SHS1 Agricultural Science · Semester 1 Week 17: Economic Production of Crops

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: 1.2.1.LI.1 - Identify market needs for vegetables and ornamental plants.

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

List at least five vegetables and five ornamental plants commonly demanded in their local market.
Explain three factors that determine market demand for vegetables and ornamental plants, such as season, household income, and festive occasions.
Conduct a simple market survey and record the types, quantities, and prices of vegetables and ornamental plants sold in a local market.
Present findings from a community and market observation in small groups, using clear oral communication.
Predict which vegetable and ornamental plant varieties would sell best in their community, giving reasons based on evidence gathered.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Farming for Jobs and Income (Strand 2)
Sub-strand: Economic Production of Crops (2.1)
Content standard: 1.2.1.CS.1 - Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of market-oriented production of vegetables and ornamentals 1.2.1.LO.1 Produce vegetables and ornamental plants for profit
Indicator: 1.2.1.LI.1 - Identify market needs for vegetables and ornamental plants.
Suggested placement: Semester 1, Week 17 (Week 17 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. 35

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Experiential Learning: Learners in various mixed-ability groups visit the community and offices to observe types of ornamental plants used for hedges and home decoration; visit the local markets, to check for the types of vegetables being sold, and related market needs.
Collaborative Learning: Learners in their original groups discuss their findings and present reports.
Teaching and Learning Resources:
- Well-planned community
- Community market
- Pocket notebooks
- Plots of land or boxes or cans or large plastic bottles with soil
- Seeds of selected vegetables
- Tools and implements for growing the crops
- Land
- Boxes
- Cans
- Large plastic bottles
- Seeds of selected vegetables and ornamentals
- Black soil
Assessment (1.2.1.AS.1). The document marks these depth-of-knowledge levels for this indicator: Level 2 Skills of conceptual understanding; Level 3 Strategic reasoning.