Agricultural Technology – Activities
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End of Stage 5 (end of Year 10) |
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Students identify six different weeds that are a problem in crops and describe management plans for each one. View... | 5 | |
Students establish a pot nutrient trial and investigate the plant responses to different treatments. View... | 4 | |
Students perform a standard soil test to determine the pH of the selected site for vegetable production and analyse the results to suggest which vegetable crops to grow. View... | 2 | |
Students identify a limiting factor associated with a vegetable production enterprise and suggest a management practice to overcome its negative effects. They design an experiment to test the proposed management practice, and produce a written report. View... | 2 | |
Students research and present information on the concept of value adding. View... | ||
Students research how management strategies have changed in farm practices in an agricultural enterprise. View... | ||
Students research, assess and present information on the Murray Grey breed and one other cattle breed as part of their agricultural enterprise on beef cattle production. View... | ||
As part of their study and practical experience in the agricultural enterprise of beekeeping, students produce a yearly calendar of the activities of an apiarist. View... |