Scheme of Work Agricultural Science SS2 3rd term

WEEKS

CONTENTS

1.

Revision  of last term work and copying of scheme of work

2.

Animal reproduction –Roles of hormones in reproduction of farm animals, egg formation in poultry, process of reproduction in farm animals

3.

Environmental physiology- meaning, effect of changes in climate

4.

Livestock management – requirements and importance

5.

Animal nutrition-meaning, classification of feed, sources and functions of food nutrients, types of ration/diet and their uses, causes and symptoms of malnutrition in farm animals.

6.

Range land management-meaning and importance of range land, characteristics of range land, common grasses and legumes of livestock- factors affecting the level of productivity on range land.

7.

MID-TERM TEST/BREAK   

8.

Basic economic principles –factors of production

9.

Principles of demand and supply-meaning, laws of demand and supply, factors affecting demand, implications of demand and supply on agricultural production

10.

Functions of a farm manager, meaning of a farm manager, problems faced by farm managers

11.

Revision

12.

Exams/ result processing