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SHS 3 Agriculture 1st Semester Week 7 Lesson Plan
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| Subject | Agriculture | Week | 7 |
| Duration | 60 minutes | Form | SHS 3 |
| Strand | Modern Technical and Mechanised Agriculture | Sub-Strand | Modern Mechanised Agriculture |
| Learning Outcome(s) | 3.2.2.LO.1 - Use the knowledge, understanding and skills acquired to explain the meaning, importance, application and challenges of emerging technologies in Agriculture. | ||
| Learning Indicator(s) | 3.2.2.LI.2 - Explain applications and prospects of emerging technologies in Agriculture | ||
| Lesson Focus | Explain applications and prospects of emerging technologies in Agriculture | ||
| Previous Knowledge | Learners recall related ideas, vocabulary or experiences from earlier lessons and everyday contexts. | ||
| Lesson Objective(s) | Describe the key idea in: Explain applications and prospects of emerging technologies in Agriculture Apply the idea through guided and independent learning activities. Demonstrate understanding through oral responses, written work or practical performance. | ||
| Essential Question(s) | What do we need to understand or demonstrate about Explain applications and prospects of emerging technologies in Agriculture? How does this knowledge or skill apply to agriculture in the learner's community and Ghana? What evidence can we use to justify an agricultural decision or conclusion? | ||
| Pedagogical Strategies | Experiential Learning Talk For Learning Group Work | ||
| Teaching & Learning Resources | Functional internet connectivity Computer Projector Pens Notebooks Drones GIS Video/pictures of application of some emerging technologies in Agriculture Tablets or phones with disease and pest detecting Apps, Textbooks and journals on emerging technologies in Agriculture GPS Textbooks and journals on emerging technologies in Agriculture [[PAGE 187]] AGRICULTURE | 185 Subject AGRICULTURE Strand 3 FOOD PRODUCTION AND NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION Sub-Strand 1 PRINCIPLES OF FOOD PRODUCTION AND POST HARVEST TECHNOLOGY Learning Outcomes 21st Century Skills and Competencies GESI, SEL and Shared National Values 3.3.1.LO.1 Use the knowledge acquired to process, store and market high quality food products under hygienic conditions. Manipulative, digital literacy, collaborative, creative, critical thinking, leadership and communication skills will be promoted during group work, internet surfing and drawing of flow chart. Respect individuals of different backgrounds. Embrace diversity and practice inclusion. Examine and dispel misconceptions/ myths about gender and disabilities as they relate to Agriculture. Interrogate their stereotypes and biases about gender division of labour in Agriculture. | ||
| Key Notes on Differentiation | |||
| Content | Use concrete examples, labelled pictures, realia or simplified prompts for learners who need additional support. Extend confident learners with comparison, investigation, calculation, evaluation or enterprise-oriented tasks drawn from the same indicator. | ||
| Process | Use mixed-ability and mixed-gender grouping where appropriate, with meaningful roles for every learner. Adapt field visits, internet research or specialised equipment to locally available alternatives without changing the curriculum objective. | ||
| Product | Allow appropriate evidence such as practical demonstration, portfolio, table, report, poster, presentation, field notes or written response. Assess agricultural accuracy, procedure, evidence, collaboration and justification. | ||
| Success Criteria | Learners use correct subject vocabulary. Learners complete the main task with reasonable accuracy. Learners explain or demonstrate how the concept applies in a new situation. | ||
| Homework | Complete a short application task connected to the week's learning indicator. | ||
| Lesson Activities | |||
| Stage | Teacher Activity | Learner Activity | Assessment / DoK |
| Starter10 minutes | Show a farm tool, crop/animal example, photo or local farming scenario linked to applications and prospects of emerging technologies in agriculture and ask learners what problem it addresses. | Share prior knowledge, listen to peers and record the lesson question in their notebooks. | Not provided. |
| Activity 115 minutes | Explain applications and prospects of emerging technologies in agriculture using a farm-based example, labelled diagram, sample material or practical demonstration. | Observe the example, ask questions and record important agricultural terms. | Ask learners to identify the tool, practice, benefit or risk shown in the example. |
| Activity 220 minutes | Guide groups to classify, measure, plan, compare or recommend a practice related to applications and prospects of emerging technologies in agriculture. | Work in groups to complete the classification, measurement, planning or recommendation task. | Review group work for correct agricultural vocabulary and practical reasoning. |
| Activity 310 minutes | Give a local farm case and ask learners to choose an appropriate practice or solution. | Apply the idea to the local farm case and justify the selected practice. | Use an exit question on how the practice can improve farm productivity or safety. |
| Lesson Closure | Summarise applications and prospects of emerging technologies in agriculture and correct one common misconception using learner examples. State one thing learned and complete the exit response. | ||
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