Agriculture Scheme of Work Primary 5 Lagos State

Lagos State Unified Agric Scheme of work for Primary School. Primary 5 Agriculture Scheme of Work. Basic 5 Agricultural Science. Schemeofwork

AGRICULTURE PRIMARY 5 FIRST TERM SCHEME

WEEK:  1

SUBJECT:

TOPIC: REVISION

WEEK:  2

SUBJECT: PVS (AGRICULTURE)

TOPIC: Crop production

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

• Define crop production;
• Identify different types of crops;
• Classify crop based on uses, life cycle and morphology

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

• Whole class brainstorm on the meaning of crops.
• Pupils, as a class, tell the names of crops provided by the teacher.
• Pupils, in small groups, categorize crops and give names of crops in each category.
• Pupils, in the same groups, create a crop album and submit at the next lesson.

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

• Critical thinking and problem solving.
• Communication and collaboration, leadership and personal development
• Citizenship, Creativity and imagination.

LEARNING RESOURCES

Display of different charts farm tools etc.

WEEK: 3

SUBJECT:

TOPIC:

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

• outline procedures for cultivating crops;
• identify pre-planting activities;
• carryout pre-planting operations on the farm

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

• Pupils watch a two minutes video on crop cultivation procedures and discuss what they have learnt as a class.
• Pupils, as a class, discuss pre-planting operations from the video they watched.
• Pupils, visit the school farm and demonstrate the activities of pre-planting operations

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

• Critical thinking and problem solving.
• Communication and collaboration, leadership and personal development
• Citizenship, Creativity and imagination.

LEARNING RESOURCES

AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES

WEEK: 4

SUBJECT: PVS (AGRICULTURE)

TOPIC: Planting activities

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

• describe planting activities;
• identify tools used in planting activities;
• carryout planting activities on the school farm and at home.

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

• Pupils, as a class, discuss the activities of planting.
• Pupils, as a class, prepare nursery beds using simple farm tools.
• Pupils, in small groups are given portion at the school farm to cultivate any crop of their choice

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

• Critical thinking and problem solving.
• Communication and collaboration, leadership and personal development
• Citizenship, Creativity and imagination.

LEARNING RESOURCES

Farm tools, charts, crops etc.

WEEK: 5

SUBJECT: PVS (Agriculture)

TOPIC: Post-planting activities

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

• explain post planting activities;
• outline examples of activities done during post planting;
• demonstrate fertilizer application on farm crop

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

• Pupils, as a class, see a short video on post planting operations and share what they have learnt with the class.
• Pupils, in small groups, discuss the various post planting activities and a leader present their thought to the class.
• Pupils, as a class, visit the school farm and practice the various post planting operations

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

• Critical thinking and problem solving.
• Communication and collaboration, leadership and personal development
• Citizenship, Creativity and imagination.

LEARNING RESOURCES

Farm tools, fertilizer, manure etc.

WEEK: 6

SUBJECT: PVS (Agriculture)

TOPIC: Harvesting activities

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

• describe the steps involved in harvesting crops;
• enumerate tools used in harvesting crops;
• Recognize the right time for harvesting crops.

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

• Whole class discussion on Harvesting
• Pupils, as a class, discuss the features of harvesting tools and how they are used
• Pupils, as a class, visit the schools farm and predict the time of harvest for each crops at the school farm.

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

• Critical thinking and problem solving.
• Communication and collaboration, leadership and personal development
• Citizenship, Creativity and imagination.

LEARNING RESOURCES

• Charts, farm tools video clips

WEEK: 7

SUBJECT: MID TERM BREAK

TOPIC:

WEEK: 8

SUBJECT: PVS {Agriculture)

TOPIC: Post harvesting activities: sorting grading and storage

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

• explain post harvesting activities;
• outline the importance of post harvesting activities;
• carryout sorting of harvested crops from the school farm.

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

• Pupils, as a class, see a short video on post harvesting activities and discuss what they learnt.
• Pupils, in small groups, discuss the importance of post harvesting activities and share with the class.
• Pupils, as a class, sort crops harvesting from the school farm.

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

• Critical thinking and problem solving.
• Communication and collaboration, leadership and personal development
• Citizenship, Creativity and imagination.

LEARNING RESOURCES

Video clips, baskets, farm tools etc.

WEEK: 9

SUBJECT: PVS (AGRICULTURE)

TOPIC: Preservation of harvested crops; silo, crib, yam barn, bagging.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

• Identify various methods of preserving harvested crops; .
• discuss the processes involved in preserving crops;
• justify the reason for preserving harvested crops.

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

• Whole class discussion on methods of preservation.
• Pupils, in small groups, discuss the different methods of preservation;
• discuss reasons for preserving food/crops.

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

• Critical thinking and problem solving.
• Communication and collaboration, leadership and personal development
• Citizenship, Creativity and imagination.

LEARNING RESOURCES

Harvested crops, baskets, silo etc.

WEEK: 10

SUBJECT:

TOPIC:

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

• Critical thinking and problem solving.
• Communication and collaboration, leadership and personal development
• Citizenship, Creativity and imagination.

LEARNING RESOURCES

AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES

Lagos State Unified Agric Scheme of work for Primary School. Primary 5 Agriculture Scheme of Work. Basic 5 Agricultural Science. Schemeofwork

AGRICULTURE PRIMARY 5 SECOND TERM

WEEK:  1

SUBJECT: REVISION

SUBJECT: PVS (HOME ECONOMICS)

TOPIC: Resumption test: Revision of last terms work

• Meaning and types family

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

• explain the meaning of family:
• discuss types of family;
• compare and contrast the features of each family types

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

• pupils as a class sing rhymes on family,
• pupils in small groups discuss family types

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

• Critical thinking and problem solving.
• Communication and collaboration, leadership and personal development
• Citizenship, Creativity and imagination.

LEARNING RESOURCES

• Device to play a song.
• Family pictures.

WEEK:  2

SUBJECT: PVS (Agriculture)

TOPIC: Weeds

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

• Define weeds;
• Identify common weeds in the farm;
• Create a weed album.

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

• Whole class discussion on the meaning of weed.
• Pupils, as a class, visit the school farm and remove weeds found in there.
• Pupils, in small groups, create a weed album stating the common names and submit at the next lesson.

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

• Critical thinking and problem solving.
• Communication and collaboration, leadership and personal development
• Citizenship, Creativity and imagination.

LEARNING RESOURCES

• Samples of weeds, charts etc.

WEEK: 3

SUBJECT: PVS (Agriculture)

TOPIC: Effects of weeds to farmers

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

• Identity the effect of weeds on crops and farmers:
• Suggest possible solutions to the problems

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

• Pupils, as a class, see a short video on effect of weeds on crops and discuss what they learnt.
• Pupils, as a class, visit the school farm, observe and discuss how weeds compete with crops for nutrients.
• Pupils, in small groups, discuss possible solutions to the effect of weeds on crops

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

• Critical thinking and problem solving.
• Communication and collaboration, leadership and personal development
• Citizenship, Creativity and imagination.

LEARNING RESOURCES

• Pictures of animals attacked by weed and farmland not attacked by weed

WEEK: 4

SUBJECT: PVS (Agriculture)

TOPIC: Control of weeds

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

• outline methods of controlling weeds;
• identify the importance of weed control in the farm;
• Control weeds at the school farm and within the school compound.

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

• Whole class discussion weeds control methods.
• Pupils, in small groups, discuss the importance of controlling weeds and share with the class.
• Pupils, as a class, visit the school farm and weed off the weeds found there using any tool of their choice.

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

• Critical thinking and problem solving.
• Communication and collaboration, leadership and personal development
• Citizenship, Creativity and imagination.

LEARNING RESOURCES

• Farm tools, charts, video clips

WEEK: 5

SUBJECT: PVS (Agriculture)

TOPIC: Benefits of weeds: animal feed, production of drugs, food to man.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

• enumerate the benefit of weeds to animals and man;
• discuss how weeds are used as medicine

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

• Pupils, as a class, discuss the benefit of weeds to both animals and man and share with the class.
• Pupils, as a class, see a short video on the use of weeds as medicine and share their thought with the class.

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

• Critical thinking and problem solving.
• Communication and collaboration, leadership and personal development
• Citizenship, Creativity and imagination.

LEARNING RESOURCES

• Charts, video clips etc.

WEEK: 6

SUBJECT: PVS (Agriculture)

TOPIC: Pest and diseases of crops

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

• define pests of crops;
• identify various insect pests.

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

• Whole class discussion the meaning of pest.
• Pupils, as a class, take a gallery work, inspect the charts showing different pests of crops pasted on the classroom wall and discuss about it.

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

• Critical thinking and problem solving.
• Communication and collaboration, leadership and personal development
• Citizenship, Creativity and imagination.

LEARNING RESOURCES

• Charts, video clips etc.

WEEK: 7

SUBJECT: Mid-term Test and Break

WEEK: 8

SUBJECT: PVS (Agriculture)

TOPIC: Classification of insect pests;

• piercing and sucking insect pest
• burrowing and boring insect pest

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

• classify insect pest according to their mouth parts;
• outline examples of insects in each group;
• justify the reason for classification

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

• Pupils, as a class, discuss the various groups of crop pests according to their mouth parts.
• Pupils, in small groups, discuss the importance of classification and share with the class.
• Pupils, in the same groups, create an album of pests and submit at the next lesson.

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

• Critical thinking and problem solving.
• Communication and collaboration, leadership and personal development
• Citizenship, Creativity and imagination.

LEARNING RESOURCES

• Charts

WEEK: 9

SUBJECT: PVS (Agriculture)

TOPIC: Damages caused by pests

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

• identify the damages caused by pests on crops;
• describe the damages caused by pest on crops;
• Provide solution on how to avoid pest damage.

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

• Whole class visit the school farm and collect samples of crops damaged by pests.
• Pupils, as a class, discuss the damages caused by pests and share with the class.
• Pupils, in small groups, discuss solutions to preventing pest damages to crops and a leader present it to the class.

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

• Critical thinking and problem solving.
• Communication and collaboration, leadership and personal development
• Citizenship, Creativity and imagination.

LEARNING RESOURCES

• Real objects, charts

WEEK: 10

SUBJECT: PVS (Agriculture)

TOPIC: Control of insect pests

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

• outline the various methods of controlling pests;
• describe the advantages and disadvantages of biological method of pest control;
• carryout the various methods of pest control on the school.

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

• Pupils, as a class watch a short video on different methods of pest control and discuss what they have learnt.
• Pupils, in small groups, discuss the advantages and disadvantages of controlling pest using exotic species and share with the class.
• Pupils, as a class, practice pest control methods at the school farm from time to time.

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

• Critical thinking and problem solving.
• Communication and collaboration, leadership and personal development
• Citizenship, Creativity and imagination.

LEARNING RESOURCES

• Set traps
• Lagos State Unified Agric Scheme of work for Primary School. Primary 5 Agriculture Scheme of Work. Basic 5 Agricultural Science. Schemeofwork

AGRICULTURE PRIMARY 5 THIRD TERM

WEEK:  1

SUBJECT: PVS( AGRICULTURE)

TOPIC: REVISION

WEEK:  2

SUBJECT: PVS (Agriculture)

TOPIC: REARING OF FARM ANIMALS

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

• outline the kinds of animals that can be raised;
• describe the importance of animal rearing;
• raise animals of their choice.

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

• Pupils, as a class mention different kinds of animals they know can be raised and give reason.
• Pupils, in small groups, discuss reasons for rearing animals and share with the class.
• Pupils, in the same groups, raise pigs, goat, rabbit etc. at the school farm,

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

• Critical thinking and problem solving.
• Communication and collaboration, leadership and personal development
• Citizenship, Creativity and imagination.

LEARNING RESOURCES

• Feeders, water

WEEK: 3

SUBJECT: PVS (Agriculture)

TOPIC: Procedures for rearing farm animals

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

• itemize the steps involved in raising farm animals;
• identify the tools needed to raise farm animals;
• demonstrate the procedures on the school farm

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

• Whole discussion on procedures for rearing farm animals.
• Pupils in group and as a class practice in groups what they have learnt on the school farm
• Pupils, as a class, list the tools for raising farm animals and discuss how they are used.

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

• Critical thinking and problem solving.
• Communication and collaboration, leadership and personal development
• Citizenship, Creativity and imagination.

LEARNING RESOURCES

• Charts, fishing nets, etc.

WEEK: 4

SUBJECT: PVS (Agriculture)

TOPIC: REARING OF CHICKEN, RABBIT AND SNAIL

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

• Identify tools/materials needed for raising farm animals;
• construct a medium size cage, hutch or pen for animals;
• raise chicken, rabbit and snail at the school farm and at home.

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

• Pupils, as a class, are guided to construct a medium size battery cage, hutch or snail pen for use at the school farm.
• Pupils, in small groups, raise either chicken, or snail to maturity and market the animals for income purpose.
• Pupils, visit the internet for help

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

• Critical thinking and problem solving.
• Communication and collaboration, leadership and personal development
• Citizenship, Creativity and imagination.

WEEK: 5

SUBJECT: PVS (AGRICULTURE)

TOPIC: Management of farm animals feeding, keeping records, sanitation

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

• outline tools for farm animals management,
• describe various approaches towards the management of farm animals;
• manage farm animals properly

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

• Pupils, as a class discuss the best type of approach for managing farm animals.
• Pupils, in small groups, plan a routine check on farm animals, feed and care for the animals, ensure that the animal’s environment is kept clean and safety of the animals.

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

• Critical thinking and problem solving.
• Communication and collaboration, leadership and personal development
• Citizenship, Creativity and imagination.

LEARNING RESOURCES

• Farm records, shovel, rake

WEEK: 6

SUBJECT: PVS (Agriculture)

TOPIC: Systems of rearing farm animals

• intensive, extensive and semi-intensive

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

• identify the systems of rearing farm animals
• evaluate the advantage and disadvantages of rearing animals using each system

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

• Pupils, as a class, watch a short video on intensive, extensive and semi intensive systems of raising farm animals and discuss what they learnt.
• Pupils, in small groups, discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each system and share with the class.

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

• Critical thinking and problem solving.
• Communication and collaboration, leadership and personal development
• Citizenship, Creativity and imagination.

LEARNING RESOURCES

• Charts, video clips etc.

WEEK: 7

SUBJECT: MID TERM BREAK

WEEK: 8

SUBJECT: PVS (Agriculture)

TOPIC: Common pests and parasites of farm animals

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

• explain what they understand by pests and parasites;
• outline common pests and parasites of farm animals
• discuss the methods that can be adopted in controlling pests and parasites

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

• Whole class discussion on the meaning of pest and parasite.
• Pupils think pare share on common pests and parasites
• Pupils in a class, discuss the methods controlling they pest and share with the class.
• Pupils, in the same groups, collect samples of pests, store in a transparent plastic and label each sample properly (group project)

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

• Critical thinking and problem solving.
• Communication and collaboration, leadership and personal development
• Citizenship, Creativity and imagination.

LEARNING RESOURCES

• Charts, video clips,

WEEK: 9

SUBJECT: PVS (Agriculture)

TOPIC: Common diseases of farm animals

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

• define diseases of farm animals;
• identify the causes of diseases of farm animals;
• outline some examples of farm animal diseases

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

• Whole class discussion on various farm animal disease
• Pupils, as a class, discuss the cause of farm animal diseases.
• Small groups activities on example of farm animal diseases at the school farm (Pupils should check among the animals reared to identify a sick animal under the inspection of their teachers)

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

• Critical thinking and problem solving.
• Communication and collaboration, leadership and personal development
• Citizenship, Creativity and imagination.

LEARNING RESOURCES

• Pictures of animals infected with disease.

WEEK: 10

SUBJECT: PVS (Agriculture)

TOPIC: Common diseases of farm animals

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

• outline the symptoms of some farm animal diseases;
• identify the modes of transmission of diseases;
• suggest preventive and control measures for each diseases.

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

• Whole class visit the school farm, inspect diseased animals and separate them from healthy animals.
• Pupils, in small groups discuss the modes of transmission of farm animal diseases from their observation.
• Pupils, in the same groups, suggest possible solution to preventing farm animal diseases.
• Pupils, as a class, adopt various methods of control from time to time.

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

• Critical thinking and problem solving.
• Communication and collaboration, leadership and personal development
• Citizenship, Creativity and imagination.

LEARNING RESOURCES

Pictures of animals infected with disease