Materials Required for Compost Making (Primary 4)

AGRICULTURE

PREVOCATIONAL STUDIES 

SECOND TERM 

WEEK 9

PRIMARY 4

THEME – CROP PRODUCTION 

PREVIOUS LESSON – More Steps in Growing Ornamental Plants (Primary 4)

TOPIC – MATERIALS REQUIRED FOR MAKING COMPOST 

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  identify and mention materials needed for making composts and manure.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of:

1. Organic materials

2. Manure

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  

INTRODUCTION

MEANING OF COMPOST AND MANURE 

Compost and manure are used as a fertilizer for growing plants. The different between compost and manure is their contents.

Compost is made of decayed organic materials such as leaves, grasses, etc. Organic materials are materials from plants. While manure are the animals dung, feces, urine, death animals, etc.

METHODS OF MAKING COMPOST AND MANURE

1. Pit method

2. Heap method

MATERIALS NEEDED FOR MAKING COMPOST AND MANURE 

1. Dried plants such as leaves, grasses, flowers, decayed fruits or seeds, weeds, etc.

2. Sewage

3. Farmyard waste

4. Sand dust (little)

5. Soil

6. Ash

7. Straw

8. Water

PRESENTATION

• To deliver the lesson, the teacher adopts the following steps:

To introduce the lesson, the teacher revises the previous lesson. Based on this, he/she asks the pupils some questions;

1. Asks pupils to identify organic materials and manure.

Pupil’s Activities – Identify organic materials and manure.

2. Asks the pupils to differentiate between compost and manure.

Pupil’s Activities – Differentiate between compost and manure.

3. Guides pupils to identify and state the materials for making compost.

Pupil’s Activities – State the materials for making compost.

4. Summary the lesson on the board.

Pupil’s Activities – Taking note.

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 – Steps in Compost Making – Practical (Primary 4)

LESSON EVALUATION 

WORK BOOK

Attempt all the questions 

1. _______________________ are used as a fertilizer for growing plants.

A. Compost and dried plants

B. Manure and decayed animals

C. Compost and manure

2. _______________________ are organic materials.

A. Manure

B. Compost

C. Decayed plants and animals

 

3. _______________________ are made of animals dung, faces  etc.

A. Manure

B. Compost

C. Decayed plants and animals

 

4. There are ___________ methods of making composts and manures.

A. Two

B. Three

C. Four

 

State the 2 methods of making compost.

5. _______________________

6. _______________________

 

State 3 materials for making compost and manure.

 

7. _______________________

 

8. _______________________

 

9. _______________________

 

10. Differentiate between compost and manure.

 

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