SHS1 Agricultural Science · Semester 1 Week 10: Emerging Technologies in Agriculture.

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: 1.1.2.LI.3 - Identify other emerging technologies used to make growing of vegetable and ornamental crops easier.

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Name at least five emerging technologies (beyond tissue culture) that ease the work of growing vegetable and ornamental crops, such as drones, GPS-guided tractors, sensor-based irrigation, and mobile apps for farm management.
Describe how each identified technology reduces the physical effort or time required in vegetable and ornamental crop production.
Working in mixed-gender groups, discuss and compare two or more emerging technologies, stating which tasks in the crop production cycle each one simplifies.
Watch and interpret a short video documentary on the use of drones in farming and list at least three ways drones help vegetable and ornamental growers.
Match each emerging technology to the specific farm operation it supports (land preparation, planting, watering, pest control, or harvesting).

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Curriculum details

Strand: New Dawn in Agriculture (Strand 1)
Sub-strand: Emerging Technologies in Agriculture. (1.2)
Content standard: 1.1.2.CS.2 - Demonstrate knowledge and skills in emerging technologies of vegetable crop and ornamental plant production and their benefits relating to real-life situations. 1.1.2.LO.1 Identify emerging technologies vegetable crop and ornamental plant enterprises. 1.1.2.LO.2 Compare and contrast existing and emerging technologies used vegetable crop and ornamental plant enterprises and their benefits.
Indicator: 1.1.2.LI.3 - Identify other emerging technologies used to make growing of vegetable and ornamental crops easier.
Suggested placement: Semester 1, Week 10 (Week 10 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Curriculum reference: NaCCA curriculum document, p. 28

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Inquiry-Based Learning: Learners in mixed-gender groups, identify other emerging technologies used to ease work in vegetable and ornamental cultivation (e.g., drones that use digital platforms to connect farmers and tractor services).
Digital Learning: Learners watch video documentaries on the use and application of drones.
Talk for Learning: In mixed-gender groups, learners discuss how the technologies help ease
work in vegetable crop and ornamental plant production.
Teaching and Learning Resources:
- Parks and Gardens
- Vegetable farms
- Reading materials
- Functional Internet facility
- Laptop computer
- Wi-Fi
- Seeds of selected vegetables
- Ornamental plants
- Containers for planting
- Water
- Field notebook
- Pens
- Functional Internet facility
- Video documentaries on tissue culture
- Smartphones
- Recorded videos on other emerging technologies
- LCD projector
- Internet facility
Assessment (1.1.2.AS.3). The document marks these depth-of-knowledge levels for this indicator: Level 1 Recall; Level 2 Skills of conceptual understanding.