2nd Term Week 2
Subject: Agricultural Science
Topic: Processes Involved in Raising Farm Crops.
Class: Primary 5 (Basic 5/ Grade 5)
Previous Knowledge : Learners have been taught crops and its classifications
Instructional Materials: Charts showing simple farm tools, samples of seeds and plant parts to be grown
Learning Objectives: By the end of the lesson, learners will be able to :
Define Farm crops
identify and list the tools used for raising crops
State the procedure for raising field crops
Content:
Farm crops are those crops that are produced on the farm with the use of farm tools such as cutlass, hoes, rakes, shovel, watering can, etc. Each of these tools are used for one activity or the other to clear and prepare the land before planting is done or carried out.
The process or procedures for raising field crops are as follows:
i. Choosing of site
ii. Land clearing
iii. Filling of stumping
iv. Ploughing
v. Harrowing
vi. Making of ridges
vii. Making of mound or heap
viii. Actual planting of seeds
In order to raise farm crops, the site needed has to be selected after which the site chosen is cleared with the use of cutlass, after the clearing of land, stumping which is the removal of tree stock from the land is done. The tree stock is the remains of trees after the top has been cut.
The land is ploughed with the use of plough. Ploughing, then harrowing which is the breaking down of large soil particles into finer substances, it is done with the use of harrow.
Then followed by ridge making and actual planting of the seed. In commercial farming, farm machineries are used while simple tools are used in subsistence farming.
Presentation Steps:
Step 1: Definition of farm crops and list examples
Step 2: Identify tools used for raising farm crops and state their uses
Step 3: List the procedures for raising farm crops
Step 4: Explains each processes involved in raising farm crops
Evaluation: The teacher reviews the lesson by asking the following questions :
1. Define farm crops. ____________________________________________________________________________________________
2. Mention ten simple farm tools used for raising farm crops :
_____________, _______________, ________________, _____________, _______________, ________________, _____________, _______________, ________________.
3. List the procedures for raising farm crops:
__________________ ___________________ __________________ ____________________ __________________ ____________________ __________________ ____________________.
4. _______________________ are used for subsistence farming while farm machineries are used for ____________________________.
Conclusion: At the end of the lesson, the learners were able to answer the questions correctly.