Economic Production of Pigs and Fish

Curriculum details

Strand

Farming for Jobs and Incomes (Strand 2)

Sub-strand

Economic Production of Pigs and Fish (2.2)

Content standard

3.2.2.CS.1 - Demonstrate knowledge, skills and understanding of the economic production of pigs or fish. 3.2.2.LO.1 Explain the key processes in the successful production of pigs or fish.

Indicator

3.2.2.LI.3 - Outline various distribution outlets and ways of marketing pig and fish products.

Suggested placement

Semester 2, Week 7 (Week 27 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. 88

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Collaborative Learning:
- Learners in pairs brainstorm to come up with various distribution outlets in the community and ways of marketing the pigs and fish products. Examples of outlets: Live animal retailers, eateries, restaurants, hotels, supermarkets, event organisers. Examples of marketing the produce: Advertise on Google and social media
- Process and package for festive seasons and special events, network with other farmers businesses.
Teaching and Learning Resources:
- Community market
- Cold storage facilities
- Video documentaries
- Functional internet facilities
- Computer
- Projector
- Smartphone
- Fingerlings
- Piglets
- Feed
- Drinkers
- Waterers
- Vaccines
- Pocket
- Advertising Billboards
- Information Centres and FM stations * Posters
- Weighing scale * Plastic
- notebooks
- or paper bags
Assessment (3.2.2.AS.3). The document marks these depth-of-knowledge levels for this indicator: Level 1 Recall; Level 2 Skills of conceptual understanding.
Extended critical and thinking and reasoning