Agricultural Science

Preparation for Practical Assessment

Night 2

Agenda for the Night• Completion of practical paperwork prior to

monitor’s visit– Forms A, B and P2

• Genetics– Folders– Experiments

• Web Resources • Experiments• Calendar

Sample Form A

Note: Changes will be made to marking scheme for 2014

Sample Form BNote: changes may be made for 2014

Sample Form P2Note: change may be made for 2014

Marking the Form

Documentation

• Check with the exam secretary that all documentation has arrived well before the monitors visit

• Ensure that students have signed P2 form on or before the 27th March

• All documentation left by the monitor should be stored appropriately in the school or given to the exam secretary/principal

The Monitor

• The monitor will pick a number of students who will represent the class.

• 4:1• To insure the marks allocated are warranted!

Room Set Up for Monitors Visit

Things to Display

General Comments• All students must be available to meet the monitor

prior to the exam and must remain in school until monitor leaves

• Practical is assessed at a common level• Reward effort• Make monitor aware of any difficulties that a student

has• Monitor’s visit will take place from the 28th April to the

9th May• Check any clashes with other subjects (metalwork,

woodwork, art and LCVP)• Meet the monitor and discuss exam away from

students

For External Candidates

Common Weaknesses• Only one crop• Students not familiar with their own work.• Overuse of downloaded material from the internet.• Experiments written up but not known• Project work that does not fit the guidelines e.g.

Farming equipment, REPS, Farm Safety etc• Farm Plans with little detail• The use of class notes as course work

Some guidelines• Students own work• Handwritten or typed• Presented in a folder• Photographs• Newspaper clippings• Weed collections• Farm Diary• Feed Samples, Fertiliser Samples, Mart

Receipts, etc

Examiners Report

• The students should report on their own experiences of practical agriculture to the fullest possible extent- Extract from Chief Examiners report 2010.

Done Deal!!

Genetics

Resources for Experiments•Cheaper to import items directly from the states. •Seeds and other items can be bought from the following websites•Enasco•Fastplants (with link to amazon)

Genetics Resources

• Nuffield Genetics Resources• PowerPoint on Genetics and Breeding• Greatest Discoveries- video clips on Genetics• Definitions• Sample topic plan genetics from AS biology• Posters ( more on PDST website)

CLONING

Adult cell cloningThe nucleus is removed from an unfertilized egg cellThis is replaced with the nucleus of an adult cell (e.g. skin cell)An electric shock is used to start the cell dividing to form embryo cellsThese embryo cells contain the same genetic information as the adult skin cellWhen the embryo has developed into a ball of cells, it is inserted into the womb of an adult female to continue its development

Advantages:•This could be used to clone animals with desired characteristics, e.g. farm animals•It could possibly be used to save rare breeds from extinction

Disadvantages•If this is used in farming, it produces lots of genetically identical individuals;•If there is a change in the environment, they may all struggle to survive

Experiments

Inventory of My Traits

Roan Coats in Short Horn Cattle

General Ag Science Educational Media

4 on demand Animal Farm UTV player – A Rare Breed – A Farming Year

NGFL Beef link You Tube Farm Vids

General Ag Science Educational Media

Dairy Farming

Teagasc media Farmer’s Journal

Genetics VideosPDST Website – Series of Genetics Videos

http://www.pdst.ie/node/3298

Post Primary Ag Science

PDST Workshop ResourcesGenetics Videos

CalendarDATE TIME EVENT

4th Teagasc National Sheep Conference Hodson Bay Hotel, Athlone

18th National Potato Conference and Trade Show Red Cow Hotel, Naas Road, Dublin

February

MarchDATE TIME EVENT

3rd Agriaware ‘Farm Walk and Talk’ –– see www.agriaware.ie for further details

Various Venues

11th 11am – 1pm Clonakilty Agricultural College Open Day Teagasc, Clonakilty Agricultural College,Clonakilty, Co Cork.Phone: 023 8832500 end_of_the_skype_highlighting

13th 7pm IASTA Leinster Branch Meeting Wesley College, Ballinteer

19th 10.30am – 2pm Gurteen Agricultural College Open Day Ballingarry, Roscrea, Co. TipperaryPhone: 067) 21282

20th 10am – 3pm Ballyhaise Agricultural College Open Day 20th – 21st UCD Agricultural Science Transition Year Programme see

www.ucd.ie/agfood for further details or email: agandfoodprogrammes@ucd.ie

UCD, Belfield, Dublin 4.

26th IASTA Table Quiz for Leaving Cert. Students See www.iasta.ie for further details

Springhill Court Hotel, Waterford Road, Kilkenny.

27th LC completion date for Agricultural Science Practical Coursework

All schools

27th 10am – 2pm Pallaskenry Agricultural College Open Day Pallaskenry, Co. LimerickPhone: 061-393100

CalendarApril

May

June

DATE TIME EVENT 4th 10am – 1pm Kildalton Agricultural College Open Day Teagasc, Kildalton College,

Piltown, Co KilkennyPhone: 051 644400 end_of_the_skype_highlighting

5th IASTA Annual Conference See www.iasta.ie for further details

Talbot Hotel, Carlow Town,

28th – 9th Monitoring of LC Agricultural Science All Schools

DATE TIME EVENT 17th – 25th Golden Shears World Sheep Shearing and Wool Handling

Championships Gorey, Co Wexford

DATE TIME EVENT 3rd Proposed IASTA Practical Farming Day at Airfield Farm and

Gardens, See www.iasta.ie for further details

Airfield Farm and Gardens, Dundrum, Dublin,

4th UCD Agricultural Science 5th Year Summer School See www.ucd.ie/agfood for further details or email: agandfoodprogrammes@ucd.ie

UCD. Belfield, Dublin 4.

19th 9.30 – 12.00 Agricultural Science Leaving Certificate Examination

All Schools

20th IASTA Examination Review

Athlone

Any other dates?

• Please fill out sheet and we will update calendar on web

• All resources available on http://www.pdst.ie/node/3299

• Any Questions?

Evaluations

Please complete evaluations