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Week: 8

Class: Junior Secondary School 1

Term: 1st Term

Age: 12 years

Duration: 40 minutes of 2 periods

Date:

Subject: Agriculture

Topic:-       Crop plant forms

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to

  1. State the functions of the leaves and flowers
  2. Differentiate between terrestrial and aquatic plants

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES: Identification, explanation, questions and answers, demonstration, videos from source

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: Videos, loud speaker, textbook, pictures

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1-2

PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

STUDENT’S ACTIVITY

STEP 1

INTRODUCTION

The teacher revises the previous lesson on the crop plant forms

Students pay attention

STEP 2

EXPLANATION

She explains the functions of the leaves and flowers

Students pay attention and participates

STEP 3

DEMONSTRATION

She then discusses the differences between terrestrial and aquatic plants citing examples

Students pay attention and participate

STEP 4

NOTE TAKING

The teacher writes a summarized note on the board

The students copy the note in their books

 

NOTE

LEAVES

The leaf is usually attached to the stem by a leaf stock called the petiole. Leafs can be divided into two: simple leaf and compound leaf.

Simple leaf is usually one piece while compound leaf is divided into smaller units called leaflets.

Functions of the leaves

  1. makes food for other plants of the plant(photosynthesis)
  2. permits air to enter through the small opening called stomata
  3. as a source of protein
  4. to make manure
  5. to feed livestock
  6. can be used for drug manufacturing
  7. can be sold locally to make money
  8. used for vegetative propagation

 

FLOWERS

This is the part of the plant responsible for reproduction which begins with the process of pollination. Pollination is simply when pollen grains are carried from anther of on flower to the stigma of another/same flower. After pollination, flowers develop into fruits. These fruits contain seeds which are used to propagate new plants

 

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TERRESTRIAL AND AQUATIC PLANTS

  1. Aquatic plants: these are plants that live and grow in different kinds of water bodies. Examples of aquatic plants are pandana palm, raphia vinefera etc
  2. Terrestrial plants: these are plants that live and complete their life cycle on the land or ground. Examples of terrestrial plants are cocoa, rubber, oil palm etc

 

EVALUATION:    1. Write short note on

  1. leaves
  2. flowers
  3. state the functions of leaves
  4. Differentiate between aquatic and terrestrial plants citing examples

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively