Senior Cycle Agricultural Science – Cross-Cutting Themes Tarsia Bundle

Master the modern cross-cutting themes of Senior Cycle Agricultural Science with this comprehensive Tarsia revision bundle designed for Senior Cycle students.

This engaging resource pack helps students actively revise the key concepts, terminology, policies, and technologies that connect across multiple strands of the Agricultural Science specification.

Built using accurate Agricultural Science terminology and modern Irish agricultural language, these Tarsia activities reinforce scientific literacy, sustainability awareness, farm technology, genetics, animal welfare, and policy understanding through active learning and retrieval practice.

What’s Included

• Multiple Tarsia revision activities
• Hexagon and triangle formats
• Curriculum-focused terminology and definitions
• Modern Irish agriculture terminology
• Cross-topic revision and retrieval practice
• Ready-to-print classroom activities
• Suitable for Higher Level Agricultural Science revision

Topics Covered

Sustainability & Environment

• Carbon footprint
• Carbon sequestration
• Greenhouse gases
• Biodiversity
• LESS technology
• Buffer zones
• Nutrient management
• Climate change
• Emissions intensity

Genetics & Biotechnology

• Selective breeding
• Genomic selection
• CRISPR and TALEN
• SNPs
• Genetic engineering
• Cloning
• Progeny testing
• Antimicrobial resistance

Modern Farm Technology

• Robot milkers
• GPS auto-steer
• Plate meters
• Drafting gates
• MooCall and heat collars
• Trailing shoe and dribble bar systems
• Biodigesters
• Precision agriculture
• PastureBase Ireland

Policy, Economics & Quality Assurance

• CAP
• ACRES
• BISS
• TAMS
• SCEP
• EBI
• Euro-Star ratings
• Farm to Fork Strategy
• European Green Deal
• Bord Bia Quality Assurance systems

Animal Welfare & Biosecurity

• Biosecurity
• Vaccination
• Quarantine
• Five Freedoms
• Antibiotic resistance
• Animal welfare principles
• Disease prevention and hygiene

Animal Nutrition

• Metabolisable energy
• Net energy
• Crude protein
• Feed conversion ratio
• DMD and dry matter
• Silage and concentrates
• TMR feeding
• DLWG and ADG

Why This Resource Works

✅ Reinforces modern Agricultural Science terminology
✅ Uses concise and scientifically accurate definitions
✅ Encourages active recall and collaborative learning
✅ Links sustainability, science, and modern farming practices
✅ Supports structured and short-answer revision
✅ Helps students build confidence with specification terminology
✅ Ready-to-print and reusable classroom activities
✅ Excellent for retrieval practice and revision classes

Perfect For

• Senior Cycle Agricultural Science students
• Higher Level revision classes
• Classroom stations and active learning
• Independent study and homework
• Teachers looking for modern, curriculum-aligned resources
• Retrieval practice and revision preparation

Format

• Printable PDF Tarsia activities
• Digital download
• Reusable classroom revision resource
• Suitable for repeated use throughout the course

Learning Outcomes

Students will be able to:

• Recall key cross-cutting Agricultural Science terminology
• Explain sustainability and environmental concepts
• Identify modern farm technologies and agricultural policies
• Apply genetics and nutrition terminology accurately
• Improve confidence with Agricultural Science revision and assessment questions

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