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

  1. It provides shelter
  2. Serves as source of food either directly or indirectly
  3. Provides job and employment for people
  4. Some plants are eaten as vegetables
  5. Some plants are boiled and used as local herbal medicine or agbo
  6. Big plants like iroko trees are used to build ships and houses
  7. Serves as source of income
  8. They are source of raw materials for manufacturing companies
  9. Can be used in the production of paper, textile etc
  10. They are uses to produce drugs

 

USES OF CROPS

 

USES OF CROPS

CONTENT

  1. Uses of Crops
  2. Uses of Crop by-products

 

Uses of Crops

There are many uses of crops. These include:

  1. Provision of food for humans
  2. It provides shelter (houses) for people to live.
  3. Clothing materials are made from crop materials e.g. cotton.
  4. Crops planted can be used to control erosion.
  5. Some crops are used as ornamentals such as flower to decorate and beautify our surroundings.
  6. Crops provide wood for house-hold furniture such as beds, tables and chairs.
  7. Leaves, bark of stem and roots of some crops serve medicinal purpose.
  8. Some crops are taken as beverages like cocoa, coffee and tea.
  9. Crops serve as fuel.
  10. Crops provide useful materials such as rubber, gums, resin, perfume, etc.
  11. Some crops or crop parts are used in making manures e.g compost and green manure.
  12. Source of feeds for livestock.
  13. For making margarine and soap e.g. oil palm
  14. For production of jam and juices e.g. mango, pineapple etc.
  15. 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

  1. 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