Sample assessment outline Animal Production Systems ATAR Year 12 – Unit 3 and Unit 4 Assessment Assessment Assessment type task When Assessment task type weighting weighting Task 8: Effect of feed additives/supplements on the growth rates of Prime Lambs students design – Semester 2 Investigation 10% 10% and carry out an investigation to assess the effect of feed additives/supplements on growth rates of Week 5–8 prime lambs Marketing Australian sheep products to the world students identify advantages Australia Task 1: – Semester 1 5% may have in an international sheep market and develop a plan to market the farm’s sheep products Week 3 (wool and/or meat) to this market Production 20% Semester 1 Task 3: Management of barber’s pole worm in sheep students plan and implement management – project 10% Week 10–11 of barber’s pole worm in sheep Semester 2 Task 9: Evaluating on-farm beef cattle production practices to meet quality assurance criteria – 5% Week 10 students interpret beef carcase feedback data to assess meat quality Semester 1 4% Task 2: Animal structure and function and Breeding and improvement test Week 8 Semester 1 4% Animal health test Task 4: Week 11 Semester 1 Test 20% 4% Task 5: Economics, finance and markets test Week 14 Semester 2 4% Animal structure and function and Animal nutrition test Task 7: Week 4 Semester 2 4% Task 10: Systems ecology and Sustainable production test Week 13 20% Examination week Task 6: Semester 1 Examination Examination 50% 30% Examination week Task 11: Semester 2 Examination Total 100% 100%
Sample assessment outline Animal Production Systems – ATAR Year 12 Unit 3 and Unit 4 Assessment type Assessment type weighting Assessment task weighting When Assessment task Investigation 10% 10% Semester 2 Week 5–8 Task 8: Effect of feed additives/supplements on the growth rates of Prime Lambs – students design and carry out an investigation to assess the effect of feed additives/supplements on growth rates of prime lambs Production project 20% 5% Semester 1 Week 3 Task 1: Marketing Australian sheep products to the world – students identify advantages Australia may have in an international sheep market and develop a plan to market the farm’s sheep products (wool and/or meat) to this market 10% Semester 1 Week 10–11 Task 3: Management of barber’s pole worm in sheep – students plan and implement management of barber’s pole worm in sheep 5% Semester 2 Week 10 Task 9: Evaluating on-farm beef cattle production practices to meet quality assurance criteria – students interpret beef carcase feedback data to assess meat quality Test 20% 4% Semester 1 Week 8 Task 2: Animal structure and function and Breeding and improvement test 4% Semester 1 Week 11 Task 4: Animal health test 4% Semester 1 Week 14 Task 5: Economics, finance and markets test 4% Semester 2 Week 4 Task 7: Animal structure and function and Animal nutrition test 4% Semester 2 Week 13 Task 10: Systems ecology and Sustainable production test Examination 50% 20% Examination week Task 6: Semester 1 Examination 30% Examination week Task 11: Semester 2 Examination Total 100% 100%
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