Agricultural Machineries

Curriculum details

Strand

New Dawn Agriculture (Strand 1)

Sub-strand

Agricultural Machineries (1.3)

Content standard

3.1.3.CS.1 - Demonstrate knowledge and skills in the use of various forms of irrigation systems in plantation and fruit tree enterprises and relate them to the community. 3.1.3.LO.1 Evaluate the relevance of using various forms of irrigation agricultural production 3.1.3.LO.2 Explain the functions of parts various machinery provided 3.1.3.LO.3 Use the application of machines computing tools to reduce in agriculture

Indicator

3.1.3.LI.1 - Continue to cultivate selected crops using the simple irrigation system constructed

Suggested placement

Semester 1, Week 11 (Week 11 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. 82

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Experiential Learning: Embark on field trips to farms that use modern forms of irrigation sprinkler, surface irrigation - where water is distributed over and across the land by gravity without mechanical pump, localised irrigation, drip irrigation, centre pivot irrigation, lateral move irrigation, sub-irrigation and manual irrigation.
Activity-Based Learning: Learners practice irrigation using the various forms mentioned on selected plantation and fruit trees.
Teaching and Learning Resources:
- forms of irrigation * Sprinklers * Drip irrigation facilities * Video documentaries
- Computer
- Smart phone
- Selected machinery on demonstrations on machinery practical sessions. Machinery mattocks, pickaxes, shovels, ploughs, harrows, planters, videos/real machinery on
- farms or homes or simulated in agriculture provided for includes hoes, cutlasses, hand trowels, tractors, combine harvesters etc. nearby farms/homes
Assessment (3.1.3.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.
Skills of e.g., conceptual understanding Extended critical above thinking and reasoning