School: Fatima College

Teacher: Mr. Samaroo

Class: Upper 6 Environmental Science
Term: 2
Goal: This Unit focuses on Agriculture within a Caribbean context. Students will be able to understand the concepts, types and role of agriculture in the Caribbean as well as
the environmental impacts of and threats associated the practice. Students will gain knowledge of environmentally sustainable practices applicable to the Caribbean region
and as a result gain a greater appreciation for sustainable methods of ensuring food security on a national, regional and global scale.

At the end of this unit, students will be able to:

- Explain the features of sustainable agriculture

- Discuss the threats to sustainable agriculture
- Evaluate environmentally sustainable practices in agricultural systems
- Appreciate the need for sustainable agriculture
- Design an environmentally sustainable system

Unit topic: Agriculture and the Environment (Module 1)

Unit theme: Sustainable Agriculture (Specific Objective 4 -6)

Sub-topic: Features, Threats, Practices

Rationale:
Sustainable agriculture seeks to sustain farmers, resources and communities by promoting farming practices and methods that are profitable, environmentally sound and good
for communities. To understand what defines an agriculture practice as sustainable requires knowledge of the characteristics of sustainable agriculture as well as how they can
be successful in light of threats. The unit is structured in such a way to achieve this and directly follows the topics of concepts, types and role of agriculture in the Caribbean.
Concepts to be taught:
Lesson # Content Key concepts Learning outcomes: Students Values and Resources Teaching/Learnin Assessment
should be able to: attitudes g strategies strategies

1 Features of Environment • List the features of sustainable Understanding Laptop, LCD Guided discovery Completion of
sustainable agriculture Projector Computer, KWL charts
Interconnection Appreciation Cooperative
agriculture
• Discuss the features of of Media Player, learning Group Activity
Sustainability
sustainable agriculture in the environment Sheets
Change Caribbean Speakers
Responsibility Oral Questioning
• Explain why certain Internet Connection,
agricultural practices are KWL charts,
features of sustainable Activity sheets
agriculture
• Identify key events throughout
agricultural history and their
effects
2 Threats to Interconnection • Identify natural disasters, Understanding Laptop, LCD Cooperative Peer assessment
Sustainable climate change and external Projector Speakers learning
Sustainability Awareness Presentation rubric
Agriculture shocks as threats to sustainable
Internet Connection Inquiry Based assessment
Environment agriculture
Learning
Short answer
• Discuss natural disasters, Graphic organizer
Student self-
climate change and external
assessment
shocks as threats to sustainable
agriculture in the Caribbean Group
Presentation
• Construct alternative solutions
to threats to sustainable
agriculture

3 Environmental Sustainability • Classify the key features of Understanding Pictures Guided discovery Online quiz
ly Sustainable contour ploughing, terracing, Laptop/ smart
Place Appreciation Graphic organizer worksheets
Practices Part crop rotation, conservation devices
of
1- Internet Connection
 Contour Scale tillage and agroforestry environment Flipped Classroom Short answer
Farming,
Environment • List the advantages and Responsibility Think-pair-share
Terracing,
disadvantages of contour
Crop Rotation,
ploughing, terracing, crop
Conservation
rotation, conservation tillage and
Tillage and
agroforestry
Agroforestry
• Explain why contour
ploughing, terracing, crop
rotation, conservation tillage and
agroforestry are considered to be
environmentally sustainable
agriculture practices
4 Environmental Sustainability • Explain why pest control is Understanding Laptop Guided discovery Online quiz
ly Sustainable necessary in agricultural LCD Projector
Change Appreciation Graphic organizer worksheets
Practices Part systems Computer Media
Environment of Short answer
2- • List the advantages and Player
environment Flipped Classroom
disadvantages of different pest Speakers
Pest Control
control methods Responsibility Internet Connection Think-pair-share
and Integrated
Audio clips
Pest • Discuss why biological control
Management True/ False
and integrated pest management Questions
are considered to be
environmentally sustainable
practices in agricultural systems
• Discuss why genetic control is
considered to be an
environmentally sustainable
practice in agricultural systems

5 Environmental Sustainability • Define the terms ‘organic Understanding Laptop Guided discovery Online quiz
ly Sustainable farming’ and ‘post-harvest
 Practices Part Environment management’ Appreciation LCD Projector Graphic organizer worksheets
3- of Computer Media
• List the advantages and environment Player Flipped Classroom Short answer
Organic disadvantages of organic Speakers
Farming and farming and post-harvest Responsibility Internet Connection Think-pair-share
Post-harvest management Images
Management Graphic organizer
• Explain why organic farming Key points
and post-harvest management
are environmentally
sustainable practices

6 Environmental Sustainability • Define the term ‘hydroponics’ Understanding Laptop Lecture Model design
ly Sustainable LCD Projector building (rubrics)
Environment • List the advantages and Appreciation Computer Media Hands on learning
Practices Part
disadvantages hydroponics of Player
4- Space Effective
environment Speakers
• Explain why hydroponics is an questioning
Hydroponics Internet Connection
environmentally sustainable Responsibility Paper
practice
Observation
• Design a hydroponics system Pencils

7 Environmental Sustainability • Define the terms Understanding Laptop  Guided discovery Peer assessment
ly Sustainable ‘biotechnology’ and ‘genetic LCD Projector
Environment Appreciation Computer Media Presentation rubric
Practices Part engineering’
Player Cooperative assessment
5- Change
• Distinguish between genetic Responsibility Speakers learning (Jigsaw)
Short answer
Biotechnology engineering and plant and Internet Connection
animal breeding Images of devices
Genetic Magnetic puzzle
Engineering • Discuss why genetic pieces
and Plant and engineering and plant and T-charts
Animal animal breeding are considered Fact sheets
Breeding to be environmentally Textbooks
sustainable practices in
agricultural systems