Student’s name: ___________________________________________________
Planning an Environmental Area
Teacher’s Assessment Log for Activities 1 to 7
Student’s name______________________________ Date_______________
Activity
Student’s contribution
Teacher’s comments on student’s contribution
Student’s learning target
Work recommended to student to reach this target (or next target)
Teacher’s signature __________________________________
Date____________________
Record of Achievement
MER: Planning an Environmental Area (Access 2)
Student’s Name: _____________________________________________________
Outcome/Performance Criteria
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Evidence of Achievement
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Outcome 1
Identify an appropriate type of, and site for, an environmental area.
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PC (a) An appropriate selection is made, from a given range, of the type of environmental area to be planned.
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PC (b) An appropriate site is identified for the environmental area to be planned.
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PC (c) Reasons are given for selecting the site.
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Outcome 2
Identify suitable plants, tools and equipment for the chosen environmental area.
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PC (a) The basic conditions necessary for plant growth are identified correctly.
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PC (b) Suitable plants for the chosen environmental area are identified correctly.
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PC (c) Tools and equipment necessary for the chosen environmental area are identified correctly.
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Outcome 3
Prepare a simple plan for the chosen environmental area.
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PC (a) A simple plan for the chosen environmental area is prepared correctly.
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PC (b) An approximate cost of implementing the plan is calculated
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This table is an accurate record of the work of the student named above.
Teacher’s signature______________________ Date __________________
Useful Resources
Barratt
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Complete Gardening Guide
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Book Club Associates, 1977
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Boxer and Back
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The Herb Book
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Octopus Books, 1980
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Cooking with Herbs
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ACP, 1989
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Lacey
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Organic Gardening
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David & Charles, 1998
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Potterton
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Culpeper’s Herbal
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Foulsham & Co, 1983
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Stevenson (Ed)
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A Modern Herbal
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Lynx Press, 1974
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in addition:
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various garden magazines, video clips and garden-planner CD-ROMs
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Links to explore between the MER activities and other Access 1 and Access 2 provision
The school does not intend to explore all the links identified in the table below, but will probably use about three other units which may be Access 2 units identified in the table, or associated Access 1 curricular areas.
The selection will depend on interests and progress shown by our group of students.
Student’s MER Activity
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Units in other Subjects that could link to the Activity
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group meetings and other group activities
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D01F 08
D0EV 08
D0EP 08
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Working with Others (Access 2) a core skills unit
Contributing to an Enterprise Activity (Access 2)
Participating in a Community Activity (Access 2)
Language and Understanding of Self and Others at Access 1 level
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giving oral reports
one-to-one interview
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D01B 08
D540 08
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Communication (Access 2) a core skills unit
Oral Communication (Access 2)
Language Awareness at Access 1 level
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seeking information using books and magazines
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D208 08
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Language Study (Access 2)
Expressive Arts at Access 1 level
Language and Understanding of Self and Others at Access 1 level
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visits to other environmental areas, garden centres
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D0EN 08
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Making Local Journeys (Access 2)
Language and Understanding of Self and Others at Access 1 level
Understanding and Relating to the Environment at Access 1 level
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planning activities
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D01C 08
D01E 08 C079 08
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Numeracy (Access 2) a core skills unit
Problem Solving (Access 2) a core skills unit
Social Subjects Cluster (Access 2)
Understanding and Relating to the Environment at Access 1 level
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investigation into growing seeds
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D04A 08
D04B 08 D558 08
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Biology (Access 2)
Science (Access 2)
Using Mathematics in Everyday Situations (Access 2)
Understanding and Relating to the Environment at Access 1 level
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Opportunities to practise Skills in Communication
The opportunities we explore will depend on interests and progress shown by our group of students.
Student’s name _______________________________________________________
Aspect of Communication
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Comments
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Listening
• stilling
• body posture, nodding, smiling
• agreeing, disagreeing, commenting
• taking appropriate action
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Talking
• conveying information
• deploying ideas
• describing experience/expressing feelings
• creating particular effects
• content, questioning, answering
• vocabulary, language structures, register
• expression, volume, pace, intonation
• awareness of situation, eye contact, expression
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Reading
• response when being read to
• attitude to reading, confidence
• letter recognition
• word recognition, social sight vocabulary
• use of context
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Writing
• attitude, confidence
• formation of letters and words
• handwriting
• ability to convey meaning, fluency
• relevance
• ability to write at length
• sentence structure
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This table is an accurate record of the work of the student named above.
Teacher’s signature___________________________________________
Date __________________________
Information for Students
What will I learn?
You will learn about different kinds of gardens and parks and which plants grow in them. You will also learn about some useful garden tools and other gardening equipment.
What will I do?
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take part in group meetings to decide what has to be done
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visit parks, gardens, garden centres and nurseries to find out about different gardens, plants and garden tools
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use a computer, books and gardening magazines to find important information
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carry out an investigation to find out what seeds need to make them grow
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plan a garden (and make plants grow in it)
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take part in quizzes about gardening
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write an article about gardening for S6 News.
How will I know how I am getting on?
I will tell you and help you. If you work really hard you will earn a certificate, for your Progress File. The certificate may come from the Scottish Qualifications Authority.
Managing Environmental Resources
Access 1 and Access 2
Planning a Herb Garden
PART 2
Student Activities
Student activities
The activities undertaken by the students are grouped to match the three outcomes of the unit D553 08 MER: Planning an Environmental Area (Access 2).
Section 1 identifying a suitable environmental area contains three activities relating to Outcome 1
Section 2 identifying suitable plants, and tools for the herb garden contains two activities relating to Outcome 2
Section 3 planning the main features of the herb garden contains two activities relating to Outcome 3
Examples of activities at the level of Access 1 are identified in each section.
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