SHS1 Agricultural Science · Semester 2, Week 17
Climate Change Adaptation
Lesson notes
Learning Objectives
Indicator: 1.4.2.LI.1 - Explain indigenous strategies for dealing with climate change and variability.
By the end of the lesson, learners can:
- Define indigenous strategies and climate variability in their own words, with at least one relevant example from their community.
- Identify and explain at least four indigenous agricultural practices used in Ghana to cope with climate change and variability.
- Explain how indigenous weather forecasting methods help farmers make decisions about planting and harvesting.
- Work collaboratively in small groups to research and present an indigenous strategy, showing its purpose, how it works, and its limitations.
- Justify the relevance of indigenous strategies to sustainable rural agriculture in Ghana today, using evidence from their own community or research.
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- Strand
- Agriculture and Climate (Strand 4)
- Sub-strand
- Climate Change Adaptation (4.2)
- Content standard
- 1.4.2.CS.1 - Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of climate change and its relevance to sustainable rural agriculture. 1.4.2.LO.1 Explain the adaption of society agriculture to climate change.
- Indicator
- 1.4.2.LI.1 - Explain indigenous strategies for dealing with climate change and variability.
- Suggested placement
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Semester 2, Week 17
(Week 37 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. 48
Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)
Project-Based Learning: Work in small groups to study indigenous strategies for combating climate change and unpredictability and present reports. Teaching and Learning Resources: - Video documentaries and pictures on indigenous strategies for dealing with climate change in agriculture - Computer - Smartphone - Projector - Notebooks - Video documentaries and strategies for mitigating - pictures on conventional climate change in agriculture Assessment (1.4.2.AS.1). The document marks these depth-of-knowledge levels for this indicator: Level 3 Strategic reasoning.