SHS1 Agricultural Science · Semester 2, Week 2
Economic Production of Animals
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Curriculum details
- Strand
- Farming for Jobs and Income (Strand 2)
- Sub-strand
- Economic Production of Animals (2.2)
- Content standard
- 1.2.2.CS.1 - Demonstrate knowledge, skills and understanding of the economic production of poultry 1.2.2.LO.1 Explain the key processes involved in poultry production.
- Indicator
- 1.2.2.LI.2 - Organise and produce poultry type that is common in the locality for eggs and meat.
- Suggested placement
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Semester 2, Week 2
(Week 22 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. 37
Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)
Project-Based Learning: - Select a site for a semi-intensive poultry farm. - Obtain hen coops, day-old chicks and feed, drinkers, waterers, perches, vaccines etc. from agro-input dealers. - Set the birds on site and visit the site daily to provide feed, water and vaccination to birds and to take records for discussion. Teaching and Learning Resources: - Community market - Cold storage facilities - Video documentaries - Functional internet facilities - Computer - Projector - Smartphone - Hen coops - Day-old chick - Feed - Drink dispensers - Vaccines - Pocket - Advertising Billboards - Information Centres and FM stations - Posters - Weighing scale * Plastic - notebooks - or paper bags. Assessment (1.2.2.AS.2). The document marks these depth-of-knowledge levels for this indicator: Level 1 Recall; Level 2 Skills of conceptual understanding; Level 4 Extended critical thinking and reasoning.