Simple Farm Digging Tools
Subject: Agricultural Science
Class: Basic 2 / Primary 2 / Year 2
Term: First Term / 1st Term
Week: Week 5
Topic:
Simple Farm Digging Tools
Previous Knowledge: The pupils have previous knowledge of
that was taught in their previous lesson.
Behavioural Objectives : At the end of the lesson, learners will be able to
- Say the meaning of tools
- Give examples of Simple Farm Digging Tools
- Say how these tools are used
Instructional Materials
- Wall Charts showing Simple Farm Digging Tools
- Online Resource with pictures showing materials that are related to Simple Farm Digging Tools
- Textbooks
- Scheme of work
- 9- Year Basic Curriculum
Methods of Teaching
- Role modelling
- Questions and Answers
- Explanation
- Discussion
- Recitation
- Imitation
- Story Telling
- Dramatization
Content:
Tools are devices that make our work easier and faster.
Most tools do not have engines and do not need electricity or batteries to function.
Farm tools are simple machines that are used by farmers on their farms to make their job easier, neater and faster.
Simple Farm Digging Tools are tools used by farmers for making holes on farm lands. They are also used for digging soils or transplanting.
Examples Simple Farm Digging Tools are
- Cutlass
- Hoe
- Spade
- Shovel
- Digger
- Hand trowel
- Pick axe
Uses of Simple Farm Digging Tools
Cutlass : Cutlass is used for felling trees and it is also used for digging small holes for planting Crops like maize or cassava
Hoe : Hoe is used for making ridges and digging for planting
Spade : Spade is used by farmers for packing sand and fertilizer. Spade can also be used for digging
Shovel : Shovel is used by farmers for packing sand and fertilizer. Spade can also be used for digging
Digger : Digger is used to dig bigger holes. Digger is also a used to remove or dig out stump of trees.
Hand trowel : The hand trowel is a small tool with a wooden handle and a flat metallic blade that is used for moving young seeding from nursery to permanent site. The hand trowel is used to dig small hole before putting the young plant and planting them again
Presentation:
The topic is presented step by step
Step 1: The class teacher revises the old topic
Step 2: The class teacher introduces the new topic
Step 3: The class teacher allows the pupils to give their own contributions and gives room for pupils” participation
Class Teacher and Pupils Activities. Interaction or Participation
This involves class teacher and pupils’ interaction, conversation, imitation or modeling through discussion, play method or just by recitation or asking and answering questions that are related to the topic that has just been taught.
Evaluation
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Farm tools are used on the farmer to make farmers work easier and ______
- ______ is used by farmers to transfer young plants from nursery to permanent site
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Simple digging farm tools are used for ______
- Most simple farm tools do not need _______ to function
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___ can also be used for digging
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___ tools are used for digging
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___ can float in the air
- Draw a cutlass
- Cutting tools are used for ______
- Digging tools are used for ______
- Can we use digging tools for eating ______
- Can we use cutting tools for sweeping ______
- Must the edge of cutting tools be always sharp ______
- Must we always play with sharp farm tools ______
- Digging tools cam also be used for painting?
- Mention four cutting tools
- Mention four digging tools
- Draw a digger
- Draw a spade
- Draw an hoe
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