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Term: 3rd Term

Week: 9

Class: Senior Secondary School 1

Age: 15 years

Duration: 40 minutes of 2 periods each

Date:       

Subject:    Agriculture

Topic:-      Classification of crops II

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

  1. Classify crops based on their life span and morphology

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 classification of crops based on their uses

Students pay attention

STEP 2

EXPLANATION

She discusses the classification of crops based on their life span

 

Students pay attention and participates

STEP 3

DEMONSTRATION

She discusses the classification of crops based on their morphology

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 BASED ON THEIR LIFE SPAN

  1. Annual Crops: They are crops which grow and mature within one year e.g. melon, maize, rice, wheat, groundnut, cowpea, cotton etc.    
  2. Biennial Crops: They are crops which grow and mature within two years e.g. cassava, pepper, ginger etc.
  3. Perennial Crops: They are those crops that grow and mature in more than two years. There are two types of perennial crops
  4. Woody perennials that live for 3-10years e.g. paw-paw
  5. Herbecious Perennials that live 30-80 years e.g. Cocoa, oil palm, mango, orange, rubber etc.

 

CLASSIFICATION OF CROPS BASED ON THEIR FORM OR MORPHOLOGY

There are two classes of crops based or morphology; they are

  1. Monocotyledonous crops
  2. Dicotyledonous crops

Monocotyledonous Crops: They are those plants that have only one seed leaf with narrow leaf variation e.g. maize, wheat, millet, guinea corn etc.

Dicotyledonous Crops: They are those plant that have two seed leaves with brood leaves e.g. groundnut cowpea, soya bean, pigeon pea etc.

 

 EVALUATION: 1. Discuss the classification of crops based on their life                                    span, give examples of each

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

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively