SLMs + QUALAS

Supplementary
Materials/Self-Learning LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET No._1_
Modules based instruction in TLE 7 (Agricultural Crop Production
paired with MELC- Based Exploratory Course)
Quality Assured Learner’s
Activity Sheet (LAS)

Name: _________________________________ Grade & Section: ______________

Teacher: _______________________________ Date Submitted: _______________

MELC 1: _ Select and use farm tools and equipment.

Objective/Subtask: Identify farm tools and equipment according to use.

Lesson/Topic: Farm Tools and Equipment in Agricultural Crop Production

Quarter No. ___3___ Week No. ___1____ Day: __1-2__

Reference/Source: K to 12 Basic Education Curriculum Technology and Livelihood Education Learning

Module Agricultural Crop Production Exploratory Course Grade 7 and 8 Page No.: 10-21

Activity Title
Farm Tools and Equipment and Their Uses

Key Concepts

Definition of Terms

Farm Equipment – These are machineries used in crop production. They are used in land preparation
and in transporting farm inputs and products. These equipment need a highly skilled operator to use.

Farm implements – accessories pulled by animals or mounted to machineries to make the work easier.

Hand tools – are objects that are usually light and are used without the help of animals and machines.

Farm tools, implements, and equipment play very important role in agricultural crop production. In
order to do crop production operations successfully, one must have a good working knowledge of the tools,
implements and equipment before using them.

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 Tools Pictures
Hand Tools
Bolo
A bolo is used for cutting tall grasses and weeds
and chopping branches of trees.

Crowbar
A crowbar is used for digging big holes and for
digging out big stones and stumps,

Pick-mattock
A pick mattock is used for digging canals, breaking
hard topsoil and for digging up stones and tree
stumps.
Grab-hoe
A grab-hoe is used for breaking hard topsoil and
pulverizing soil.

Spade
A spade is used for removing trash or soil, digging
canals or ditches and mixing soil media.

Shovel
A shovel is used in removing trash, digging loose
soil, moving soil from one place to another and for
mixing soil media.
Rake
A rake is used for cleaning the ground and leveling
the topsoil.

Spading Fork
A spading fork is used for loosening the soil,
digging out root crops and turning over the
materials in a compost heap.

Light hoe
A light hoe is used for loosening and leveling soil
and digging out furrows for planting.

Hand Trowel
Hand trowel is used for loosening the soil around
the growing plants and putting small amount of
manure fertilizer in the soil.

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Hand cultivator
A hand cultivator is used for cultivating the garden
plot by loosening the soil and removing weeds
around the plant.
Hand fork
A hand fork is used for inter row cultivation.

Pruning shears
Pruning shears also called hand pruner is for
cutting branches of planting materials and
unnecessary branches of plants.
Axe
An axe is used for cutting bigger size post.

Knife
A knife is used for cutting planting materials and for
performing other operations in horticulture.

Sprinkler
A sprinkler is used for watering seedlings and
young plants.

Water pail
A water pail is used for hauling water, manure, and
fertilizers.

Sprayers
Sprayers are for spraying insecticides, foliar
fertilizers, fungicides, and herbicides.

Wheelbarrow
A wheelbarrow is used for hauling trash, manures,
fertilizers, planting materials, and other equipment.

Sickle
A sickle is a hand-held agricultural tool with a
variously curved blade typically used for cutting
weeds.

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 Farm Implements
Plows
These are farm implements either pulled by a
working animal or a tractor and are specifically
used for tilling large areas, making furrows and
inter row cultivation. Disc plow

Harrow
Harrows are used for tilling and pulverizing the
soil. The native wooden harrow is made of wood
with metal teeth and pulled by carabao while the
disc harrow is made of metal mounted to a tractor.
Rotavator
The rotavator is an implement mounted to a tractor
used for tilling and pulverizing the soil.

Common Farm Equipment

Hand tractor
A hand tractor is used to pull a plow and harrow in
preparing large area of land.

Four wheel tractor

A four wheel tractor is used to pull disc plow and
disc harrow in preparing much bigger area of
land.

Water pump
Water pumps are used to draw irrigation water
from a source

Other Farm Equipment:

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Activity No. 1
Directions: Identify the tools and equipment in agricultural crop production based on its use. Select your
answer from the box below and write it on the space provided for.

Wheelbarrow Pick-mattock Plow Spading Fork Hand Tractor

Pruning Shear Hand trowel Bolo Water pump Sprinkler

____________________1. It is used for digging canals, breaking hard topsoil and for digging up stones
and tree stumps.
____________________2. A tool used for loosening the soil, digging out root crops and turning over the
materials in a compost heap.
____________________3. It is used for tilling large areas, making furrows and inter row cultivation.
____________________4. A tool used for loosening the soil around the growing plants and putting small
amount of manure fertilizer in the soil.
____________________5. It is used to draw irrigation water from a source.
____________________6. It is used to pull a plow and harrow in preparing a large area of land.
____________________7. A tool used for watering seedlings and young plants.
____________________8. It is used for cutting tall grasses and weeds and chopping branches of trees.
____________________9. A tool used for hauling trash, manures, fertilizers, planting materials, and
other equipment.
____________________10. It is used for cutting branches of planting materials and unnecessary
branches of plants.

MELC 2: Perform preventive maintenance of tools and equipment

Objective/Subtask: Follow the steps on routine check-up and maintenance

Lesson/Topic: Pre-operative Check Up of Farm Tools and Equipment

Quarter No. 3 Week No. 1 Day: 3-4

Reference/Source: K to 12 Basic Education Curriculum Technology and Livelihood Education Learning

Module Agricultural Crop Production Exploratory Course Grade 7 and 8 Page No.: 24-27

Activity Title
Routine Check-up and Maintenance

Key Concepts

Definition of Terms:

Preventive maintenance - an activity or operation done to prevent malfunction of tools and equipment
and it is done to prolong the useful life of tools and equipment.

Repair - to restore to good condition something broken or damaged.

Tools and equipment wear and can breakdown. These breakdowns cause downtime, result in
costly repair or replacement and may create hazard. To prolong their useful life, it is best to do regular
check-ups.
Source: ecmag.com/section/your-business/preventive-maintenance-preserves-tools-safety
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How to clean your Garden Tools:
• Knock some of the rust off the blades of your shovel, spade, hoe, or hedge trimmer so it will be a
lot easier to use and not only extend the life of the tool but also it will cut through the soil better and
require less effort to use if it has a nice sharp blade.
• A whetstone is an ideal tool to use to keep all the cutting edges of your garden tools honed.
The best way to use the stone:
a. Find a way to stabilize the tool that you want to work on.
b. Use a bench vise to clamp the tool into place at an angle, so you can work on it. Clamping the
garden tool into place frees both of your hands to use the whetstone and gives you more control
over what you are doing.
c. Apply a little lubricating oil to the end of the tool and carefully begin to work the stone over the
blade.
d. Maintain a 30-degree angle between the stone and the blade for form the ideal cutting edge for
your tool. Not only will the edge become sharper, but you will also be removing any pitting and rust
that has formed at the edge of your tool’s blade.
• In instances where the moving parts of your garden tools (such as with of any new pruners, shears,
and loppers) have frozen in place, like springs and pivot joints, you should disassemble them first
carefully break free of any rust or dirt that may keep the tool from functioning properly.
• Clean accumulated rust and dirt off all metal surfaces with a wire brush.
• Remove stubborn rust from small tools with a fine steel wool. Using an old toothbrush with some
lightweight lubricating oil is a great way to work fresh oil into the joints of most garden tools. Not
only will this fresh oil help your tool to work as it was intended, but it will also prevent the formation
of rust.
• Use medium-grit sandpaper to remove rust on larger tools such as shovels, spades, and hoes.

Once your tools are cleaned, they are ready to be sharpened.

• When sharpening, try to maintain the original factory bevel or angle.

➢ For pruners:
a. Use a whetstone because it produces a very sharp cutting edge.
b. Depending on the type of whetstone, apply a few drops of oil or water to the stone.
c. With the beveled side of the blade against the stone, rub the sharp edge of the blade toward the
stone in a curved motion, as if you were trying to shave off a thin slice from the stone.

➢ When working with a file:

a. Stabilize the blades in a vise or against a solid surface such as a work bench to avoid injury and
ensure an even stroke.
b. Always push the file across the blade in a motion away from your body.
c. Move the file diagonally, so that its cutting teeth are biting into the metal on the tool.
d. When sharpening with a file, do not use oil; metal filings will accumulate and clog the file's
serrations.

• Farm implements like ordinary plow and wooden harrow should be checked thoroughly before use.
✓ Loosened bolts and nuts should be tightened firmly.
✓ Disc plow and harrow should also be lubricated on their moving parts like bearings.
✓ Tractors should be tuned-up very well by and skilled operator. Checking on their oil,
lubricant, fuel and cooling system.

• Tools that are worn out should be separated and be fixed immediately to avoid accident.

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Upkeep of Equipment

• Keep a detailed service record.

• When lubricating grease fittings, it is best practice to lubricate in both loaded and unloaded positions
because this will better provide a completed lubrication in both positions.
• The battery in the tractor has little protection so it should be checked often.
• Always allow tractors, especially diesel engine tractors, to warm up when cranked after a long
period of non-use but never over revolution the engine when it is first started because hydraulic
lifters, hydraulic pumps, and oil pumps may drain down while the tractor is not in use, and damage
can occur to these components.
• Check lug nuts. The lug nuts on the large back wheels are prone to work loose if not torqued
properly.
• The rear wheel has tapered hub, so reversing the wheel brings the tire in towards the tractor’s
center.

Activity No. 2

Directions: Arrange the following steps in cleaning and maintaining farm tools and equipment in proper
order. Write the correct numbers in each sentence below.

A. Cleaning garden tools (1 to 6)

____ Clean accumulated rust and dirt off all metal surfaces with a wire brush.
____ Use medium grit sandpaper to remove rust on larger tools.
____ Knock some of the rust off the blades of your shovel, spade, hoe or hedge trimmer.
____ Remove stubborn rust from small tools with a fine steel wool.
____ Disassemble the tools (such as pruners, shears, and loppers) where the moving parts have frozen
in place.
____ Use whetstone to keep all of the cutting edges of your garden tools honed.

B. Sharpening pruners (1 to 3)

____ Apply a few drops of oil or water to the stone.

____ Use a whetstone to sharpen the cutting edge of the pruner.
____ Rub the sharp edge of the blade toward the stone in a curved motion.

C. Upkeep of Equipment (1 to 6)

____ Always allow tractors to warm up when cranked after a long period of non-use.
____ Check the battery of the tractor.
____ Reverse the rear wheel to bring the tire in toward the tractor’s centre.
____ Keep a detailed service record.
____ Check lug nuts on the large back wheels for loses.
____ Practice to lubricate in both the loaded and unloaded positions of the grease fittings.

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Activity No. 2 Activity No. 1
A. Cleaning Garden Tools 1. Pick-mattock
4 2. Spading fork
6 3. Plow
1
5 4. Hand trowel
3
5. Water pump
2
6. Hand tractor
B. Sharpening Pruners
7. Sprinkler
2
8. Bolo
1
3 9. Wheel barrow
C. Upkeep of Equipment (Tractor) 10. Pruning Shears
4
3
6
1
5
2
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