Third Term Agric Lesson Note for Primary 5
ACCESS ALL LESSON NOTES
ACCESS ALL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
ACCESS ALL WORKSHEETS
ACCESS ALL JOBS ACCESS
ACCESS WAEC QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Week 1&2
Topic: pest and diseases
Subtitle: pest and diseases of crop plants
Learning Objectives: At the end of this lesson, pupils should be able to:
1.Define pest and diseases.
2. list some common pest and diseases
3. mention the effect of pest and diseases
4. state the method of controlling pest.
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS:
The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of: charts and pictures showing the different types of house.
Resources and Materials:
Scheme of work
All relevant materials
9-Years Basic Education Curriculum
Online information
.Building Background/connection to prior knowledge: pupils are familiar with the topic in their previous classes.
Content
Pests are animals that damage agricultural produce by feeding on them. Common pests of crops are insects, birds, bats, rodents and monkeys. Diseases are abnormalities in the growth of crops. Common diseases of crops include
Maize smut, groundnut rosette, cassava mosaic, tomato rot, yam rot, cassava leaf blight
And rice smut.
Pests and diseases have these adverse effects on the growth and development crop plants:
1. Pests reduce the growth of crop plants by eating up their leaves.
2. Pests and diseases reduce the yield of crop plants by reducing the quality of fruits and seeds harvested.
3. They reduce the quality of farm produce and stored grains.
4. Some pests transmit diseases to human by poisoning and contaminating harvested produce of crop plants meant for human consumption. Crop plants mostly affected by pests and diseases arE cereals, tubers, legumes, fruits and vegetables
COMMON PEST
The pests that affect them are
Insects
rodents,
birds
Bat
monkeys.
Insect pests
The insects that damage cereal crops include stem borers, weevils and army worms. The stem borer damages the crops by boring holes into, and chewing the stems of maize, sugarcane, sorghum and rice. It also damages the cobs of maize.
Rodents
The common rodents that damage cereal crops are rats and grass cutters. They also damage the young seedlings of cereal crops.
.
Birds
Common birds that damage cereal crops include weaver birds, quells and bush fowls. Weaver birds eat up mature grains of cereals, such as rice, maize and guinea corn. They also tear off parts of the leaves of the crops for making their nests. This reduces the yield of crops. Bush fowls feed on mature grains of cereal crops.
Methods of controlling pests
1. Maintain adequate farm hygiene.
2. Plant crops in time.
3. Treat seeds with protective chemicals.
4. Trap and kill rodents.
5. Use scarecrows to keep off birds.
Strategies& Activities:
Step: Teacher revises the previous topic.
Step 2: Teacher introduces the new topic.
Step3: Teacher explains the new topic.
Step4: Teacher welcomes pupils questions.
Step5: Teacher evaluates the pupils.
Assessment & Evaluation:
1. Define pest and diseases.
2. List some common pest and diseases
3. Mention the effect of pest and diseases
4. State the method of controlling pest.
(WRAP-UP CONCLUSION)
Teacher goes over the topic once again to enhance better understanding.
ASSIGNMENT
1. List four crop diseases and the agents that cause them.
2. Name five common pests of farm animals. Mention and describe the damage they do to crops.
3. List three specific methods of controlling pests of tuber crops.
4. List three specific methods of controlling diseases of cereal crops.5.
5. List three adverse effects of using chemicals to control pests of crop plants
Week 3
Topic: CROP DISEASES
Subtitle: CASUAL AGENT OF CROP DISEASES
Learning Objectives: At the end of this lesson, pupils should be able to:
1.explain crop diseases
2.Identify common diseases on our farm
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS:
The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of: charts
Resources and Materials:
Scheme of work
All relevant materials
9-Years Basic Education Curriculum
Online information
.Building Background/connection to prior knowledge: pupils are familiar with the topic in their previous classes.
Content
A disease is an abnormal condition that damages a plant, reduce the yield of usefulness of man.
CASUAL AGENT OF CROPS DISEASES
1.Fungi
2. Bacteria
Virus
Nematodes
SOME COMMON CROP DISEASES
1.Maize smut
2. Cassava mosaics
3. Tomato rot
4. Blights
5. Root rot
6. Groundnut rosette
Strategies& Activities:
Step: Teacher revises the previous topic.
Step 2: Teacher introduces the new topic.
Step3: Teacher explains the new topic.
Step4: Teacher welcomes pupils questions.
Step5: Teacher evaluates the pupils.
Assessment & Evaluation:
.1.explain crop diseases
2.Identify common diseases on our farm
(WRAP-UP CONCLUSION)
Teacher goes over the topic once again to enhance better understanding.
ASSIGNMENT
1.state the meaning of farm diseases.
2. name five diseases in the locality.
WEEK 4
Topic: Raise school farm
Subtitle: Raise school farm (practice)
Learning Objectives: At the end of this lesson, pupils should be able to:
Mention some ways a school farm can be raised
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS:
The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of; Charts
Resources and Materials:
Scheme of work
All relevant materials
9-Years Basic Education Curriculum
Online information
.Building Background/connection to prior knowledge: pupils are familiar with the topic in their previous classes.
Content
PRE PLANTING ACTIVITIES
1. Choose a suitable site
2. Clearing of land and stumping
3. Selection of seedlings
4. Planting locally grown crops on ridges and beds in the school farm.
POST PLANTING ACTIVITIES
1. Watering, mulching, thinning and supply
2. Application of fertilizers
3. Weeding
4. Staking where necessary
5. Application of pesticides
6. Harvesting of mature crops.
Strategies& Activities:
Step: Teacher revises the previous topic.
Step 2: Teacher introduces the new topic.
Step3: Teacher explains the new topic.
Step4: Teacher welcomes pupils questions.
Step5: Teacher evaluates the pupils.
Assessment & Evaluation:
Mention some ways a school farm can be raised
(WRAP-UP CONCLUSION)
Teacher goes over the topic once again to enhance better understanding.
ASSIGNMENT
Mention 5 post planting activities for raising school farm
TO GET YOUR COMPLETE LESSON NOTE AT AN AFFORDABLE PRICE, HIT THE WHATSAPP BUTTON BELOW
ACCESS ALL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
ACCESS WAEC QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
