TOPIC: GENERAL REVISION
A: TEACHING AND LEARNING MATERIALS
- Food charts.
- Crop samples.
- Flashcards.
- Pictures of grain and tuber crops.
- Pupils’ writing materials.
B: REFERENCE MATERIALS
- Scheme of work.
- Recommended Agric Sciences textbook for Primary 3.
- Online educational resources.
C: PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE
The pupils have learnt about minerals, water, balanced and unbalanced diets, crops, grain crops and tuber crops during the second term.
D: PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- Explain minerals and water as nutrients.
- Explain balanced and unbalanced diet.
- Mention different classes of crops.
- Identify grain crops.
- Identify tuber crops.
- State their uses.
- Answer revision questions correctly.
E: CONTENT
Revision of Minerals
Minerals help to:
- Build strong bones.
- Form healthy blood.
- Support proper growth.
Revision of Water
Water is important to:
- Humans.
- Crops.
- Farm animals.
Revision of Balanced Diet
A balanced diet contains different food nutrients in suitable amounts.
Revision of Unbalanced Diet
An unbalanced diet does not contain all the nutrients needed by the body in the right amounts.
Revision of Crops
Crops are useful plants grown by farmers. Classes include:
- Grain crops.
- Tuber crops.
- Fruit crops.
- Vegetable crops.
- Oil crops.
- Ornamental crops.
Grain Crops
Examples: 🌽 Maize 🍚 Rice 🌾 Millet
Tuber Crops
Examples: 🍠 Yam 🌱 Cassava 🥔 Potato
Main Difference
Grains are mainly seeds. Tubers are mainly enlarged underground parts.
F: LESSON PRESENTATION
F1: Teachers’ Activities
- Revises all second-term topics.
- Displays food and crop samples.
- Revises balanced and unbalanced diet.
- Revises classes of crops.
- Revises grain and tuber crops.
- Conducts oral and written exercises.
- Corrects pupils’ answers.
F2: Pupils’ Activities
- Answer revision questions.
- Identify food samples.
- Identify crop samples.
- Classify crops.
- Explain balanced diet.
- State differences between grains and tubers.
- Correct their mistakes.
G: CONCLUSION
The teacher revises all major topics taught during the second term and prepares pupils for the examination.
H: EVALUATION GUIDE
Pupils should be able to answer the following questions:
- Mention two mineral-rich foods.
- State two importance of water.
- What is a balanced diet?
- What is an unbalanced diet?
- Mention four classes of crops.
- Name three grain crops.
- Name three tuber crops.
- State one difference between grains and tubers.
- Mention two uses of grain crops.
- Mention two foods made from tuber crops.