SHS3 Agriculture · Semester 2, Week 6
Health Issues in Crop Production
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Curriculum details
- Strand
- Agriculture and Health (Strand 4)
- Sub-strand
- Health Issues in Crop Production (4.1)
- Content standard
- 3.4.1.CS.1 - Demonstrate knowledge, understanding and skills of the meaning, importance, classification, dispersal and control of weeds in Agricultural production. 3.4.1.LO.1 Employ the knowledge of the importance of classification and dispersal of weeds to select appropriate method of control in Agricultural production.
- Indicator
- 3.4.1.LI.1 - Explain the meaning and classification of weeds and their economic importance in Agricultural production.
- Suggested placement
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Semester 2, Week 6
(Week 26 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. 200
Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)
Initiating talk for learning: Learners brainstorm to come up with the meaning of weeds in Agricultural production. Collaborative learning: Learners in mixed-ability groups surf the internet for information on the characteristics and economic importance of weeds. In the same group, learners discuss the characteristics of weeds and their economic importance in Agricultural production. Experiential learning: Learners in mixed-gender groups embark on nature's walk in their school compound guided by a facilitator to identify and collect the common weeds on their school compound. Learners then surf the internet to determine the botanical names of the weeds collected. Project-based learning: In the same groups, learners build a weed album of the common weeds collected from the school compound, indicating their common names, botanical names and their economic importance. Assessment (3.4.1.AS.1). The document marks these depth-of-knowledge levels for this indicator: Level 3 Strategic reasoning. Teaching and Learning Resources: - Realia (examples of weeds in the community) - Weed album, functional internet connectivity - Video/pictures of various species of weeds in Agricultural fields, - Video/pictures of weeds dispersed by the various agents of dispersal - Weed science textbooks - Cutlass - Hoe - Knapsack sprayer/hand sprayer - Weedicide/herbicide - Rotary hoes - Textbooks and journals on weeds