Sample assessment outline Plant Production Systems – General Year 12 Unit 3 and Unit 4 Assessment Assessment Assessment type task When Assessment task type weighting weighting Semester 1 Task 5: Response of plant growth to nutrients students grow oats to investigate their response to – Investigation 10% 10% Week 1 different concentrations of nitrogen fertiliser Managing ecosystem components students examine farm practices to manage both above Task 1: – Semester 1 10% ground and underground water, including its movement, storage and control to minimise soil erosion Week 2 and salinisation of farm land Semester 1 Task 2: Plant growth stages and nutrient requirements students take soil samples for analysis and – 5% Week 4 develop a nutrient plan for a crop Semester 1 Task 4: Develop and implement a calendar of operations for a selected plant enterprise 10% Week 6 Production 45% Semester 1 Task 8: Managing biosecurity students examine on-farm practices to minimise the chances of plant – project 5% Week 15 pests and diseases entering or leaving the farm Semester 2 Task 10: Breeding plan students identify a trait to breed for in a selected plant variety and develop a – 5% Week 6 breeding plan designed to achieve a new variety that has the trait Semester 2 Task 12: Enterprise sustainability students report on ways to improve the sustainability of a selected – 5% Week 9 enterprise Semester 2 Task 13: Budgeting students prepare an annual cash flow budget of income and expenditure for a – 5% Week 13 selected enterprise Semester 1 6% Task 3: Plant structure and function Week 6 Semester 1 6% Task 6: Plant environment Week 11 Semester 2 Test 30% 6% Task 9: Plant health Week 2 Semester 2 6% Task 11: Breeding and improvement Week 7 Semester 2 6% Task 14: Economics, finance and markets Week 15 A task set by the SCSA based on the following content from Unit 3 <teacher to insert Externally Semester 1 Task 7: – 15% 15% set task Week 14 information provided by the Authority> Total 100% 100%
Sample assessment outline Plant Production Systems – General Year 12 Unit 3 and Unit 4 Assessment type Assessment type weighting Assessment task weighting When Assessment task Investigation 10% 10% Semester 1 Week 1 Task 5: Response of plant growth to nutrients – students grow oats to investigate their response to different concentrations of nitrogen fertiliser Production project 45% 10% Semester 1 Week 2 Task 1: Managing ecosystem components – students examine farm practices to manage both above ground and underground water, including its movement, storage and control to minimise soil erosion and salinisation of farm land 5% Semester 1 Week 4 Task 2: Plant growth stages and nutrient requirements – students take soil samples for analysis and develop a nutrient plan for a crop 10% Semester 1 Week 6 Task 4: Develop and implement a calendar of operations for a selected plant enterprise 5% Semester 1 Week 15 Task 8: Managing biosecurity – students examine on-farm practices to minimise the chances of plant pests and diseases entering or leaving the farm 5% Semester 2 Week 6 Task 10: Breeding plan – students identify a trait to breed for in a selected plant variety and develop a breeding plan designed to achieve a new variety that has the trait 5% Semester 2 Week 9 Task 12: Enterprise sustainability – students report on ways to improve the sustainability of a selected enterprise 5% Semester 2 Week 13 Task 13: Budgeting – students prepare an annual cash flow budget of income and expenditure for a selected enterprise Test 30% 6% Semester 1 Week 6 Task 3: Plant structure and function 6% Semester 1 Week 11 Task 6: Plant environment 6% Semester 2 Week 2 Task 9: Plant health 6% Semester 2 Week 7 Task 11: Breeding and improvement 6% Semester 2 Week 15 Task 14: Economics, finance and markets Externally set task 15% 15% Semester 1 Week 14 Task 7: A task set by the SCSA based on the following content from Unit 3 – <teacher to insert information provided by the Authority> Total 100% 100%
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