Grade 12 · FET Phase (Grades 10–12)

Grade 12 Agricultural Sciences: topics by term

Grade 12 Agricultural Sciences: what the CAPS curriculum covers in each of the four terms, with the official documents to download and ways the AlignWellz AI tutor can help.

Grade 12 Agricultural Sciences topics by term

Term 1

Animal nutrition

Digestion in the non-ruminant (pig/fowl) and ruminants (cow)
Components of feed
Digestibility of feeds
Quality of feed, energy value of feeds and nutritive ratio
Types of feed
Planning a feed flow programme

Animal production

Increasing animal production
Intensive farming
Extensive farming
Animal shelter/protection/housing
Behaviour and handling of farm animals

Animal reproduction

Male and female reproductive systems
Synchronization of oestrus and mating
Artificial mating
Embryo transplantation/transfer (ET)
Nuclear transfer (Cloning)

Term 2

Animal reproduction

Birth/parturition and dystocia
Milk Production/lactation

Animal diseases and protection

Viral and bacterial diseases
Protozoan and fungal diseases
Internal parasites/endoparasites
External Parasites/ectoparasites
Plant and metallic salt poisoning
The role of government in Animal Health

Basic Agricultural Genetics

Monohybrid inheritance
Dihybrid inheritance
The pattern of inheritance
Variation and mutation
Selection

Term 3

Basic Agricultural Genetics

Genetic modification/genetic engineering

Agric-production factors

Production factors
Capital and management
Price determination and demand/supply
Market equilibrium
Agricultural marketing systems
Agricultural entrepreneurship and business planning

Source: CAPS Agricultural Sciences Grades 10-12, section 3 (annual teaching plan for Grades 10, 11 and 12).

How the AlignWellz tutor helps with Agricultural Sciences

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Official downloads

These files are hosted by the Department of Basic Education, so you always get their current version. Workbooks are large PDFs, best downloaded on Wi-Fi. The DBE doesn't publish a workbook for this subject.

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Grade 12 Agricultural Sciences: common questions

Is the order of topics the same at every school?

Not necessarily. CAPS is the national framework, and the order of topics inside it is not prescriptive, so the term-by-term plan here is the Department of Basic Education's suggested sequence. Your child's school (or your homeschool plan) may teach topics in a different order, so check with their teacher. AlignWellz puts your child's own worksheets, homework and textbooks first.

Can an AI tutor help with Grade 12 Agricultural Sciences?

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