SHS2 Agricultural Science · Semester 1 Week 4: Emerging Technologies in Agriculture

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: 2.1.2.LI.1 - Appraise emerging technologies in arable crop (cereals, legumes, and tuber crops) production.

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Define emerging technology in agriculture and list at least five emerging technologies used in arable crop production in Ghana.
Describe the key features of selected emerging technologies, including drones, precision agriculture, greenhouse technology, tissue culture, and GMOs.
Explain the benefits and potential challenges of adopting emerging technologies for cereals, legumes, and tuber crops.
Appraise (weigh the value of) at least two emerging technologies by considering their feasibility and impact on Ghanaian farmers.
Discuss, in mixed-gender pairs, how emerging technologies could be applied in their own community and identify which ones are already in use nearby.

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Curriculum details

Strand: New Dawn Agriculture (Strand 1)
Sub-strand: Emerging Technologies in Agriculture (1.2)
Content standard: 2.1.2.CS.1 - Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of emerging technologies and their benefits in arable crop enterprises (cereals, legumes, and tuber crops) and relate it to what is in the community. 2.1.2.LO.1 Appraise and use emerging technologies in arable crop legumes, and tuber crops) enterprises. 2.1.2.LO.2 Distinguish between existing emerging technologies used in crop (cereals, legumes, and crops) enterprises and their
Indicator: 2.1.2.LI.1 - Appraise emerging technologies in arable crop (cereals, legumes, and tuber crops) production.
Suggested placement: Semester 1, Week 4 (Week 4 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. 55

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Structuring talk for learning: Listen to a presentation by a resource person on the feasibility and impact of selected emerging technologies on farmers and discuss the key points of the presentation.
Activity-based learning: In pairs, identify and write down the key emerging technologies in arable crop production and list some of their key features.
Teaching and Learning Resources:
- Textbooks
- Internet
- * Farm Technicians or Guides Video documentaries on emerging technologies
- Pictures of emerging (cereals, legumes, and tuber
- Video documentaries on
- technologies used in arable crop crops) enterprises
- the technologies mentioned
Assessment (2.1.2.AS.1). The document marks these depth-of-knowledge levels for this indicator: Level 1 Recall; Level 2 Skills of conceptual understanding; Level 3 Strategic reasoning; Level 4 Extended critical thinking and reasoning.