Summary

• Description:

  The MS Word document comprises Grade 4 Agriculture and Nutrition Rationalized Schemes of Work Term 1 2026. The PDF version is also available upon your request.

  Learning Resources: MTP Agric

  The scheme of work covers 12 weeks, with 4 lessons planned for each week.

  Below is a breakdown of the topics covered:

  • CONSERVATION OF RESOURCES
    • Soil Conservation
      • Materials for compost manure
      • Fuels used at home
      • Preparation of compost manure
      • Conserving and using fuels at home
      • Growing crop in an organic waste pit
      • Types of soil erosion (Splash, Sheet, Rill, Gulley)
      • Methods of controlling soil erosion
      • Importance of controlling soil erosion
    • Water conservation
      • Drip irrigation
      • Shading crops
      • Cover crops
      • Experimenting on mulching
      • Importance of conserving moisture
    • Conserving wild animals
      • Living Better With Wild Animals
      • Using smells (smelling and bitter tasting plants)
      • Controlling wild animals (use of sounds)
      • Constructing and installing a scarecrow
      • Care and safety from wild animals
      • Importance of deterrents
  • FOOD PRODUCTION PROCESSES
    • Balanced meal
      • Variety and proportion
      • Types of foods (energy giving, body building, protective)
    • Cooking food
      • Boiling food
    • Vegetable Gardening Practices
      • Preparing a nursery bed
      • Sowing seeds on a nursery bed
      • Transplanting vegetable seedlings
      • Importance of growing vegetables
    • Uses of domestic animals
      • Identifying small domestic animals (bees, rabbit, camels, fish, pigs, etc.)
      • Relating animals to their uses
      • Importance of domestic animals
    • Preservation of cereals and pulses
      • Identifying cereals and pulses (legumes)
      • Importance of preserving cereals and pulses
      • Methods of preserving cereals
• File Size:

  92.67 KB
• Length:

  14 pages
• Category:

  Schemes of Work
• Level:

  Grade 4
• Subject:

  AGRICULTURE & NUTRITION
• Posted By:

  Caleb_Peter

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