Course: Land Use and Environmental Practices (NCEA L2 Ag/Hort Science)
Land Use and Environmental Practices related to the students local area.
When:
Semester One
Subject Area(s)
Ag / Hort Sci
NCEA L2
This Module covers aspects of land use, historical, current and possible future, environmental impacts and possible solutions and plant propagation techniques.
Requirements
An interest in agriculture and horticulture.
Assessment
91298 (2.10) Report on the environmental impact of the production of a locally produced primary product.
Internal
4 credits
91297 (2.9) Demonstrate understanding of land use for primary production in New Zealand.
External
4 credits
91291 (2.3) Demonstrate understanding of advanced plant propagation techniques used for commercial production in New Zealand.
Internal
4 Credits
About the Teacher
Mrs Howden has been teaching at Waitaki Girls High School for 11 years as senior Chemistry and junior Science teacher. When the opportunity to add senior Agriculture into the mix came up she didn't hesitate to take it. As a registered pharmacist, before teaching, she ran her own community pharmacy. As senior Ag / Hort has elements such as healthy food sources, the business of farming, science of genetics and reproduction and environmental concerns included in the criteria it covers many areas that she is passionate about. One of her interests is growing healthier food as we will need to feed more people with less land so need to be more efficacious in this respect. Outside of school Mrs Howden and her husband have an orchard, mainly heritage variety apples (not for eating) and are involved in old time and social sequence dancing (a little different from ballroom dancing).