Emerging Technologies… · SHS2 Agricultural Science

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: 2.1.2.LI.1 - Grow arable crops (cereals, legumes, and tuber crops) using emerging procedures and technologies.

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Demonstrate the correct procedure for growing maize (a cereal) in containers using loamy soil mixed with compost, following the steps of land preparation, planting, watering, and monitoring.
Grow cowpea (a legume) in a container using a soil substrate, applying the correct planting depth, spacing, and watering schedule.
Produce a yam or cassava plant using a modified substrate such as sawdust or rice hulls in a container, and record weekly growth observations in a field notebook.
Distinguish between traditional growing methods and emerging procedures (such as soilless media, mulching with polythene, and drip irrigation) by comparing two plantings of the same crop, one done each way.
Keep an accurate field notebook recording planting dates, watering times, growth measurements, and any problems observed, and present findings orally to the class.

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Curriculum details

Strand: New Dawn Agriculture (Strand 1)
Sub-strand: Emerging Technologies in Agriculture (1.2)
Content standard: 2.1.2.CS.2 - Demonstrate knowledge and skills in emerging technologies of arable crop (cereals, legumes, and tuber crops) enterprises and their benefits relating to real life situation 2.1.2.LO.1 Appraise and use emerging technologies in arable crop legumes, and tuber crops) enterprises. 2.1.2.LO.2 Distinguish between existing emerging technologies used in crop (cereals, legumes, and crops) enterprises and their
Indicator: 2.1.2.LI.1 - Grow arable crops (cereals, legumes, and tuber crops) using emerging procedures and technologies.
Suggested placement: Semester 1, Week 7 (Week 7 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. 56

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Structured Talk for Learning: All learners embark on field visits to vegetable crop farms and ornamental plant parks to learn emerging technology, procedures and management.
Project-Based Learning: In mixed groups (of 10), learners carry out a project on the production of selected arable crops (cereals, legumes, and tuber crops) using soil substrate and other media.
Teaching and Learning Resources:
- Parks and Gardens
- Vegetable farms
- Reading materials
- Functional Internet facility
- Laptop computer
- Wi-Fi
- Seeds of selected arable crops (cereals, legumes, and tuber crops)
- Containers for planting
- Water
- Field notebook
- Pens
- Video documentaries on tissue culture
- Laptop computer
- Smartphones
- Recorded videos on other emerging technologies * LCD projector
Assessment (2.1.2.AS.1). The document marks these depth-of-knowledge levels for this indicator: Level 1 Recall; Level 2 Skills of conceptual understanding.