Health Issues in Animal… · SHS1 Agriculture

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: 1.4.2.LI.3 - Apply farm hygiene and sanitation principles in the animal production process.

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Demonstrate at least five farm hygiene and sanitation practices on the school animal farm or a nearby farm, following correct procedures for grooming, cleaning, and waste disposal.
Design and implement a weekly farm hygiene and sanitation rota for the school animal farm, assigning specific duties to team members.
Explain and apply three biosecurity measures, such as controlling access to the farm and quarantine procedures, to prevent disease introduction and spread.
Evaluate a given farm scenario and identify hygiene and sanitation lapses, then propose corrective actions based on principles learned in Weeks 12 and 13.
Compile a portfolio documenting their farm hygiene and sanitation activities, including photographs, observations, and reflections on their practical work.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Agriculture, Health and Environment (Strand 4)
Sub-strand: Health Issues in Animal Production (4.2)
Content standard: 1.4.2.CS.1 - Demonstrate knowledge, understanding and skills of basic farm hygiene and sanitation in animal production. 1.4.2.LO.1 Use the knowledge and skills acquired to improve animal production activities.
Indicator: 1.4.2.LI.3 - Apply farm hygiene and sanitation principles in the animal production process.
Suggested placement: Semester 2, Week 13 (Week 33 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. 93

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Initiating talk for learning: Learners in mixed-ability groups identify the activities involved in keeping their school animal farms or farm animals in their homes and their pens clean and tidy. Provide learners with difficulty with clues or leading questions to guide them to come up with some examples of activities such as grooming, ventilation, vaccination etc. Use pictures or videos of some of the activities to guide learners to identify and describe the hygienic and sanitation activities.
Experiential learning: Learners in gender-based groups undertake farm hygiene and sanitation activities at the school animal farm or a nearby animal farm under the guidance of a technician. Ensure active participation of all learners in the hygiene and sanitation activities. Ensure that learners who can perform the tasks play leading roles to encourage learners with difficulty to draw inspiration from. Learners then build portfolios on their activities at the farm and present them in a plenary session in the class.
Collaborative learning: Learners in mixed ability groups discuss the biosecurity measures such as controlling access to the farm, proper quarantine measures, etc., carried out in the animal farm for disease prevention or reduction of spread. Guide learners with difficulty with scenarios and clues to assist them in identifying some of the biosecurity measures carried out on animal farms. Challenge talented learners with probing questions to come up with detailed explanations of the biosecurity activities identified.
Initiating talk for learning: Learners in mixed-ability groups discuss and analyse vaccination as a way to prevent diseases in farm animals in their school animal farms or farm animals in their homes. Provide learners with difficulty with clues or use leading questions to guide them to describe how vaccination is carried out.
Assessment (1.4.2.AS.3). The document marks these depth-of-knowledge levels for this indicator: Level 4 Extended critical thinking and reasoning.
Teaching and Learning Resources:
- Videos/pictures on the farm environment and activities and procedures that are carried out on the animal farm
- Realia (brushes, brooms, rakes, disinfectants)
- Pictures of chemicals and tools for undertaking farm hygiene and sanitation activities at the animal farm
- Video/pictures on farm hygiene and sanitation activities at the animal farm and during the management practices in animal production
- Tools, equipment and chemicals for undertaking hygiene and sanitation activities at the animal farm site and during the various management practices in animal production