Agricultural Science: Practical Assessment Checklist
All students must have a written record of the following:
1) Identification of plant and animal types associated with agriculture.
i. Common plants: tillage, pastureland, noxious plants etc.
ii. Plant families
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Plant Name
Plant Family
Information
iii. Food producing animals: identification of bodily characteristics of the breeds: beef, dairy,
sheep, pigs.
Beef
Breed
1
Beef
Breed
2
Beef
Breed
3
Dairy
Breed
1
Dairy
Breed
2
Dairy
Breed
3
Sheep
Breed
1
Sheep
Breed
2
Sheep
Breed
3
Pig
Breed
1
Pig
Breed
2
Pig
Breed
3
Breed
Body
Char.
Infor
iv. Animals relating to agriculture: parasites, soil borne organisms etc.
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Animal Name
Animal Phylum
Information
2) Any one of the following:
i. A farm visit
ii. Experience on a family or adopted farm.
iii. Laboratory investigation (indoor or outdoor)
Farm
Visit
Family
Farm
Adopted
Farm
Lab
Investigation
Ploughing
Match 1
Kildalton
Farm Walk
Ploughing
Match 2
Fota
Wildlife
Other
Trips
TripReport
Photos
3) Home Farm Layout
i. Sketch plan indicating the principal farm buildings and layout of the farm including: Aspect,
Roadways, Fencing, Shelter, Grazing Methods (Strip/Paddock etc)
Name of
Farm
Farm
Plan
Farm Yard
Sketch
Farm
Sketch
OS
Maps
Photos Aspect Roadways Fencing Shelter
Grazing
Methods
4) Crops: at least two of the following: cereal or root/potato or grassland under the headings of
Crop 1
Crop 2
(Compulsory) (Compulsory)
Crop 3
(Optional)
Animal 1
(Compulsory)
Animal 3
(Optional)
Crop Name
Information on Farm that you visited for photos and information
Photos
Seed Varieties used
Crop Rotation
Cultivation practices(Seedbed prep, machinery use, time of year etc)
Establishments(Fertilisers, Disease, Weed and Pest Control etc)
Harvesting(Time of year, machinery etc)
Yield
Storage
5) Livestock: under the headings of
Animal 2
(Optional)
Animal Name
Information on Farm that you visited for photos and information
Photos
Type of Enterprise
Breeds
Husbandry (Feeding, Management etc)
Disease Control ( min 3 diseases, cause, prevention & treatment)
Housing
6) Investigations/Experiments: under the headings of Aim, Method, Recording, Results, Conclusion. (at
least one from each heading)
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Ecology
Habitat Study
Quadrat
Line Transect
Soil Science
Sedimentation
Sieve Test
pH
Biotic &
Abiotic
Factors
Capillarity
Numbers of
Earthworms
present
Flocculation
Microbiology
Milk
Silage
Soil
Genetics
Traits
Family Tree
Photosynthesis
Germination
CrissCross
Breeding in pigs
Transpiration
Breeding
in Sheep
Osmosis
DNA
Isolation
NPK
Nutrition
Heart
Dissection
Food Tests
Plant biology
Animal
biology
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%Air
& % Water
Soil
Colour