Principles of Food Production and Post Harvest Technology

Curriculum details

Strand

Food Production and Natural Resource Conservation (Strand 3)

Sub-strand

Principles of Food Production and Post Harvest Technology (3.1)

Content standard

3.3.1.CS.1 - Demonstrate the knowledge, understanding and skills of processing, storage and marketing of safe and quality food products from selected food crops. 3.3.1.LO.1 Use the knowledge acquired to process, store and market high quality food products under hygienic conditions.

Indicator

3.3.1.LI.2 - Apply food safety and quality practices in the processing, storage and marketing of selected food crops.

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. 189

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Building on what others say: In pairs, learners brainstorm the meaning of safety and quality practices in crop production.
Problem-based learning: In mixed-ability groups, learners surf the internet for the steps involved in producing safe and quality crop products for human and animal consumption.
Think-pair-share: Learners in pairs discuss the importance of applying safety and quality practices to processing, storage and marketing of selected crop products.
Project-based learning: In gender-based groups, learners build a pictorial flow chart of the steps and importance of safety and quality in processing, storage and marketing of selected crop products.
Assessment (3.3.1.AS.2). The document marks these depth-of-knowledge levels for this indicator: Level 4 Extended critical thinking and reasoning.
Teaching and Learning Resources:
- Functional internet connectivity
- Industries and managers
- Community members
- Realia: Manual and mechanical graters, fermentation sacs and bowls, specimens of raw materials for processing
- Textbooks and journals on postharvest technologies
- Computer
- Projector
- Pens
- Notebooks
- Textbook and journals on Agricultural food safety
- Flow charts