Broadbalk Dataset for School

Lessons from Broadbalk: This activity invloves students plotting graphs and interrogating real wheat yield data from Broadbalk long-term wheat experiment at Rothamsted, Harpenden. It explores the effect of different fertiliser treatments and farming practices on wheat yields. It also encourages students to think about why long-term data is important.

This resource provides instructions for a teacher and an activity sheet with the data for students. It is aimed at KS3 Mathematics students (years 7-9) and ties in with the school curriculum, in terms of interpreting data, considering anomalies and trends.

• Lessons from Broadbalk - Instructions: Handout including the activity and datasets - for students.
• Lessons from Broadbalk - Slide set: Slides explaining the topic and and activity, unlcuding results and discussion points- for teacher to present to class.