NCEA Level 1 Agriculture Science

Agricultural and Horticultural industries are key drivers of New Zealand’s economic, social, and environmental development. The products of primary production are a source of well-being for the present generation and will be so for future generations, generating billions in export earnings every year. The future of this industry is bright with international demand and available jobs predicted to grow rapidly.

This year we will explore the following big ideas:

• Agriculture and horticulture connect people to locations of purposeful production
• Primary producers manage life processes and the growing environment
• Primary producers make informed decisions about sustainability

Our aims are:

• To encourage students to cherish learning in Agricultural Science
• To promote science as an activity that is part of everyday life
• To help students to develop knowledge and a coherent understanding of the living, physical, material and technological components of their environment
• To help students to develop skills for investigating the living, physical, material and technological components of their environment
• To develop students' interests in and understanding of the knowledge and processes of science which form the basis of many of their future careers

This subject will lead to a UE approved subject.