SHS1 Agriculture · Semester 1 Week 16: Principles of Agriculture in Food Production

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: 1.3.1.LI.1 - Explain the meaning of the principles of crop production.

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Define the term “principles of crop production” in their own words.
List at least five key principles that guide successful crop production.
Explain how each principle contributes to healthy crop growth and improved yields.
Analyse the effects of applying or neglecting specific principles using local crop examples.
Discuss with peers how the principles connect to the stages of crop production studied in previous weeks.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Food Production and Natural Resource Conservation (Strand 3)
Sub-strand: Principles of Agriculture in Food Production (3.1)
Content standard: 1.3.1.CS.2 - Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the meaning, principles and stages of crop production. 1.3.1.LO.2 Use the knowledge and skills acquired in the crop production practices to establish a crop farm.
Indicator: 1.3.1.LI.1 - Explain the meaning of the principles of crop production.
Suggested placement: Semester 1, Week 16 (Week 16 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.
Source document note: The official curriculum document has a fault in this entry, so the curriculum text above is transcribed exactly as printed:

exemplars - p.63: the document prints this assessment code as "1.1.AS1.1" - a shape with only two leading segments and the type token run into the digits. It heads the assessment cell beside 1.3.1.CS.2 and 1.3.1.LI.1 in the Year One, Strand 3, Sub-Strand 1 section, so it is filed as 1.3.1.AS.1
Curriculum reference: NaCCA curriculum document, p. 63

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Structuring Talk for Learning: Teacher guides learners to brainstorm to come up with the meaning and principles of crop production. Assist learners to come up with the meaning of the principles of crop production. Guide others to explain the meaning and principles of crop production. Allow others to discuss the meaning and principles of crop production. Use charts and leading questions when necessary to support learners.
Think-Pair-Share: Learners individually think about the meaning and key principles of crop production and write down their answers. Teacher puts learners in pairs, to discuss the key principles of crop production and analyse the effects of the principle on crop production. Teacher should provide extra support to some learners to explain the meaning and key principles of crop production. Teacher should allow others to discuss the meaning and key principles of crop production. Talented learners should be made to assist others in analysing the effects of the principles of crop production.
Assessment (1.3.1.AS.1). The document marks these depth-of-knowledge levels for this indicator: Level 2 Skills of conceptual understanding; Level 3 Strategic reasoning.
Teaching and Learning Resources:
- Realia: farm tools and implements e.g., cutlass, hoe, plough etc.
- Video/pictures of the stages of crop production practices
- Video/pictures of the stages, activities and skills in the crop production practices
- Pest control tools and chemicals (Hand and knapsack sprayers, Boom sprayers, insecticides, herbicides etc.).