Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Junior Secondary School 1

Week: 6

Class: Junior Secondary School 1

Term: 2^nd Term

Age: 12 years

Duration: 40 minutes of 2 periods

Date:

Subject: Agriculture

Topic:-       Classification of farm animals based on their digestive system

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

1. Classify farm animals based on their digestive system

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 classification of farm animals based on their environment/habitat	Students pay attention
STEP 2 EXPLANATION	She further discusses the classification of farm animals based on their digestive system	Students pay attention and participates
STEP 3 DEMONSTRATION	She then gives examples of such animals	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

CLASSIFICATION OF FARM ANIMALS BASED ON THEIR DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

1. Ruminants: these are animals that have complex stomach made up of four chambers which include rumen, reticulum, omasum and the abomasums. Ruminant animals are able to bring up food already swallowed back to the mouth to chew again. This is called chewing the cud. Some examples of ruminant animals are cattle, goats and sheep
2. Non ruminants: These are animals with only one simple stomach. They are unable to bring back already swallowed food. Some examples of non ruminant animals are pig, guinea pig, rabbits, fowl etc

EVALUATION:    1. Classify animals based on their digestive systems

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively