Learning objective 8-1: Markets
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Assessment
Students will gain knowledge, practical skills, and experience to:
- critically examine the particular plant and/or livestock attributes that make it possible to exploit a range of different market opportunities.
Indicators
- Identifies and describes in detail the attributes of plants/livestock produced for a range of market opportunities.
- Describes how the attributes of plants/livestock relate to specific life processes.
- Explains in detail how the attributes of a product impact on the market opportunities available.
- Investigates market opportunities for a primary product with specific attributes and assesses the most appropriate opportunity.
Possible context elaborations
- Mussels: Identify and compare in detail the attributes required of green-lipped and blue mussels for different market opportunities.
- Kiwifruit: Analyse in depth the attributes required for different market opportunities (consider how life processes influence specific attributes, for example, how pollination technologies influence reproduction and fertilisation, or how leaf thinning influences photosynthesis and fruit growth).
- Venison: Analyse in depth the attributes required for different market opportunities (consider how reproductive technologies and breeding programmes impact on specific attributes).
- Orchid production: Analyse reproductive technologies used to clone orchids with preferred attributes and the market opportunities available.
- Native plant nursery: Analyse in depth the preferred species and specific attributes required for different market opportunities.
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Assessment for qualifications
Agricultural and horticultural science programmes integrate concepts and learning from achievement objectives in biology, science, economics, geography, and technology. For this reason, learning can be assessed using achievement standards from a range of subjects as well as those from agricultural and horticultural science. Teachers have considerable scope to select standards that will assess valued learning and engage their students.
Learning described by this objective could be assessed using any one of these achievement standards:
- 91528 Agricultural and horticultural science 3.1 Carry out an investigation into an aspect of a New Zealand primary product or its production; Internal, 4 credits.
- 91529 Agricultural and horticultural science 3.2 Research and report on the links between production and marketability of a New Zealand primary product; Internal, 6 credits.
- 91530 Agricultural and horticultural science 3.3 Demonstrate understanding of how market forces affect supply of and demand for New Zealand primary products; External, 5 credits.
- 91602 Biology 3.2 Integrate biological knowledge to develop an informed response to a socio-scientific issue; Internal, 3 credits.
- 91603 Biology 3.3 Demonstrate understanding of the responses of plants and animals to their external environment; External, 5 credits.
- 91604 Biology 3.4 Demonstrate understanding of how an animal maintains a stable internal environment; Internal, 3 credits.
- 91401 Economics 3.3 Demonstrate understanding of micro-economic concepts; Internal, 5 credits.
- 91403 Economics 3.5 Demonstrate understanding of macro-economic influences on the New Zealand economy; External, 6 credits.
At the time of publication, achievement standards were in development to align them with The New Zealand Curriculum. Please ensure that you are using the correct version of the standards by going to the
NZQA website.
The NZQA subject-specific resources pages are very helpful. From there, you can find all the achievement standards and links to assessment resources, both internal and external.
Learn more:
Aligned level 1 achievement standards were registered for use in 2011 and level 2 for use in 2012; level 3 will be registered for use in 2013.
Last updated June 1, 2021
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