CLASSIFICATION OF FARM ANIMALS BASED ON THE MODE OF FEEDING
Subject :
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE
Term :
1ST TERM
Week:
WEEK 8
Class :
Primary 5
Topic :
Classification of farm animals based on their mode of feeding
Previous lesson:
The pupils have previous knowledge of
Classification of crops according to their Uses and Types
that was taught as a topic in the previous lesson
Behavioural objectives :
At the end of the lesson, the pupils should be able to
- Define livestock
- Give examples of livestock
- Say the classification of farm animals based on their mode of feeding
- Explains ruminants
- List examples of ruminants
- Explain non ruminants
- Give examples of ruminants
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:
Define livestock
Livestock are farm animals that are raised by farmers purposely for consumption 🥇 for sales. Farm animals (livestock) can be classified based on four major things: their mode of feeding, their mode of breeding, i.e. how they produce young ones, their habitats, i.e. where they live, and their uses
Give examples of livestock
Examples of livestock animals are poultry birds like turkey, chicken, quail, duck, geese cattle, goats, donkeys, horse, pigs, camel, sheep etc
Say the classification of farm animals based on their mode of feeding
There are two classifications of livestock based on their mode of feeding which are
Ruminants and
Non ruminants
Explains ruminants
What are ruminants ?
Ruminants are animals that chew the cub. This simply means that ruminant animals are animals that bring back their food back to their mouth and chew them again after originally eaten them at first. This is made possible because of the stomach structure of such livestock. These farm animals feed mostly on grass. They are called ruminants because they have four stomachs and they chew the cud.True ruminants, such as cattle, sheep, goats, deer, and antelope, have one stomach with four compartments: the rumen, reticulum, omasum, and abomasums. What that means is that the animals eat fresh grass, store it in one of their four stomachs and later bring it back into the mouth to chew again before finally swallowing it.
List examples of ruminants
Examples of ruminants are
- Goat
- Cow
- Sheep
- Deer
- Antelope
- Giraffes
Explain non ruminants
What are non ruminants ?
Non ruminants are animals that do not chew the cub. They do not bring back their food into their mouth and chew again. They do not not have four stomach compartment. They have single compartment of stomach.
Give examples of ruminants
Examples of non ruminants are
- Dogs
- Pigs
- Chicken
- Horses
- Cats
- Lions
- Hyena
- Human beings
Note that most ruminants are grass eater while most of the non ruminants are non grass eater
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
Evaluation
Answer the following questions
Part A.
Objectives
- _____ are animals that chew their cub
- ______ are animals that do not chew their cub.
- _____ are animals with four stomach compartments that are mostly grass eater
- _____ are animals with simple stomach that do not chew their cud
- Lion is an example of _____ animal
- Man is a _____
- Giraffes are classified as _____ based on their mode of feeding
- Poultry birds are classified as _____ based on the mode of feeding
Theory
- What are ruminants ?
- What are non ruminants?
- What are livestock?
- Give four examples of ruminants.
- Give four examples of non ruminants
Conclusion
The class teacher wraps up or concludes the lesson by giving out short notes 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.
