Accounting – Leaving Certificate

Welcome to our all new Leaving Certificate Agricultural Science course with your teacher Lorraine Harrahil.

Course Content

1. Introduction, Exam structure & Farm Safety

2. Animal Physiology Digestive System

3. Animal Physiology Digestive System

4. Rock Type and Soil Formation

 5. Physical Properties of Soil

6. Chemical Propertiesof Soil

 7. Biological Factors and Soil Fertility

8. Fertilisers and Manure

 9. The Scientific Method & Experimentation

10. Mammalian Reproductive System

 11. Sheep – Breeds and Breeding Principles

12. Beef Production

13. Crop Production and Management

14. Potatoes

15. Catch Crops (HIGHER LEVEL ONLY)

16. Grassland

17. Sowing and Reseeding

18. Dairy

19. Pig Production

20. Animal Health and Disease

21. Plant Physiology

22. Plant Classification

23. Environment and Sustainable Farming

24. Experiment Revision 2022

• Linear Motion
• Vectors
• Relative Velocity
• Projecties
• Connected Particles
• Impacts and Collisions
• Statics
• Rotational Bodies
• Differential Equations

• Exam Paper analysis
• The study of Life - The Scientific Method, The Characteristics of Life Nutrition
• General Principles of Ecology and A Study of an Ecosystem
• The Cell - Cell Structure, Cell Metabolism, Cell Continuity, Cell Diversity and Genetics
• The Organism - Diversity of Organisms, Organisation and the Vascular Structures, Transport and Nutrition.

• People in Business
• Law of Contract
• Solving Consumer and Industrial Conflict
• Enterprise
• Management Skills: Leadership and Motivation, Communication,
• Management Activities, Human Resource Management
• Change in Business, Ratio Analysis
• Tax & Insurance, Finance and Banking
• Stages in the development of a new product or service
• Introduction to Marketing, Marketing mix, Business Expansion
• Types of Business Organisations
• Categories of Industry and Community Development
• The Economy, Ethical and International Business
• The European Union

• History of the Atom, Structure of atom & energy levels
• Periodic Table, Bonding, Bonding Shapes
• Trends and Redox, Molar Calculations
• Acids and Bases
• HL Titrations
• Water Chemistry, Water Experiments and Rates of Reaction
• Gas Laws, Chemical Equilibrium
• Organic Chemistry & Fuels
• Heat of Reaction & Hess’s Law (HL)
• Organic Families, Organic Experiments, Organic Reactions (HL)
• Instrumentation and Radiation
• Redox & electrolysis
• Option Chapters

Welcome to our all new Leaving Certificate Construction Studies course with your teacher Sean Merrins

Course Contents

Course Overview and Planning Permission

 Site selection, Design and Project Planning

Site Safety

Foundations , Ground Floors and Board Drawing

Radon gas and floor types

Internal and External Walls

Timber frame Construction

U- Value

Openings in Walls

Windows and Board Drawings

Roofs

Insulation and Ventilation

Accessibility

Day Practical Marking Out

 Resigning upgrading existing dwelling (Q3)

Environmental Sustainability and NZEB Homes (Q6)

Passive House (Q10)

Mechanical Heat Recovery System (Q10)

• An Introduction to Economics
• The Theory of Demand
• The Theory of Supply
• Price Elasticity
• Production Costs
• Perfect/ Imperfect Competition
• Micro Economics
• Monopolies
• Sample Exam Paper Analysis