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Week: 8

Class: Junior Secondary School 2

Term: 3rd Term

Age: 13 years

Duration: 40 minutes of 2 periods

Date:

Subject: Agriculture

Topic:-       Meaning and types of forests

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

  1. Define forest
  2. Explain the types of forests

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 methods of rearing fishes

Students pay attention

STEP 2

EXPLANATION

The teacher explains the meaning of forest

Students pay attention and participates

STEP 3

DEMONSTRATION

She further discusses the types of forests

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

FORESTS

A forest is an ecological habitat where trees, other plants and many animals co-exist. The trees are usually tall and woody.

 

TYPES OF FORESTS

  1. Mangrove forest: This is located in swamps of the coastal creeks, estuaries and lagoons of southern Nigeria. The trees dominant there are red and white mangroves, palm trees and lianas.
  2. Rain forest: In this area, rain falls for about 8-9 months every year and humidity is also very high. Trees found in this area are oil palm, iroko, mahogany, rubber, obeche, opepe, afara etc
  3. The savanna zones: it covers 80% of the country. The zone is divided into

       i. Derived savanna: it is characterized by few fire tolerant savanna species and a few forest trees

       ii. Guinea savanna: it is the largest vegetation belt in Nigeria. This region is characterized by natural grassland, spares woodland or trees. Trees such as Isoberlina dokii, Isoberlina tomentosa, parkia clappertonia(locust bean), bytysperimum parkii(shea butter tree) etc are dominant in this region

      iii. Sudan savanna: Rainfall here lasts 2-3 months and relative humidity is very low. The vegetation is a mixture of shoot grasses and short-topped trees

      iv. Sahel savanna: The vegetation is sparse and is made up of short grasses and scattered shrubs. The dry season there is about 8-9 months in the year.

 

EVALUATION:    1. Explain the meaning of forests

  1. Discuss the types of forest

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively