CLASS / GROUP

1^st. year RTC

TOPIC OR SKILL

Planting seeds in a nursery

DATE

17/7/2005

TIME

1 hour

TOPIC OR SKILL

Sowing seeds in seed boxes in a nursery

AIM

To teach students to be able to sow seeds in seed boxes in a nursery

OBJECTIVES

At the end of the session students should:

• understand why we sow seeds in a seed box

• know the best soil mixture to use for soil in a seed box

• be able to mix soil for a seed box

• be able to sow seeds in a seed box

• understand how to look after seedlings in a seed box

MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT

Seed box

Chinese cabbage seeds

Ingredients for mixing soil

TIMING

CONTENT /SKILLS

TEACHER ACTIVITY

STUDENT ACTIVITY AND ASSESSMENT

INTRO.

10 mins

Why use seed boxes?

Why plant seeds in nurseries?

Show seedlings.

Questions: what might be difficulties in growing seedlings?

Look at seedlings

Answer questions

MAIN BODY

15 mins

15 mins

10 mins

Sect. 1

Correct soil mixture

How to mix soil

How to fill seed box

Sect. 2

How to make rows

How to sow seeds

Importance of watering seeds

Sect. 3

Notes

Explain soil mixture

Demonstrate how to mix soil

Give soil ingredients to students

Demonstrate making rows

Demonstrate how to sow seeds

Explain reasons for watering

Demonstrate watering

Write notes on board

Listen

Watch

Mixing soil

Filling seed boxes

Watch

Make rows

Watch

Sow seeds

Watch

Water seeds

Copy notes

CONCLUSION

10 mins

Looking after seedlings

Questions:

Why use seed boxes

How should we look after seeds we have sown?

Answer

Try to answer

EVALUATION

CLASS/GROUP 2^ND Year RTC

DATE 17/ 07/2005

TIME 45 Mins

TOPIC OR SKILL The Causes of Soil Erosion

AIM To help Students to find out what causes soil erosion

OBJECTIVES At the end of the session students should:

• Know what soil erosion looks like.

• Be able to examine a soil sample and find out what is in it.

• Know what humus is and what it looks like.

• Understand the function of humus in soil.

• Understand leaching and how this leads to erosion

MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT

Soil samples to be collected by students.

TIME

CONTENTS/SKILLS

TEACHER ACTIVITY

STUDENT ACTIVITY AND

ASSESSMENT

INTRO-

DUCTION

What is soil erosion?

Take students outside.

Show example of soil erosion.

Ask cause.

Go outside

Look at soil erosion

Try to explain

Collect soil samples

Return to class

MAIN BODY

Section 1.

What is soil?

Examining Soil

What is humus?

Use of humus in binding soil

Section 2.

Erosion caused by lack of humus to bind soil.

What is leaching?

Why does it cause soil erosion?

Leaching destroys humus and causes soil to be washed away

Summary – What causes erosion?

Question on soil samples

Explain contents of soil

Explain humus

Notes of blackboard

Questions on samples – is soil bound together?

Explain

Questioning

Notes on Blackboard

Examine soil

Listen

Look for black colour

Listen

Write notes

Examine soil

Listen

Answer

Listen

Write notes

CONCLU-SION

Summarise erosion

How can we make sure humus stays in soil?

Next session – How to keep the humus in soil.

Take students outside again.

Questioning

Explain plan for next session

Look at erosion again.

Answer to test under-standing

Give ideas

Listen

EVALUATION

Good, but not enough time. Students took too long to get back to class.

Tell them to collect soil samples before lesson.