PVS: Agricultural Curriculum for Primary 6

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NERDC Grade 6 PVS Agricultural Science Curriculum for Primary 6. Farm Produce, Marketing and Farm Records Schemeofwork.com

THEME 1: PRODUCE PACKAGING, MARKETING AND FARM RECORDS

Week 1

Topic:    Preservation of Farm Produce

Performance objectives

  1. State what farm produce preservation means.
  2. Give reasons why farm produce should be preserved.
  3. State methods of farm produce preservation.

Contents

  1. Meaning of farm produce preservation.
  2. Reasons for preservation of farm produce:
    1. retain freshness,
    1. reduce loss,
    1. prolong shelf life,
    1. prevent possible, contamination and infection from unpreserved food items
  3. Methods of farms produce preservation:
    1. Sun-drying,
    1. Smoking,
    1. salting,
    1. frying,
    1. Refrigeration,
    1. canning,
    1. bagging,
    1. Bottling etc

Teacher’s Activities

  1. Provides beans and maize grains with holes and discuss why they have holes.
  2. Guides Pupils to separate fresh from decaying spoilt food items (moldy and decaying).
  3. Guides Pupils to preserve food items using familiar method.
  4. Ask Pupils to make a list of foods processed and preserved by members of the family.
  5. Give a board summary

Student’s Activities

  1. Observe and identify reviled maize or beans.
  2. Discuss reasons for preserving food items.
  3. Observe procedure and do group practices of different preservation methods.
  4. Make a list of foods processed and preserved by family members.
  5. Copy board summary

Teaching & Learning Material  

  1. Deviled unpreserved crops.
  2. Preserved/ fresh grains
  3. Frozen meat or fish.
  4. Bottled drink.
  5. Canned meat, fish, milk etc.
  6. Food items for preservation: – meat, fish, grains, cassava, yams, etc.
  7. Posters or charts showing the different methods of food preservation e.g. people frying/ smoking/ drying fish

Evaluation Guide

  1. Define and explain food preservation.
  2. State four reasons for preserving farms produce items.
  3. List five methods of farm produce preservation.

Week 2

Topic: Packaging Methods

Performance objectives

  1. Give reasons why farm produce are packaged
  2. Identify packaging materials
  3. Contents
  4. Why package farm produce?
    • To make produce appealing to buyers,
    • For ease of transportation,
    • For proper identification,
  5. Packaging items:
    • Cans,
    • Cellophane wrappers,
    • Cardboard boxes,
    • Baskets,
    • – Cages.

Teacher’s Activities        

  1. Produce some agricultural packaging for local farm produce
  2. Explains reasons for packaging.
  3. Provides packaging items.
  4. Give a board summary

Student’s Activities

  1. Partake in the production of packaging items for fruits and vegetables, eggs, poultry chick
  2. Copy board summary

Teaching & Learning Material  

  1. Canned food
  2. Sun-dried foods
  3. Smoked produce
  4. Fried food etc.
  5. Local packaging materials.

Evaluation Guide

  1. Give 3 reasons for packaging produce
  2. 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

  1. Define marketing
  2. Explain marketing activities in agriculture,
  3. State the types of agricultural markets.
  4. Define farm records
  5. List farm records.
  6. State the uses of farm records.
  7. Keep good farm records.

Contents

  1. Definition of market and marketing
  2. Agricultural marketing activities
  3. Types of markets for agricultural produce
  4. Meaning of farm record.
  5. Types of farm records:
    • Farm diary
    • Cash record
    • Production record
  6. Uses of farm record
    1. To know items in the farm.
    1. Quantity of farm produce realized
    1. Amount of money realized from sales
  7. Record Keeping:
    • Daily diary of events on the farm.

Teacher’s Activities        

  1. Guides classroom discussion.
  2. Guides pupils to write proper and correct records of activities in their note books (diary)
  3. Give a board summary

Student’s Activities

  1. Classroom discussion
  2. Record all activities in the farm diary
  3. Copy board summary

Teaching & Learning Material  

  1. Real agricultural product in the localities.
  2. Charts of agricultural products
  3. Charts of simple farm records

Evaluation Guide

  1. State what is meant by a market
  2. Give simple explanation of marketing.
  3. List three agricultural marketing activities.
  4. Mention four types of agricultural markets.
  5. Define farm records.
  6. List three types of record that can be kept in the farm.
  7. State four uses of farm records.
  8. Record the activities carried out on the school farm.

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