CROP PRODUCTION III (NURSERY PRACTICES)

Establishing a nursery.

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

To differentiate between a nursery and a seedbed.

To explain the importance of a nursery in crop propagation.
To enumerate factors considered when siting a nursery.

Q/A and explanations.
Activity- Establishing a (vegetative) nursery / tea sleeves / sugarcane setts.

School farm.

KLB BK II Pg 46-48

CROP PRODUCTION III (NURSERY PRACTICES)

Nursery management practices.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To identify important nursery management practices and state their significance.

Q/A and explanations.
Expose new concepts e.g. hardening off.

School farm.

KLB BK II Pg 48-50

CROP PRODUCTION III (NURSERY PRACTICES)

Grafting.

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




To define grafting.
To describe methods of grafting.

Teacher demonstration/ illustration of whip grafting, side grafting, bark grafting.
Out - door activity: Students practise grafting.

Grafting tools.

KKLB BK II LB BK II
Pg 53-55

CROP PRODUCTION III (NURSERY PRACTICES)

Budding.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To define budding.
To describe methods of budding.
To explain importance of grafting and budding.

Teacher demonstrations/ illustrations/ drawing diagrams.
Discussion: Types of budding.

budding tools

KLB BK II Pg 55-58

CROP PRODUCTION III (NURSERY PRACTICES)

Layering.
Tissue culture for crop propagation.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To define layering.
To identify appropriate crops for layering.
To describe methods / types of layering.

Teacher demonstrations/ Illustrations/ Drawing diagrams.
Out-door activity: Carrying out layering.

school farm
Suitable crops.

KLB BK II Pg 58-60

CROP PRODUCTION III (NURSERY PRACTICES)

Transplanting crop seedlings.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To describe the process of transferring seedlings from the nursery to the field.
To explain management practices before, during and after transplanting crop seedlings.

Q/A, Explanations and brief discussion.
Activity: Transplanting crop seedlings.

Suitable crops.

KLB BK II Pg 61-62

CROP PRODUCTION III (NURSERY PRACTICES)

Transplanting tree seedlings.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To explain management practices before, during and after transplanting tree seedlings.

Q/A, Explanations and brief discussion.
Activity: Transplanting tree seedlings.

Suitable seedlings.

KLB BK II Pg 63

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.

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)

Weeds, crop pests and diseases.
Timing of harvesting.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To define a weed, a pest, a disease, giving examples.
To identify causative agents of plant diseases.
To explain the importance of timely control of weeds, pests and diseases.

Brief discussion.

Q/A and detailed discussion.
on importance of timely control of weeds, pests and diseases.

school farm

KLB BK II Pg 87

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)

Post-harvest practices. Storage.

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

KLB BK II Pg 90-94

CROP PRODUCTION V (VEGETABLES)

Tomatoes Ecological requirement and varieties.
Nursery and field management.

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




To describe ecological requirements and varieties of tomatoes.
To identify tomato varieties.

Brief discussion and exposition.

tomatoes
school farm

KLB BK II Pg 96-100

CROP PRODUCTION V (VEGETABLES)

Tomato pests and diseases.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To identify tomato pests and diseases and methods of their control.

Detailed discussion of tomato pests and their economic importance.

Tomatoes attacked by various pests and diseases.

KLB BK II Pg 104-106

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)

Establishment and management.

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 II (PARASITES)

Effects of parasites on animals.

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




To describe host-parasite relationship.
To identify effects of parasites on livestock.

Q/A: Definition of a host, parasite.
Brief discussion and give specific examples.

illustrative charts

KLB BK II Pg 133-4

LIVESTOCK HEALTH II (PARASITES)

Tse-tse fly.
Keds, fleas and lice.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To describe parasitic effects of tse-tse fly.
To explain methods of control of tse-tse fly.

Q/A: Disease transmitted by tse-tse fly; and methods of control of tse-tse fly.

student book
illustrative diagrams of parasites

KLB BK II Pg 134-5

LIVESTOCK HEALTH II (PARASITES)

Ticks. One-host tick.

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

KLB BK II Pg 138-140

LIVESTOCK HEALTH II (PARASITES)

Two-host tick. Three-host tick. Tick control.
The tapeworm (Taenia spp).

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To describe the life cycle of two-host tick.

To describe the life cycle of twice-host tick.

To explain measures of controlling ticks.

Exposition and explanations.
Represent the life cycles diagrammatically.


Detailed discussion
Assignment.

Chart-Life cycles of ticks.  illustrative diagrams of parasites
illustrative diagrams of parasites

KLB BK II Pg 141-3

LIVESTOCK HEALTH II (PARASITES)

Lifecycle of a tapeworm.
Roundworms (Ascaris spp).

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To describe the lifecycle of a tapeworm.
To state control measures of tapeworms in livestock.

Exposition and explanations of the life cycle.
Q/A and brief discussion.

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

KLB BK II Pg 147-8

LIVESTOCK HEALTH II (PARASITES)

Liver fluke.

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

Q/A and brief discussion.

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

illustrative diagrams of  liver fluke.

KLB BK II Pg 151-3