Both PowerPoint versions have notes and links on each slide to support the delivery.

Stages of Food Production task

The opening task of this session is for students to discover the different stages of food production.

Feedback

If you have delivered this session, please let the Future U team know by completing the feedback forms.

There are two links, one for facilitators and one for learners.

Facilitators – please complete the short form to inform Future U who this session was delivered to.

Learners – if there is internet access and devices available to learners, please have them complete feedback forms following the learner link. 

Dragons Den Task

The main task in this session is to create a new smoothie, design the brand then prepare and deliver a short sales pitch.

Students are given the below materials to help them complete the task. The materials are also provided in the box.

Here you can download the Briefing Sheet, Customer Profiles, Sales Pitch templates, Investor worksheets and Colour Theory chat as well as a Teacher briefing sheet to run the task.

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