NERDC Grade 6 PVS Agricultural Science Curriculum for Primary 6. Farm Produce, Marketing and Farm Records –Schemeofwork.com
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THEME 1: PRODUCE PACKAGING, MARKETING AND FARM RECORDS
Week 1
Topic: Preservation of Farm Produce
Performance objectives
- State what farm produce preservation means.
- Give reasons why farm produce should be preserved.
- State methods of farm produce preservation.
Contents
- Meaning of farm produce preservation.
- Reasons for preservation of farm produce:
- retain freshness,
- reduce loss,
- prolong shelf life,
- prevent possible, contamination and infection from unpreserved food items
- Methods of farms produce preservation:
- Sun-drying,
- Smoking,
- salting,
- frying,
- Refrigeration,
- canning,
- bagging,
- Bottling etc
Teacher’s Activities
- Provides beans and maize grains with holes and discuss why they have holes.
- Guides Pupils to separate fresh from decaying spoilt food items (moldy and decaying).
- Guides Pupils to preserve food items using familiar method.
- Ask Pupils to make a list of foods processed and preserved by members of the family.
- Give a board summary
Student’s Activities
- Observe and identify reviled maize or beans.
- Discuss reasons for preserving food items.
- Observe procedure and do group practices of different preservation methods.
- Make a list of foods processed and preserved by family members.
- Copy board summary
Teaching & Learning Material
- Deviled unpreserved crops.
- Preserved/ fresh grains
- Frozen meat or fish.
- Bottled drink.
- Canned meat, fish, milk etc.
- Food items for preservation: – meat, fish, grains, cassava, yams, etc.
- Posters or charts showing the different methods of food preservation e.g. people frying/ smoking/ drying fish
Evaluation Guide
- Define and explain food preservation.
- State four reasons for preserving farms produce items.
- List five methods of farm produce preservation.
Week 2
Topic: Packaging Methods
Performance objectives
- Give reasons why farm produce are packaged
- Identify packaging materials
- Contents
- Why package farm produce?
- To make produce appealing to buyers,
- For ease of transportation,
- For proper identification,
- Packaging items:
- Cans,
- Cellophane wrappers,
- Cardboard boxes,
- Baskets,
- – Cages.
Teacher’s Activities
- Produce some agricultural packaging for local farm produce
- Explains reasons for packaging.
- Provides packaging items.
- Give a board summary
Student’s Activities
- Partake in the production of packaging items for fruits and vegetables, eggs, poultry chick
- Copy board summary
Teaching & Learning Material
- Canned food
- Sun-dried foods
- Smoked produce
- Fried food etc.
- Local packaging materials.
Evaluation Guide
- Give 3 reasons for packaging produce
- List 5 packaging items used in agriculture
NERDC Grade 6 PVS Agricultural Science Curriculum for Primary 6. Farm Produce, Marketing and Farm Records –Schemeofwork.com
Week 3
Topic: Marketing and Farm Records
Performance objectives
- Define marketing
- Explain marketing activities in agriculture,
- State the types of agricultural markets.
- Define farm records
- List farm records.
- State the uses of farm records.
- Keep good farm records.
Contents
- Definition of market and marketing
- Agricultural marketing activities
- Types of markets for agricultural produce
- Meaning of farm record.
- Types of farm records:
- Farm diary
- Cash record
- Production record
- Uses of farm record
- To know items in the farm.
- Quantity of farm produce realized
- Amount of money realized from sales
- Record Keeping:
- Daily diary of events on the farm.
Teacher’s Activities
- Guides classroom discussion.
- Guides pupils to write proper and correct records of activities in their note books (diary)
- Give a board summary
Student’s Activities
- Classroom discussion
- Record all activities in the farm diary
- Copy board summary
Teaching & Learning Material
- Real agricultural product in the localities.
- Charts of agricultural products
- Charts of simple farm records
Evaluation Guide
- State what is meant by a market
- Give simple explanation of marketing.
- List three agricultural marketing activities.
- Mention four types of agricultural markets.
- Define farm records.
- List three types of record that can be kept in the farm.
- State four uses of farm records.
- Record the activities carried out on the school farm.
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