PROVINCE OF THE
EASTERN CAPE
EDUCATION
DIRECTORATE: CURRICULUM FET PROGRAMMES
LESSON PLANS
TERM 2
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
FOREWORD
The following Grade 10, 11 and 12 Lesson Plans were developed by Subject Advisors from 09 March – 13 March 2009. Teachers are requested to look at them, modify them where necessary to suit their contexts and resources. It must be remembered that Lesson Plans are working documents, and any comments to improve the lesson plans in this document will be appreciated. Teachers are urged to use this document with the following departmental policy documents: Subject Statement; LPG 2008; SAG 2008; Examination Guidelines 2009 and Provincial CASS Policy/ Guidelines.
Lesson planning is the duty of each and every individual teacher but it helps when teachers sometimes plan together as a group. This interaction not only helps teachers to understand how to apply the Learning Outcomes (LOs) and Assessment Standards (ASs) but also builds up the confidence of the teachers in handling the content using new teaching strategies.
It must please be noted that in order to help teachers who teach across grades and subjects, an attempt has been made to standardise lesson plan templates and thus the new template might not resemble the templates used in each subject during the NCS training. However, all the essential elements of a lesson plan have been retained. This change has been made to assist teachers and lighten their administrative load.
Please note that these lesson plans are to be used only as a guide to complete the requirements of the Curriculum Statements and the work schedules and teachers are encouraged to develop their own learner activities to supplement and/or substitute some of the activities given here (depending on the school environment, number and type of learners in your class, the resources available to your learners, etc).
Do not forget to build in the tasks for the Programme of Assessment into your Lesson Plans.
Strengthen your efforts by supporting each other in clusters and share ideas. Good Luck with your endeavors to improve Teaching, Learning and Assessment.
Lesson plan for Agricultural SciencesTeacher:______School______
Duration of program: 1 WEEK/4hrs / GRADE: 12 / Class:
Critical Outcomes / 1x / 2x / 3 / 4x / 5x / 6 / 7 / Learning Outcomes / Assessment Standards
Developmental Outcomes / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / LO / 1 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4
Integration with other subjects / Life Sciences and English / 2x / 1x / 2 / 3 / 4x / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10
3 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4
Knowledge Area: ANIMAL SCIENCE / 4 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4
Assessment Strategies
Sub-content: ANIMAL REPRODUCTION / Method / Tools / Test-based / Observation-Based / Task-based
Peer Ass, self Educator / Memorandum / · Class test / · / · Class work
Prior Knowledge: Reproduction and forms of reproduction
/ · Controlled test / · / ·
Teachers activities / Learners activities / Resources / Assessment Evidence / Estimated time
ACTIVITY 1
The teacher asks the learners what they generally know about reproduction.
Grouping of learners into small groups and give instructions.
ACTIVITY 2
The teacher introduces the concepts/terms e.g. copulation; fertilization; ovulation; super-ovulation oestrus; gestation; spermatogenesis.
ACTIVITY 3
Provide learners with charts containing unlabeled pictures of reproductive organs of a bull and a cow.
ACTIVITY 4
The teacher (learners) identifies certain organs from the bull and the cow, and asks the learners to look for their roles/ functions (e.g. epidydimis; scrotum; ovaries; fallopian tubes etc.)
ACTIVITY 5
The teacher consolidates the learners’ findings and draft chalkboard summary.
ACTIVITY 6
The teacher introduces the necessary processes in reproduction (e.g. ovulation; spermatogenesis; oestrus; etc.)
The teacher may present these in the form of scenarios; illustrations; graphs.
ACTIVITY 7
The teacher introduces infertility in bulls and cows; explains how it impacts on animal production.
ACTIVITY 8
Remedial work and consolidation. / ACTIVITY 1
Learners respond to the questions.
ACTIVITY 2
With the use of textbooks and other resources learners explain the concepts.
ACTIVITY 3
Learners analyse the diagrams; identify the different parts of the reproductive systems, and give function of each identified part
ACTIVITY 4
Each group discusses the roles/ functions of the assigned sex organs and to report to the other groups.
ACTIVITY 5
Learners will take chalkboard summary.
ACTIVITY 6
The learners are asked to identify; explain the processes and analyse the scenarios; illustrations or given data (such as scenario on cows that show signs of oestrus)
ACTIVITY 7
The learners are given a case study to investigate the causes of libido/sex urge.
ACTIVITY 8
Learners participate and taking points. / Charts; Textbooks, Pens; Papers; Marking Pens; Chalkboard
Learners book
Worksheets
Worksheets / Prepared charts
Chalkboard summary
Class work
Class Test
Controlled test
Written class activity
Completed questionnaires, photographs / 10 min
40 min
40 min
50 min
20 min
40 min
30 min
10 min
Expanded opportunities: Excursion to the nearest farm
Special needs: Provide slow learners with extra attention. / Enrichment: provide Farmers weekly and other journals on farming
Homework: Assignment/ task
DATE______
HOD______