Cleaning Agents for Cleaning Cooking Tools and Equipments Primary 5/Basic 2 Term 2 Week 4 Home Economics

HOME ECONOMICS

PREVOCATIONAL STUDIES

SECOND TERM  

WEEK 4

PRIMARY 5

THEME – COOKING TOOLS AND EQUIPMENTS 

PREVIOUS LESSON – Meaning of Family and Personal Reasons | Different between Family and Personal Resources Primary 5/Basic 5 Term 2 Week 3 Home Economics

 

TOPIC – CLEANING AGENTS 

LEARNING AREA

1. Introduction

2. Cooking Tools and Equipments

3. Cleaning Agents for Cooking Tools and Equipments

4. Lesson Evaluation and Weekly Assessment (Test)

LEARNING OBJECTIVES 

By the end of the lesson, most pupils should have attained the following objectives –

1. state the cleaning agents for cleaning cooking tools and equipments.

2. classify cleaning agents for cleaning cooking tools and equipments.

3. produce cleaning agents for cleaning cooking tools and equipments.

ENTRY BEHAVIOUR

The pupils can identify some of the cleaning agents used for cleaning cooking tools and equipments.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of sample of cleaning agents.

METHOD OF TEACHING

Choose a suitable and appropriate methods for the lessons.

Note – Irrespective of choosing methods of teaching, always introduce an activities that will arouse pupil’s interest or lead them to the lessons. 

REFERENCE MATERIALS

1. Scheme of Work

2. 9 – Years Basic Education Curriculum

3. Course Book

4. All Relevant Material

5. Online Information

CONTENT OF THE LESSON  

LESSON 1 – INTRODUCTION 

COOKING TOOLS

Cooking tools are known as kitchen utensils.

A kitchen utensil is a small hand cooking tool used for food preparation.

EXAMPLES OF COMMON COOKING TOOLS 

1. Bottle opener

2. Bowl

3. Butter knife

4. Cake slicer

5. Cup

6. Cutlery

7. Cutting board

8. Egg slicer

9. Fork

10. Funnel

11. Kettle

12. Knife set

13. Lemon squeezer

14. Measuring cup

15. Mug

16. Cooking pot

COOKING EQUIPMENTS

Cooking equipments are manual or automatic kitchen equipments used for food processing, cooking, baking, and freezing.

EXAMPLES OF COMMON COOKING EQUIPMENTS 

1. refrigerator

2. freezer

3. oven

4. stovetop

5. microwave

6. blender

7. mixer

8. Pressure cooker

9. Pounded yam machine

LESSON 2 – CLEANING AGENTS FOR CLEANING COOKING TOOLS AND EQUIPMENTS 

Cleaning agents for cooking tools and equipments are substances used to remove dirt, dust and stains from cooking tools and equipments.

TYPES OF CLEANING AGENTS FOR COOKING TOOLS AND EQUIPMENTS 

There are four (4) types of cleaning agents are used for cleaning cooking tools and equipments –

1. Detergents

2. Degreasers

3. Abrasives

5. Acids

DETERGENT

A detergent is the most common type of cleaning agent used in home and commercial kitchens.

It is in form of powder, liquid, gel or crystals.

DEGREASER

A degreaser is a cleaning agent used to remove grease, oils, fluids, etc. from surface of cooking equipments.

They are also known as solvent cleaners.

ABRASIVE

Abrasive is cleaning agent used by rubbing or scrubbing dirt from the hard surfaces.

They are most used to clean the pots and pans.

ACID CLEANER

Acid cleaner is know as acidic solution used to remove inorganic deposits like scaling.

MAKING LIQUID CLEANING AGENTS

Gets materials for making liquid soap or asks for help from colleagues who know how to make liquid soaps. 

PRESENTATION

To deliver the lesson, the teacher adopts the following steps – he/she,

1. Revises the previous lesson based on the pupil’s related knowledge or experience.

Pupil’s Activities – Participate actively in lesson review.

2. Displays sample of some of the cooking tools and equipments (if available) or chart showing the cooking tools and equipments.

3. Asks pupils to identify, examine and classify as cooking tools and cooking equipments.

Pupil’s Activities – Identify and classify as cooking tools and cooking equipments.

4. Uses pupil’s responses to introduce the lesson.

5. Leads a discussion on cooking tools and equipments.

Pupil’s Activities – Pay attention to the lesson introduction for active participation.

6. Asks pupils to state the substances or materials used for cleaning cooking tools and equipments.

Pupil’s Activities – Mention some of the common cleaning agents for cleaning cooking tools and equipments.

7. Uses pupil’s responses to introduce cleaning agents for cleaning cooking tools and equipments.

Pupil’s Activities – Pay attention to the lesson introduction for active participation.

8. Leads a discussion on cleaning agents for cleaning cooking tools and equipments with appropriate examples.

Pupil’s Activities – Discuss the uses of cleaning agents for cleaning cooking tools and equipments with appropriate examples.

9. Guides pupils to analyze the importance of cleaning agents at home.

Pupil’s Activities – Analyze the importance of cleaning agents used for cleaning cooking tools and equipments at home.

10. Summarizes the lesson on the board.

Pupil’s Activities – Participate actively in lesson summary and write as instructed.

CONCLUSION

To conclude the lesson for the week, the teacher revises the entire lesson and links it to the following week’s lesson.

NEXT LESSON

LESSON EVALUATION 

Ask pupils to:

1. state 3 cleaning agents for cleaning cooking tools and equipments.

2. classify cleaning agents for cleaning cooking tools and equipments.

3. produce liquid cleaning agents for cleaning cooking tools and equipments.