Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Senior Secondary School 1

Term: 3^rd Term

Week: 2

Class: Senior Secondary School 1

Age: 15 years

Duration: 40 minutes of 2 periods each

Date:       

Subject:    Agriculture

Topic:-      Farm machinery and equipment, uses and maintenance II

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

1. Define farm machinery
2. Give examples of farm machinery, state their uses and how to maintain them

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 reviews the previous lesson on farm machinery and equipment	Students pay attention
STEP 2 EXPLANATION	She defines farm machinery and equipment	Students pay attention and participates
STEP 3 DEMONSTRATION	She gives examples of farm machinery, states their uses and describes how they can be maintained	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

FARM MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT, USES AND MAINTENANCE

6. INCUBATORS

Incubators are made in varying sizes and designs.  It uses different types of fuel (e.g oil lamp, electricity, etc) to supply the heat required.

Function/Use

Incubators are machines used for hatching fertilized eggs artificially.  It takes 21 days for fertilized eggs of domestic fowl to develop and hatch in incubators

Types of Incubators include natural Milking Machines

Milking machines

The milking machine is made up of an electric motor, vacuum pump, source of power, trap pail, vacuum controller, gauge, pap, milk tank and four teat cups

 

Function/Uses

Milking machines are used for milking or extracting fresh milk mechanically from the udder of cattle (cow) and other milk – producing animals like sheep (ewe) and goat (doe).

Other tools/Equipment used in Dairy Cattle Farm

Common tools/equipment apart from milking machine used in dairy cattle farm include:

1. Feed trough
2. Cheese cloth
3. Milking chute
4. Health and medical tools
5. Silage fork
6. Milk test cup
7. Drenching bottles
8. Milking pails
9. Loading ramp/chute
10. Tattoing/numbering tools
11. Auger
12. Water trough
13. Control halters/ropes
14. Forage driers
15. Baler
16. Burdizzo
17. Buckets
18. Washing scale
19. Forage harvester

 

7. THE PLOUGH

The plough is a primary tillage (or soil cultivation) implement.  It is the first implement required in land preparation.  It is mainly driven by either work animals or tractor.

 

8. HARROWS

Harrow is a secondary tillage implement also used for land preparation.  It can also be driven by work animals or a tractor.  It is used immediately after ploughing and before ridging.  The harrow is an instrument designed to break up soil lumps and level the surface after ploughing.

The Popular type of harrow is the disc harrow.  It works on the same principles as the disc ploughs. 

 

Function/Uses of Disc Harrow

1. It helps to break up soil lumps created by plough.
2. It pulverizes the soil and puts it in better tilth or fine particles and levels the soil.
3. It is used to remove weeds.
4. It is used to cover seeds and fertilizers with soil.
5. It helps to spread organic manure on the field and mixes them with soil.

 

EVALUATION:   1. Explain the meaning of farm machinery and equipment

2. Give examples of farm machinery, state their uses and                              how to maintain them

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively