Plan a Backyard or Rooftop Mini Farm

Task: You will be designing a mini farm that will be able to sustain you and your family. You will be designing and researching for proper materials.

Research: Use this link to start you off http://www.farmstart.ca/resources/

In your plan, you need:

1. Type of Farm: Beehive? Chicken coop? Vegetable farm?

2. Goal: How much you need to produce

3. Research: What websites did you use?

4. Materials: What do you need on your farm? Make a list of everything.

5. Design: A drawing of your mini farm with proper labels. Colour is mandatory.

6. Finances: Cost breakdown of the big materials.

Example of Design:

Make this assignment LOOK NICE. Make sure you have a title page and proper headers.

Rubric:

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Design

Missing required specifications

Lacking organization and/or required specifications

Design has all required elements

Design has neat labels, easy to follow, all materials present, colour used

Research

Missing required specifications

Less than 3 sources used

3 sources used

More than 3 sources used

Requirements

Missing required specifications

Lacking on some requirements – not fully developed

Final package is complete with all specified requirements

Final package is complete with all specified requirements and has impressive/professional appearance