Term: 3rd Term
Week: 8
Class: Senior Secondary School 1
Age: 15 years
Duration: 40 minutes of 2 periods each
Date:
Subject: Agriculture
Topic:- Classification of crops I
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to
- Classify crops based on their uses
INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES: Identification, explanation, questions and answers, demonstration, videos from source
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: Videos, loud speaker, textbook, pictures
INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES
PERIOD 1-2
PRESENTATION
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TEACHER’S ACTIVITY
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STUDENT’S ACTIVITY
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STEP 1
INTRODUCTION
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The teacher reviews the previous lesson on sources of farm power
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Students pay attention
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STEP 2
EXPLANATION
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She lists the various forms with which crops could be classified
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Students pay attention and participates
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STEP 3
DEMONSTRATION
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She discusses the classification of crops based on their uses
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Students pay attention and participate
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STEP 4
NOTE TAKING
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The teacher writes a summarized note on the board
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The students copy the note in their books
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NOTE
CLASSIFICATION OF CROPS
Crops can be classified based on:
- Their uses
- Their life span
- Classification of Crops based on their Uses: Crops can be classified based on their uses as:
- Cereal crops: They are those crops grown mainly for their grains. They are mostly grasses e.g. rice, millets, wheat, barley and maize. They are rich in carbohydrate.
- Pulse crops (Legumes): They are leguminous crops that are rich in protein e.g. soya beans groundnut, pigeon pea, cowpea etc.
- Fruit Crops: They are those crops that are rich in vitamins and mineral salts. e.g. orange, grape, mango, paw-paw, banana, avocado pear, pineapple, guava etc.
- Root and Tuber Crops: They are those crops grown mainly for their root and tuber, they are rich in carbohydrates e.g. cassava, yam, coco yam, lrish potato, sweet potato etc.
- Vegetable Crops: They are also rich in vitamins and minerals. They may be leafy vegetable or fruit vegetable e.g. tomatoes, okro, water-leaf, spinach, pumpkin, bitter leaf etc.
- Spices: They are those crops that give flavour to our food e.g. onions, ginger, garlic, pepper etc.
- Beverage Crops: These are those crops used to make beverages e.g. cocoa, tea, coffee etc
- Latex Crops: They are those crops that secret latex used by rubber industries to produce rubber materials like plastic containers, tyres, soles of shoes etc.
- Fibre Crops: They are crops used for making clothing materials, ropes and bags e.g. cotton, sisal, hibiscus etc.
- Oil Crops: They are those crops that can provide oil when processed e.g. oil palm, groundnut, melon, coconut, soybean, cotton etc
EVALUATION: 1. State the various forms crops can be classified into
- Discuss the classification of crops based on their uses, give examples of each
CLASSWORK: As in evaluation
CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively