Conserving Agricultural Environmental

Soil pollution control; Causes of soil pollution

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

Define soil pollution.
Discuss the causes of soil pollution.
Recognize some of the soil pollutants.
Have a desire to conserve the environment.

Learners to define soil pollution.
In groups, learners are guided to discuss the causes of soil pollution.
In groups, learners are guided to recognize some of the soil pollutants.

What is soil pollution?

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Conserving Agricultural Environmental

Soil pollution control; Causes of soil pollution

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

Define soil pollution.
Discuss the causes of soil pollution.
Recognize some of the soil pollutants.
Have a desire to conserve the environment.

Learners to define soil pollution.
In groups, learners are guided to discuss the causes of soil pollution.
In groups, learners are guided to recognize some of the soil pollutants.

What is soil pollution?

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Soil pollution control; Excursion

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

Visit a local farming community.
Identify the causes of soil pollution in the area.
Have fun and enjoy the visit to the local farming community.

Learners are guided to visit a local farming community to observe the causes of soil pollution.
During the visit, learners to identify the causes of soil pollution in the area.

Which soil pollutants are common in their farming environment?

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Soil pollution control

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

Use digital devices and watch videos on the causes of soil pollution.
Discuss the causes of soil pollution.
Enjoy using digital devices such as, laptops, computers.

Learners are guided to use digital devices, search for videos on the causes of soil pollution and watch appropriate videos.
In groups, learners are guided to discuss the causes of soil pollution they have observed in the video and take summary notes.

What are the causes of soil pollution?

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Controlling soil pollution

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

Identify a garden where soil has been polluted.
Practice safe soil pollution control measures.
Have a desire to control soil pollution in their area.

As a class, learners are guided to identify garden where soil has been polluted.
As a class, learners are guided to practice safe soil pollution control measures

How can you control soil pollution?

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Conserving Agricultural Environmental

Controlling soil pollution

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

Identify a garden where soil has been polluted.
Practice safe soil pollution control measures.
Have a desire to control soil pollution in their area.

As a class, learners are guided to identify garden where soil has been polluted.
As a class, learners are guided to practice safe soil pollution control measures

How can you control soil pollution?

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Conserving Agricultural Environmental

Controlling soil pollution

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

Identify a garden where soil has been polluted.
Practice safe soil pollution control measures.
Have a desire to control soil pollution in their area.

As a class, learners are guided to identify garden where soil has been polluted.
As a class, learners are guided to practice safe soil pollution control measures

How can you control soil pollution?

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Conserving Agricultural Environmental

Promoting safe farming practices

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

Discuss and create awareness messages on safe farming practices.
Write their messages neatly on a manilla paper.
Promote safe farming practices.

In groups, learners are guided to discuss and create awareness messages on safe farming practices that they will share with the members of the community.
In groups, learners to write their messages neatly on a manilla paper. Ensure the poster is attractive and the message can be read from a distance.

How do you promote safe farming practices?

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Conserving Agricultural Environmental

Assessment

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

Answer topical questions correctly.

Learners are guided to answer topical questions correctly

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Conserving Agricultural Environmental

Assessment

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

Answer topical questions correctly.

Learners are guided to answer topical questions correctly

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Conserving Agricultural Environmental

Water conservation measures; Water conservation in farming

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

Identify types of water conservation methods.
Discuss the importance of water conservation in farming.
Appreciate the importance of water conservation in farming

In pairs, learners to identify types of water conservation methods that can be applied to control a swampy area.
In pairs, learners to discuss the importance of water conservation in farming.

Why is it important to conserve water in farming?

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Conserving Agricultural Environmental

Water conservation measures; Water conservation in farming

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

Identify types of water conservation methods.
Discuss the importance of water conservation in farming.
Appreciate the importance of water conservation in farming

In pairs, learners to identify types of water conservation methods that can be applied to control a swampy area.
In pairs, learners to discuss the importance of water conservation in farming.

Why is it important to conserve water in farming?

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Conserving Agricultural Environmental

Conserving surface runoff

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

Identify ways of conserving surface runoff.
Discuss the advantages of constructing water retention ditch, earth basin and water retention pits.
Draw a water retention ditch, earth basin and water retention pits.
Appreciate the ways of conserving surface runoff.

In groups, learners to identify ways of conserving surface runoff.
In groups, learners are guided to discuss the advantages of constructing water retention ditch, earth basin and water retention pits.
Individually, learners to draw a water retention ditch, earth basin and water retention pits.

What are the ways of conserving a surface runoff?

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Conserving Agricultural Environmental

Conserving surface runoff

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

Identify ways of conserving surface runoff.
Discuss the advantages of constructing water retention ditch, earth basin and water retention pits.
Draw a water retention ditch, earth basin and water retention pits.
Appreciate the ways of conserving surface runoff.

In groups, learners to identify ways of conserving surface runoff.
In groups, learners are guided to discuss the advantages of constructing water retention ditch, earth basin and water retention pits.
Individually, learners to draw a water retention ditch, earth basin and water retention pits.

What are the ways of conserving a surface runoff?

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Conserving Agricultural Environmental

Constructing water retention structures; Water retention ditch

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

Identify a site in their environment that they can construct a water retention ditch.
Outline the procedure of constructing a water retention ditch.
Construct a water retention ditch.
Have fun and enjoy constructing water retention ditch.

In groups, learners are guided to identify a site in their environment that they can construct a water retention ditch.
In groups, learners are guided to outline the procedure of constructing a water retention ditch.
In groups, learners are guided to construct a water retention ditch.

What is a water retention ditch? How do you construct a water retention ditch?

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Constructing water retention structures; Retention pits

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

Identify a site in their environment that they can construct a retention pits
Outline the procedure of constructing a retention pits
Construct a retention pits.
Have fun and enjoy constructing retention pits

In groups, learners are guided to identify a site in their environment that they can construct a retention pit
In groups, learners are guided to outline the procedure of constructing a retention pit.
In groups, learners are guided to construct a retention pit.

What is a retention pit? How do you construct a retention pit?

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Constructing water retention structures; Earth basin

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

Identify a site in their environment that they can construct an earth basin.
Outline the procedure of constructing an earth basin
Construct an earth basin.
Have fun and enjoy constructing an earth basin.

In groups, learners are guided to identify a site in their environment that they can construct an earth basin.
In groups, learners are guided to outline the procedure of constructing an earth basin.
In groups, learners are guided to construct an earth basin.

What is an earth basin? How do you construct an earth basin?

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Conserving Agricultural Environmental

Constructing water retention structures; Earth basin

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

Identify a site in their environment that they can construct an earth basin.
Outline the procedure of constructing an earth basin
Construct an earth basin.
Have fun and enjoy constructing an earth basin.

In groups, learners are guided to identify a site in their environment that they can construct an earth basin.
In groups, learners are guided to outline the procedure of constructing an earth basin.
In groups, learners are guided to construct an earth basin.

What is an earth basin? How do you construct an earth basin?

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Conserving Agricultural Environmental

Constructing water retention structures; Earth basin

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

Identify a site in their environment that they can construct an earth basin.
Outline the procedure of constructing an earth basin
Construct an earth basin.
Have fun and enjoy constructing an earth basin.

In groups, learners are guided to identify a site in their environment that they can construct an earth basin.
In groups, learners are guided to outline the procedure of constructing an earth basin.
In groups, learners are guided to construct an earth basin.

What is an earth basin? How do you construct an earth basin?

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Conserving Agricultural Environmental

Minimum tillage practices

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

Use the internet or reference materials to search for minimum tillage practices.
Discuss the information researched.
Give each other positive feedback.

In groups, learners to use the internet or reference materials such as textbooks to search for minimum tillage practices.
In groups, learners to discuss the information researched.
In groups, learners to give each other positive feedback.

What is minimum tillage?

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Conserving Agricultural Environmental

Practising minimum tillage practices

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

Identify types of minimum tillage practices.
Practise minimum tillage practices.
Appreciate types of minimum tillage practices.

In pairs, learners to identify types of minimum tillage practices.
In groups, learners to practice minimum tillage practices.

What are the types of minimum tillage practise?

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Conserving Agricultural Environmental

Practising minimum tillage practices

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

Identify types of minimum tillage practices.
Practise minimum tillage practices.
Appreciate types of minimum tillage practices.

In pairs, learners to identify types of minimum tillage practices.
In groups, learners to practice minimum tillage practices.

What are the types of minimum tillage practise?

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Excursion

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

Visit farms in the local environment.
Name water conservation practices that farmers apply to conserve water.
Discuss the challenges of conserving water.
Have fun and enjoy the excursion.

As a class, leaners are guided to visit farms in the local environment.
Learners to name water conservation practices that farmers apply to conserve water.
In groups, learners to discuss the challenges of conserving water

Which minimum tillage is common in their area?

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Conserving Agricultural Environmental

Excursion

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

Visit farms in the local environment.
Name water conservation practices that farmers apply to conserve water.
Discuss the challenges of conserving water.
Have fun and enjoy the excursion.

As a class, leaners are guided to visit farms in the local environment.
Learners to name water conservation practices that farmers apply to conserve water.
In groups, learners to discuss the challenges of conserving water

Which minimum tillage is common in their area?

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Conserving Agricultural Environmental

Assessment

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

Answer topical questions correctly.

Learners are guided to answer topical questions correctly

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Conserving Agricultural Environmental

Assessment

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

Answer topical questions correctly.

Learners are guided to answer topical questions correctly

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Conserving Agricultural Environmental

Meaning of agroforestry

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

Explain the meaning of agroforestry.
Give examples of places in Kenya that practise agroforestry.
Discuss the features of agroforestry.
Appreciate the places that practise agroforestry.

Learners to explain the meaning of agroforestry.
Learners are guided to give examples of places in Kenya that practise agroforestry.
In groups, learners to discuss the features of agroforestry

What is agroforestry?

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Importance of agroforestry

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

Use digital devices connected to the internet, watch videos on the importance of agroforestry.
Discuss the importance of agroforestry.
Appreciate the importance of agroforestry.

In groups, learners are guided to use digital devices (such as computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone) connected to the internet, watch videos on the importance of agroforestry.
In groups, learners are guided to discuss the importance of agroforestry.

What are the importance

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Conserving Agricultural Environmental

Uses of agroforestry trees; Excursion

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

Visit crop and pasture fields in the local environment.
Examine the trees grown in the fields.
Take photographs of the agroforestry trees.
Have fun and enjoy the excursion.

As a class, learners are guided to visit crop and pasture fields in the local environment where they can observe agroforestry trees.
As a class, learners are guided to examine the trees grown in the fields.
As a class, learners to take photographs of the agroforestry trees.

How do agroforestry trees benefit crops or livestock within the field?

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Conserving Agricultural Environmental

Uses of agroforestry trees; Excursion

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

Visit crop and pasture fields in the local environment.
Examine the trees grown in the fields.
Take photographs of the agroforestry trees.
Have fun and enjoy the excursion.

As a class, learners are guided to visit crop and pasture fields in the local environment where they can observe agroforestry trees.
As a class, learners are guided to examine the trees grown in the fields.
As a class, learners to take photographs of the agroforestry trees.

How do agroforestry trees benefit crops or livestock within the field?

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Conserving Agricultural Environmental

Uses of agroforestry trees; Excursion

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

Visit crop and pasture fields in the local environment.
Examine the trees grown in the fields.
Take photographs of the agroforestry trees.
Have fun and enjoy the excursion.

As a class, learners are guided to visit crop and pasture fields in the local environment where they can observe agroforestry trees.
As a class, learners are guided to examine the trees grown in the fields.
As a class, learners to take photographs of the agroforestry trees.

How do agroforestry trees benefit crops or livestock within the field?

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Characteristics of good agroforestry trees

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

Use digital devices and watch a video clip on the characteristics of good agroforestry trees.
Discuss the characteristics of good agroforestry trees.
Appreciate the characteristics of good agroforestry trees.

Learners are guided to use digital devices and watch a video clip on the characteristics of good agroforestry trees or visit an agroforestry farm in their locality and examine the characteristics of agroforestry trees.
In groups, learners are guided to discuss the characteristics of good agroforestry trees.

What are the characteristics of good agroforestry trees?

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Choosing appropriate agroforestry trees for conserving the environment

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

Explore the school environment and identify the environmental issues present.
Collect the planting materials and establish them.
Enjoy exploring the school environment.

As a class, learners are guided to explore the school environment and identify the environmental issues present. Based on the characteristics of good agroforestry trees.
In groups, learners to collect the planting materials and establish them.

What are examples of agroforestry trees?

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Choosing appropriate agroforestry trees for conserving the environment

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

Explore the school environment and identify the environmental issues present.
Collect the planting materials and establish them.
Enjoy exploring the school environment.

As a class, learners are guided to explore the school environment and identify the environmental issues present. Based on the characteristics of good agroforestry trees.
In groups, learners to collect the planting materials and establish them.

What are examples of agroforestry trees?

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Establishing agroforestry trees

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

Establish the planting materials they have collected.
Prepare a schedule to carry out water, mulch, uproot, remove and prune.
Have a desire to plant agroforestry trees.

In groups, learners are guided to establish the planting materials they have collected and water the soil well.
In groups, learners are guided to prepare a schedule to carry out water, mulch, uproot, remove and prune

What is pruning?

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Conserving Agricultural Environmental

Establishing agroforestry trees

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

Establish the planting materials they have collected.
Prepare a schedule to carry out water, mulch, uproot, remove and prune.
Have a desire to plant agroforestry trees.

In groups, learners are guided to establish the planting materials they have collected and water the soil well.
In groups, learners are guided to prepare a schedule to carry out water, mulch, uproot, remove and prune

What is pruning?

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Conserving Agricultural Environmental

Assessment

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

Answer topical questions correctly.

Learners are guided to answer topical questions correctly

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Conserving Agricultural Environmental

Assessment

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

Answer topical questions correctly.

Learners are guided to answer topical questions correctly

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Crop Production

Preparing of planting sites; Planting sites

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

Define planting sites.
Describe types of planting site such as garden on a wall, container garden, garden along a fence and garden along a driveway.
Appreciate the planting sites.

Learners to define planting sites.
In groups, learners are guided to describe types of planting site such as garden on a wall, container garden, garden along a fence and garden along a driveway.

Which plating site is common in their community?

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Crop Production

Examine plants sites in relation to planting materials

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

Examine planting sites in relation to planting materials.
Discuss examples of small seeds and medium sized seeds that require fine and medium tilth.
Appreciate planting sites in relation to planting materials.

In groups, learners are guided to examine planting sites in relation to planting materials.
In groups, learners are guided to discuss examples of small seeds and medium sized seeds that require fine and medium tilth.

What is fine, medium and coarse tilth?

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Crop Production

Examine plants sites in relation to planting materials

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

Identify the materials in page 26.
Examine the planting materials and recommend the appropriate type of tilth for each.
Draw the materials in learner

In groups, learners are guided to identify the materials in page 26.
In groups, learners are guided to examine the planting materials and recommend the appropriate type of tilth for each
In groups, learners are guided to draw the materials in learner

How many types of tilth are there?

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Crop Production

Examine plants sites in relation to planting materials

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

Identify the materials in page 26.
Examine the planting materials and recommend the appropriate type of tilth for each.
Draw the materials in learner

In groups, learners are guided to identify the materials in page 26.
In groups, learners are guided to examine the planting materials and recommend the appropriate type of tilth for each
In groups, learners are guided to draw the materials in learner

How many types of tilth are there?

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Crop Production

Examine plants sites in relation to planting materials

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

Identify the materials in page 26.
Examine the planting materials and recommend the appropriate type of tilth for each.
Draw the materials in learner

In groups, learners are guided to identify the materials in page 26.
In groups, learners are guided to examine the planting materials and recommend the appropriate type of tilth for each
In groups, learners are guided to draw the materials in learner

How many types of tilth are there?

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Crop Production

Excursion

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

Take a walk around the school compound and identify various sites suitable for planting crops.
Take photographs of the sites.
Have fun and enjoy the excursion.

As a class, learners are guided to take a walk around the school compound and identify various sites suitable for planting crops.
As a class, learners are guided to take photographs of the sites.

What do you consider when identifying a suitable site for planting crops?

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Crop Production

Preparing planting sites; Fine tilth

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

Outline the process of preparing a fine tilth planting site
Prepare a fine tilth planting site.
Have fun and enjoy preparing a fine tilth planting site.

In groups, learners are guided to outline the process of preparing a fine tilth planting site.
In groups, learners are guided to prepare a fine tilth planting site.

How do you prepare a fine tilth land?

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Crop Production

Preparing planting sites; Fine tilth

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

Outline the process of preparing a fine tilth planting site
Prepare a fine tilth planting site.
Have fun and enjoy preparing a fine tilth planting site.

In groups, learners are guided to outline the process of preparing a fine tilth planting site.
In groups, learners are guided to prepare a fine tilth planting site.

How do you prepare a fine tilth land?

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Crop Production

Preparing planting sites; Medium tilth

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

Outline the process of preparing a medium tilth planting site
Prepare a medium tilth planting site.
Have fun and enjoy preparing a medium tilth planting site

In groups, learners are guided to outline the process of preparing a medium tilth planting site.
In groups, learners are guided to prepare a medium tilth planting site.

How do you prepare a medium tilth land?

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Crop Production

Preparing planting sites; Medium tilth

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

Outline the process of preparing a medium tilth planting site
Prepare a medium tilth planting site.
Have fun and enjoy preparing a medium tilth planting site

In groups, learners are guided to outline the process of preparing a medium tilth planting site.
In groups, learners are guided to prepare a medium tilth planting site.

How do you prepare a medium tilth land?

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