CROP PRODUCTION IV (FIELD PRACTICES)

Crop rotation.

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


To give the meaning of crop rotation.
To give examples of crop rotation cycles.

Q/A, brief illustrations of cycles of crop production.

Illustrative charts.

KLB BK II Pg 67

CROP PRODUCTION IV (FIELD PRACTICES)

Importance of crop rotation.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To explain the importance of crop rotation.
To give examples of rotational programmes.

Brief discussion; with reference to rotational programmes.

Illustrative charts.

KLB BK II Pg 68-70

CROP PRODUCTION IV (FIELD PRACTICES)

Mulching.
Thinning, Gapping and Rouging.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To define mulching.
To state advantages and disadvantages of mulching.

Q/A
Brief discussion.

school farm

KLB BK II Pg 71-72

CROP PRODUCTION IV (FIELD PRACTICES)

Pruning.
Pruning tea.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To define pruning.
To give reasons for pruning.
To identify methods for pruning.
To identify tools used in pruning.

Q/A
Detailed discussion.
Teacher demonstration: Correct and incorrect ways of pruning.

Secateurs, twigs, pruning saw, shears, e.t.c.
Tea bushes, fitos, pegs.

KLB BK II Pg 74-75

CROP PRODUCTION IV (FIELD PRACTICES)

Pruning coffee.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To identify specific aims of pruning coffee.
To describe various methods of pruning coffee.

Illustrative diagrams / Demonstrations on: single / multiple stem pruning, capping and de-suckering of coffee.
Probing questions and detailed discussion.

school farm

KLB BK II Pg 80-84

CROP PRODUCTION IV (FIELD PRACTICES)

Training.
Weeds, crop pests and diseases.
Timing of harvesting.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To define training as a field practice.
To explain ways of training crops.

Expository approach: expose meaning of propping, trellising.
Q/A and discussion on importance of staking, earthing up.

school farm

PKLB BK II g 85-86

CROP PRODUCTION IV (FIELD PRACTICES)

Methods of harvesting.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To briefly describe methods of harvesting of specific crops.
To enumerate precautions observed during harvesting.

Give specific examples of methods and precautions observed.

education trip

KLB BK II Pg 89

CROP PRODUCTION IV (FIELD PRACTICES)
CROP PRODUCTION V (VEGETABLES)

Post-harvest practices. Storage.
Tomatoes Ecological requirement and varieties.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To describe various post-harvest practices and their importance.
To give characteristics of a good grain store (traditional / modern).

Probing questions and detailed discussion.

video
tomatoes

KLB BK II Pg 90-94

CROP PRODUCTION V (VEGETABLES)

Nursery and field management.
Tomato pests and diseases.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To describe nursery management practices for establishment of tomato seedlings.
To describe field management practices for tomatoes.

Q/A and detailed discussion.

school farm
Tomatoes attacked by various pests and diseases.

KLB BK II Pg 101-104

CROP PRODUCTION V (VEGETABLES)

Cabbages Ecology and varieties.
Cabbages Establishment and management.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To describe ecological requirements for cabbages.
To identify cabbage varieties.

Brief discussion and questioning.
Exposition.

Cabbages attacked by some pests and diseases.

KLB BK II pg 107

CROP PRODUCTION V (VEGETABLES)

Carrots Ecology and varieties. Establishment and management.
Onions Ecology and varieties.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To describe ecological requirements for carrots.
To describe nursery management practices.
To describe field management practices for proper carrots establishment..

Brief discussion and questioning.
Exposition.

Discuss importance of topdressing, weeding, controlling pests and diseases.

Carrots attacked by some pests and diseases.

KLB BK II Pg 110-111

CROP PRODUCTION V (VEGETABLES)
LIVESTOCK HEALTH I (introduction to livestock health)

Establishment and management.
Introduction.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To describe nursery management practices.
To describe field management practices for proper onions growth.

Discuss important nursery and field practices.

Onions attacked by some pests and diseases.

LIVESTOCK HEALTH I (introduction to livestock health)

Signs of good health.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To explain signs that help to identify a healthy animal.

Discussion: Physical appearance, physiological body functions and morphological conditions of the animal body.

different animals

KLB BK II Pg 116-8

LIVESTOCK HEALTH I (introduction to livestock health)

Predisposing factors of animal diseases. Causes of animal diseases.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To identify and explain predisposing factors of animal diseases.

To describe causes of animal diseases.

Q/A & Detailed discussion.


Detailed description of nutritional causes, physical causes and chemical causes.

charts

KLB BK II Pg 119-120

LIVESTOCK HEALTH I (introduction to livestock health)

Bacterial animal diseases.
Viral animal diseases. Protozoan diseases.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To identify bacterial diseases of livestock.

Detailed discussion of bacterial diseases and their control.

Chart: Bacterial diseases, causal organism and animals affected.
Chart: Viral diseases, causal organism and animals affected.
Chart: protozoan diseases, causal organism and animals affected.

KLB BK II Pg 122-124

LIVESTOCK HEALTH I (introduction to livestock health)

Management of diseases.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To explain general methods of diseases control.

Q/A: Control of nutritional diseases.
Discussion: Importance of proper housing, isolation / slaughtering of sick animals, imposition of quarantine, prophylaxis, vaccination, vector control, e.t.c.

student book

KLB BK II Pg 125-8

LIVESTOCK HEALTH I (introduction to livestock health)
LIVESTOCK HEALTH II (PARASITES)

Handling livestock.
Keds, fleas and lice.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To describe appropriate methods of handling livestock.

Q/A: Handling of animals during treatment, milking, inspecting, e.t.c.
Discussion: Other activities necessitating proper handling of animals, i.e. drenching, injecting, controlling mastitis, hand spraying.
Q/A: Sites that should be sprayed with acarides.

student booK
illustrative diagrams of parasites

KLB BK II Pg 129-131

LIVESTOCK HEALTH II (PARASITES)

Ticks. One-host tick.
Two-host tick. Three-host tick. Tick control.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To list down effects of ticks on livestock.

To describe the life cycle of one-host tick.

Q/A: Harmful effects of ticks.


Exposition
Explanations

Chart-Life cycle oF one-host tick.  illustrative diagrams of parasites
Chart-Life cycles of ticks.  illustrative diagrams of parasites

KLB BK II Pg 138-140

LIVESTOCK HEALTH II (PARASITES)

The tapeworm (Taenia spp).
Lifecycle of a tapeworm.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To describe characteristic features of tapeworm.
To identify symptoms of attack by tapeworm.

Exposition: Labelling a tapeworm/ Observing a preserved specimen of a tapeworm.

illustrative diagrams of parasites
Chart- Life cycle of a pork tapeworm.

PKLB BK II g 144

LIVESTOCK HEALTH II (PARASITES)

Roundworms (Ascaris spp).
Liver fluke.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To identify symptoms of attack by roundworms.
To describe the life cycle of a roundworm.
To explain measures of controlling roundworm.

Q/A and brief discussion.

Detailed discussion of life cycle.
Q/A: Measures of control.

illustrative diagrams of parasites
illustrative diagrams of  liver fluke.

KLB BK II Pg 148-151

LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION (NUTRITION)

Food components.
Minerals.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To identify the components of food in animal feeds.

To state functions of water in an animal.
To state functions of carbohydrates, proteins, fats, oils, vitamins, in an animal body.

Use a flow chart to show food components.

Q/A and brief discussion


Q/A and detailed discussion; sources, deficiency, symptoms

illustrative chart of Components of food.
Seed cakes, fish meal, bone meal,
Lucerne.
student book

KLB BK II Pg 158-64

LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION (NUTRITION)

Feeds and Feedstuffs.
Feed additives.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To differentiate between a feed and a feedstuff.
To describe the composition of dry and succulent roughages.
To state and explain the composition of energy concentrates and protein concentrates.

Exposition, discussion and giving relevant examples.

 pictures of roughages and concentrates.
student book

KLB BK II Pg 169-171

LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION (NUTRITION)

To concept of rationing. Maintenance ration Production ration.
Feed digestibility Feed nutritive values.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To define food ration; balanced ration.

To define maintenance ration.
To state factors affecting maintenance ration.
To explain characteristics of a balanced ration.

Detailed discussion.

&

Probing questions.

student book
Chart- Nutritive values of some feeds.

KLB BK II Pg 172-3

LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION (NUTRITION)

Computation of animal feeds. Trial and error method. Pearson?s Square method.
General process of digestion.
Digestion in non-ruminants.
Digestion in Ruminants.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To state advantages and disadvantages of trial and error method of computing animal feeds.
To compute livestock rations using Pearson?s Square method.

Q/A and brief discussion.

Exposition- Teacher explains the procedure of computing livestock ration using Pearson?s Square method.
Worked examples.
Supervised exercise.

Calculators..
illustrative diagram of General digestive system.
illustrative diagrams  of Specific digestive
systems.
diagram digestive system of a cow,
Pieces of stomach compartments of a cow.

KLB BK II Pg 176-178