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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

  1. 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

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

STUDENT’S ACTIVITY

STEP 1

INTRODUCTION

The teacher reviews the previous lesson on sources of farm power

Students pay attention

STEP 2

EXPLANATION

She lists the various forms with which crops could be classified

 

Students pay attention and participates

STEP 3

DEMONSTRATION

She discusses the classification of crops based on their uses

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 CROPS

Crops can be classified based on:

  1. Their uses
  2. Their life span
  • Their morphology
  1. Classification of Crops based on their Uses: Crops can be classified based on their uses as:
  2. 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.
  3. Pulse crops (Legumes): They are leguminous crops that are rich in protein e.g. soya beans groundnut, pigeon pea, cowpea etc.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. Spices: They are those crops that give flavour to our food e.g. onions, ginger, garlic, pepper etc.
  8. Beverage Crops: These are those crops used to make beverages e.g. cocoa, tea, coffee etc
  9. 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.
  10. Fibre Crops: They are crops used for making clothing materials, ropes and bags e.g. cotton, sisal, hibiscus etc.
  11. 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

  1. Discuss the classification of crops based on their uses,                              give examples of each

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively