MYP Course Outline
Level: MS
Course Title: Horticulture AB
Course Description:
This course provides students with activities involving propagation techniques, plant identification, soils, nursery management, irrigation, pest and disease control, safety, tools and technology, careers, conservation, landscape design and construction, and other topics related to the applied science and art of horticulture.
MYP Aims Addressed by this Course:
The aims of the teaching and study of technology are to encourage and enable students to:
- develop an appreciation of the significance of technology for life, society and the environment
- use knowledge, skills and techniques to create products/solutions of appropriate quality
- develop problem-solving, critical- and creative-thinking skills through the application of the design cycle
- develop respect for others’ viewpoints and appreciate alternative solutions to problems
- use and apply information and communication technology (ICT) effectively as a means to access, process and communicate information, and to solve problems.
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Time
(weeks)
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Instructional Units
for the Year
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Essential and/or Guiding Questions
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Area of Interaction
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Assessment
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10 hours
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Orientation and safety
Tool use
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Where am I? How do I work safely?
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Health and Social / Environment
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Orienteering Activity
Written map test
Safety Test
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20 hours
ongoing
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Plant reproduction/propagation
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How do plants reproduce?
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Environment
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Written Test
Lab/Project
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40 hours
ongoing
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Cultural practices
Seed planting/propagation
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How do we raise and care for plants?
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Homo faber
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Written Test
Plant culture projects/activities
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10 hours
ongoing
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Pest and disease control
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What is a pest and disease?
How are they controlled?
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Environment
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Written test
Organic alternative/Pest/Disease ID lab
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10 hours
ongoing
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Botany and Plant physiology
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What are the parts of plants and their function?
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Environment
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Written test
Lab
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10 hours
ongoing
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Soils and planting mediums
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What is soil?
Are some soils better? Why?
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Environment
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Written test
Lab
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35 hours
ongoing
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Plant identification
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What is this?
What is it called?
Where does it live?
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Environment
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Research/Lab activities
Plant ID test
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25 hours
ongoing
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Landscape maintenance/design/construction
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What careers are there?
What skills/knowledge/techniques are needed?
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Homo faber/Environment
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Written test
Project in garden
Chores
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15 hours
ongoing
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Nursery Management
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How do you care for many plants at various stages of growth in different seasons?
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Homo faber/Environment
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Written test
Projects
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5 hours
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Conservation of Resources
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What are resources and how do use/ abuse them?
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Environment
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Written test
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5 hours
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Horticultural occupations
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What jobs are there that have to do with plants?
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Community and service
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Service learning
Written test
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