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Agriculture and production

Occupations and Technology

Agriculture and production

An AR classroom game for Grade 4. Learners can aim with their hands at the camera or play by tapping the screen.

This set has 6 questions in an interactive multiple choice activity.

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A look before you play

Sample questions

A few real prompts from the game to help you choose an activity for your class.

  1. What is organic farming?

    • Farming without synthetic chemicals
    • Growing only inside fully closed greenhouses
    • Farming with machines doing all the work instead of people
    Read the explanation

    Growing without synthetic chemicals.

  2. What is good about organic farming?

    • It always gives a bigger harvest than any method
    • It is safe and doesn't harm soil and water
    • Crops grow fast and there are no pests
    Read the explanation

    It is safe for those who eat the food, and it does not ruin the soil or the water.

  3. What does crop rotation do?

    • Crops grow faster and need no fertiliser
    • Fruit gets bigger from growing one crop only
    • Keeps the soil fertile and breaks the disease cycle
    Read the explanation

    It keeps the soil fertile and breaks the cycle of disease.

Before you play

Game teaching guide

What children will practise

Understand basic farming and production: what organic farming is and why it helps, crop rotation, compost, keeping animals with their welfare in mind, and why produce is processed.

What's in the worksheet

6 questions, multiple choice with 3 options each - Organic farming means no synthetic chemicals - Crop rotation keeps the soil fertile and breaks the disease cycle - Compost is made of composted plant and food scraps - Keeping animals: food, water, a clean home and welfare - Processing produce: it keeps longer and is worth more

How to use it in class

Use in the Grade 4 farming unit, before or after visiting the school plot or compost heap. 6 minutes. - Play solo, then children give local examples of processing for question 6, such as dried bananas or mango paste - If many miss question 3, draw one plot growing a different crop each season on the board - Use question 5 to discuss whether animals at home get all four things - Play it linked to a class and the scores go into the class gradebook.

Common sticking points

- In question 6, choosing more nutrients than fresh, thinking processed is better; point out that processing often reduces some nutrients - In question 2, choosing always a bigger harvest, believing organic is best in every way - In question 4, confusing compost with farmyard manure, met in Grade 2