Meaning of Food Processing | Importance of Food Processing or Why Farm Produce Should be Processed? Primary 4 (Basic 4) Term 1 Agriculture
AGRICULTURE
PREVOCATIONAL STUDIES
FIRST TERM
WEEK 10
PRIMARY 4
THEME – AGRICULTURE
PREVIOUS LESSON – Process Involved in Making Pit Composts | Different between Heap and Pit Composts Primary 4 (Basic 4) – Agriculture
TOPIC: FOOD PROCESSING
LEARNING AREA
1. Introductory Activities
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, the pupils should have attained the following objectives (cognitive, affective and psychomotor) and should be able to:
1. explain the meaning of food processing.
2. mention 5 importance of food processing.
3. list 5 agricultural products and their by-products.
ENTRY BEHAVIOR
The pupils can identify and differentiate between process and unprocess food.
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of agricultural products.
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
Scheme of Work
9 – Years Basic Education Curriculum
Course Book
All Relevant Material
Online Information
CONTENT OF THE LESSON
LESSON 1 – INTRODUCTION
Processing makes food more edible, palatable and safe, and preserves it so it can be eaten beyond the harvest season.
Food processing makes agricultural products durable and available at all times.
MEANING OF FOOD PROCESSING
Food processing is the transformation or changing of agricultural crops into finished or semi – finished goods.
For xamples – changing cassava to garri, starch, flower, etc.
Note – Make a lot of different illustrations until the pupils get the concept food processing.
LESSON 2 – IMPORTANCE OF FOOD PROCESSING
1. It is for better usage.
2. It removes poisonous agents.
3. It makes food ready to eat directly or indirectly.
4. It improves food quality and market value.
5. It prepares food for storage.
6. It makes available different varieties of food stuffs from the same farm produce.
7. It provides employment opportunities for people.
8. It makes transportation of food processed easier since it required less space.
LESSON 3 –
PRESENTATION
To deliver the lesson, the teacher adopts the following steps:
1. To introduce the lesson, the teacher revises the previous lesson. Based on this, he/she asks the pupils some questions;
2. Displays sample of titus for the pupils to identify and state what is made of.
Pupil’s Activities – Identify and state what is inside of titus.
3. Introduces the lesson and discuss the meaning and importance of food processing.
Pupil’s Activities – Participate actively in the class discussion.
4. Asks pupils to mention agricultural products and them to list its by-products.
Pupil’s Activities – Make list of agricultural products and its by-products.
5. Summary each lesson on the board.
Pupil’s Activities – Copy as the teacher writes.
CONCLUSION
To conclude the lesson for the week, the teacher revises the entire lesson and links it to the following week’s lesson – food preservation.
NEXT LESSON
Preservation of Farm Produce – Meaning of Food Preservation | Methods of Preserving Farm Produce | Importance of Preserving Farm Produce Primary 4 (Basic 4) – Agriculture
LESSON EVALUATION
Ask pupils to:
1. Explain the meaning of food processing.
2. Mention 2 importance of food processing.
WORKBOOK
WEEKLY ASSESSMENT (TEST)
1. _______ is the changing of agricultural crops into finished or semi – finished goods.
A. Yam
B. Food processing
C. Cassava
2. A good example of farm processing is _______.
A. Changing cassava to garri
B. Changing cassava to eba
C. Changing cassava to amala
3. One of these is not importance of food processing.
A. For better usage.
B. It removes poisonous agents.
C. It is not easy to transport.
4. One of these is importance of food processing.
A. It retains poisonous agents.
B. It removes poisonous agents.
C. It removes the food nutrients.
Mention 2 by – products of the following:
5. Cassava
A. __________________
B. __________________
6. Cocoa
A. __________________
B. __________________
7. Fruit
A. __________________
B. __________________
8. Tomato
A. __________________
B. __________________
9. Fish
A. __________________
B. __________________
10. Meat
A. __________________
B. __________________