Uses of Plants and Crops
PRY 1 AGRIC
3rd Term E-notes
Subject :
AGRIC
Term :
3rd Term
Week:
Week 2
Class :
PRY 1
Previous lesson :
The pupils have previous knowledge of
Plants As Living Things
Topic :
Uses of Plants
USES OF CROPS
Behavioural objectives :
At the end of the lesson, the pupils should be able to
- Explain the uses of plants
- Identify different types of plant in their environment.
- Draw a plant
Instructional Materials :
- Wall charts
- Pictures
- Related Online Video
- Flash Cards
Methods of Teaching :
- Class Discussion
- Group Discussion
- Asking Questions
- Explanation
- Role Modelling
- Role Delegation
Reference Materials :
- Scheme of Work
- Online Information
- Textbooks
- Workbooks
- 9 Year Basic Education Curriculum
- Workbooks
Content :
Uses of plants
Plants are useful both to animals and man, there are various uses of plants, some are
- It provides shelter
- Serves as source of food either directly or indirectly
- Provides job and employment for people
- Some plants are eaten as vegetables
- Some plants are boiled and used as local herbal medicine or agbo
- Big plants like iroko trees are used to build ships and houses
- Serves as source of income
- They are source of raw materials for manufacturing companies
- Can be used in the production of paper, textile etc
- They are uses to produce drugs
USES OF CROPS
USES OF CROPS
CONTENT
- Uses of Crops
- Uses of Crop by-products
Uses of Crops
There are many uses of crops. These include:
- Provision of food for humans
- It provides shelter (houses) for people to live.
- Clothing materials are made from crop materials e.g. cotton.
- Crops planted can be used to control erosion.
- Some crops are used as ornamentals such as flower to decorate and beautify our surroundings.
- Crops provide wood for house-hold furniture such as beds, tables and chairs.
- Leaves, bark of stem and roots of some crops serve medicinal purpose.
- Some crops are taken as beverages like cocoa, coffee and tea.
- Crops serve as fuel.
- Crops provide useful materials such as rubber, gums, resin, perfume, etc.
- Some crops or crop parts are used in making manures e.g compost and green manure.
- Source of feeds for livestock.
- For making margarine and soap e.g. oil palm
- For production of jam and juices e.g. mango, pineapple etc.
- For production of dye e.g. kola
Uses of Crop By-products
The crops harvested by farmers are sometimes used directly as food. Some crops such as rice and sugar cane are first processed to get the main products. During processing by-products or waste substances are obtained. The different by-products serve different purposes. The by-product of some crops and their uses are given below:
| S/N | CROPS | BY-PRODUCT | USES OF BY-PRODUCT | |
| 1 | Groundnut | Groundnut cake | Feeding of livestock. | |
| 2 | Soya bean | Soya bean cake | Feeding of livestock. | |
| 3 | Cotton | Cottonseed, cotton seed cake | Making of soup for human consumption and for feeding livestock. | |
| 4 | Rice | Rice bran | Feeding of livestock | |
| 5 | Wheat | Wheat offal or middling and wheat bran | Feeding of livestock. | |
EVALUATION
- State six uses of crops.
Presentation
The topic is presented step by step
Step 1:
The class teacher revises the previous topics
Step 2.
He introduces the new topic
Step 3:
The class teacher allows the pupils to give their own examples and he corrects them when the needs arise
Conclusion
The class teacher wraps up or conclude the lesson by giving out short note to summarize the topic that he or she has just taught.
The class teacher also goes round to make sure that the notes are well copied or well written by the pupils.
He or she does the necessary corrections when and where the needs arise.
Evaluation
- Say two uses of plant to man
- Say two uses of plants to animals
- Can plants be used as medicine
- Can plants be cooked and used as vegetables
- Cassava is a plant ? True or False:
- Say three uses or importance or benefits of plants
Assignment
Prepare for the next lesson by reading about
Uses of plants