Course Outline
Topics covered in this subject will include the following:
Soil
Animal Production
Crop production
Animal Health
Genetics
Grassland
Animal and Plant Physiology
Project Work
Practical/Course work is made up of the following:
Farm Diary
Farm Plan
3 Mini-Projects on crop, animal and grasslands
Experiment
I.D. exam of Plants and Animals
This is worth 25% of the total marks in this subject.
Assessment
Exam paper in June worth 75% consists of:
One paper which is 1 ½ hours long
6 Questions to do
60 marks – question 1
48 marks per question
Eternal Choise in Q3 and Q8
Format usually the same each year
Q.1 mixture of short Questions
Q.2 Soil
Q.4 Experiments
Q.7 Genetics
Q.9 Scientific explanation
Other question can come from any part of course.