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Digging tools + Deficiency and malnutrition

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TERM: 3rd Term

WEEK: 5

CLASS: Primary 4

AGE: 9 years

DURATION: 40 minutes of 2 periods each
DATE:

SUBJECT: Prevocational Studies

TOPIC:       -        Digging tools

                   -        Deficiency and malnutrition

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

  1. Identify and describe the use of digging tools
  2. Explain deficiency and malnutrition
  3. Discuss the deficiency diseases of each nutrient

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES: Identification, explanation, playway method, questions and answers, demonstration.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: Charts of a well nourished child and a mal-nourished child, hoe, shovel, spade, pick axe  

PERIOD 1 and 2:

PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

PUPIL’S ACTIVITY

STEP 1

INTRODUCTION

The teacher revises the previous lesson on agricultural tillage tools and deficiency and malnurition

Pupils pay attention

STEP 2

EXPLANATION

She explains the digging tools

1. Hoe is used for clearing the weeds.

 

2. Spade is used for digging the ground and  loosening the ground

 

3. Pick axe is used for breaking hard surfaces.  

 

4. Shovel is used for digging.

Pupils pay attention

STEP 3

DEMONSTRATION

She explains the meaning of deficiency and malnutrition

Deficiency the quality or state of being defective or of lacking some necessary nutrients

 

Malnutrition is the condition that develops when the body is deprived of vitamins, minerals and other nutrients it needs to maintain healthy tissues and organ function. Malnutrition occurs in people who are either undernourished or overnourished.

 

She further outlines the deficiency disease of each nutrient

1. Protein- kwashiorkor

2. carbohydrates- marasmus

3. Vitamin- rickets, scurvy, anaemia

4. Fats and Oils- dermatitis, alopecia, Heart diseases, Colon cancer.

5. Minerals- goiter, excessive bleeding, anaemia

6. Water- Dehydration

Pupils pay attention

STEP 4

NOTE TAKING

The teacher writes on the board while the pupils copy the note

Pupils copy the note

 

NOTE

Digging tools

  1. Hoe is used for clearing the weeds.
  2. Spade is used for digging the ground and loosening the ground
  3. Pick axe is used for breaking hard surfaces.
  4. Shovel is used for digging.

 

Deficiency and malnutrition

Deficiency the quality or state of being defective or of lacking some necessary nutrients

Malnutrition is the condition that develops when the body is deprived of vitamins, minerals and other nutrients it needs to maintain healthy tissues and organ function. Malnutrition occurs in people who are either undernourished or overnourished.

Deficiency disease of each nutrient

  1. Protein- kwashiorkor
  2. carbohydrates- marasmus
  3. Vitamin- rickets, scurvy, anaemia
  4. Fats and Oils- dermatitis, alopecia, Heart diseases, Colon cancer.
  5. Minerals- goiter, excessive bleeding, anaemia
  6. Water- Dehydration

EVALUATION:    1. What are digging tools?

  1. Give three examples of digging tools and state what they are used for
  2. Define these terms
  3. deficiency b. malnutrition
  4. Outline the deficiency diseases of each of the six classes of food

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the pupils positively and marks their books



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