DETAILED LESSON PLAN

IN Agricultural Crop Production

I. OBJECTIVES
At the end of the 60 minutes lesson, the students should be able to:
1. Identify different components of growing media ;
2. Demonstrate proper growing media preparation ; and
3. Appreciate the importance of growing media.

II. SUBJECT MATTER

TOPIC: GROWING MEDIA PREPARATION
REFERENCE: K-12 Basic Education Curriculum for Agri-Fishery Arts,
Agricultural Crops Production NC II (Horticulture) Module I Personal
Entrepreneurial Competencies (PECs) Teacher’s Guide. Ministry of Agriculture,
Land and Fisheries – How to prepare the growing medium.
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: Projector, laptop, Cartolina, Manila paper,
Construction Paper, Scotch Tape, Markers, Planting Materials(Recyclable)
VALUES: Cooperation, Honesty and Work Ethics

III. PROCEDURES
Teacher’s Activities Student’s Activities
A. PRELIMINARY ACTIVITIES:
1. Greetings & Prayer:
- Good morning class!
- To start please stand and recite our morning prayer. - Good Morning Ma’am,
- Thank you, you may now take your seat. Good morning classmates
(Students recite the Prayer
altogether, Amen)
2. Checking of Attendance
- Class let us know who is absent today.
- The person in the center aisle please stand and state - None of us is absent form
the name of your classmates who is absent. row 1 ma’am and so with
- Okay start with table 1 to 4. the respective tables.
- Very good! All are present today.
- Since everybody was present let us give ourselves a
YES clap. - 1,2,3 YES
3. Setting the classroom standards
- All right class, please kindly observe our classroom - Read in chorus
standard. 1. Sir properly
- I have here flashcards with corresponding classroom 2. Listen attentively
standards written on it. 3. Participate
- All together please read as I show the flash cards 4. Keep quite
and say approved if you’re agree. 5. Cellphone off
- Approved Ma’am
4. Drill
- I have here shown scrambled letters, with the given
clue please write the correct word in the flashcards I - Yes Ma’am
will give to you. You will answer it by group, Table 1
will be the group 1, and table 2 will be group 2, table
3-group 3 and table 4 group 4. After answering
please raise your flashcards. Get it class? Okay let’s
start:
- The students answer:
1 - TIONNAMIGER 1. GERMINATION
2 - BLETAVEGE 2. VEGETABLE
3 - DENGAR 3. GARDEN
4 - DEES 4. SEED
5 - TAGECENPER 5. PERCENTAGE
 - Very good class you answer each correctly, let’s give
ourselves an ANGEL Clap. - 1.2.3. woohh-woohh-
woohh-
B. Review of the Past Lesson
(SEED GERMINATION)
- Okay now class, who can remember our lesson - Seed Germination
yesterday? Ma’am.
- Very good Reggie!
- It is about Seed Germination.
- Then, how can we identify the seed viability of our
available seed? - By solving the seed
- Very good Leslie! germination Ma’am.
- To identify the seed viability we are going to solve
seed germination.
- I have problem here, who can solve?
- Mr. Cruz wants to determine the viability of the
tomato seeds received from Mr. Albarico, he sow 50
seeds using 50-hole seed tray. After a week, he
found out that only 40 seeds germinated. That is the
percentage germination of the tomato seed tested? - Leah show the
- Excellent Leah! You solve it correctly. solution.
- You perform very well class this signifies that you
understand and review our previous lesson.
C. MOTIVATION

- Everybody please look at the different pictures or

Video Clip.
- Observe carefully, give me one word description of
the video clip.
- Nice. - Soil Ma’am.
- Hmmn yes Soil?
- Planting Ma’am.
- Another, Jose?
- Yes Maybe?
- Mixing Ma’am.
- One more, Irish?
- Yes, Mixing.
- Very good.
- So today class, we are going to discuss and perform
growing media mixing.
D. PRESENTATION OF THE LESSON
1. Presentation of the Lesson Objectives
(Present the Objectives of the Lesson)
- Now Class, kindly read together our objective today. - Students read together
- Then let’s find out later if everyone can achieve our
objectives.
2. Activity
- As I have said, we are going to do a growing media
mixing. - Yes Ma’am.
- Before that, what is Growing Media?
- (Give the Growing media Definition and other
information about it)
- What are the components of Growing media?
- (Garden Soil, Compost, Rice Hull/Saw Dust,
Coconut Coir, and Sand)
- And always consider that in mixing Growing Media
you have a 1:1:1 Ratio. - Yes Ma’am
- Okay class, the same groupings, you have to mix a
growing media with the available components we
have here. Get it class?
- In doing any agricultural activity, always remember
to wear PPE or the Personal Protective Equipment.
- Did you bring your gloves? - Yes Ma’am.
 - Very good!
- (The teacher start to mix and introduce the
components of Growing Media)
3. Analysis
- What is Growing Media again? Liza? - The materials that
- Very Good. plants grow in and it
support the plants
growth.
- Then, why we need to consider growing media - To have a successful
mixing in planting? Yes Kenneth? plant growth and
- Excellent Kenneth. might able to produce
high yield.
4. Abstraction
- What proportion we should consider in gathering - 1:1:1 Ma’am.
growing media? Yes Jessica?
- Very Good! It is 1:1:1.
- Can we make growing media without Soil? Berting? - Yes Ma’am.
- Off course we could.
- In absence of rice hull what could we also use?
- Saw Dust Ma’am.
Norma?
- Yes very good, we could use saw dust.
- We could also use other components aside from
what we have here now, like humus instead of very
cast or either farm manure instead of soil. - .

5. Application
- Shall we start mixing our growing media? - Yes Ma’am.
- Before that, let us know first the proper procedure in
gathering and preparation of growing media; Please
read:
1. Select and gather proper growing media
component.
2. Prepare growing media components according to
established procedures and manual.
3. Mix growing media components according to
desired proportions and established procedures. - Read the Procedure.
- Get it class? - Yes Ma’am
- Let’s start, we have here:
1. garden soil
2. vermin cast
3. rice hull
4. coconut coir
5. sand
(Students perform the
activity)
 Criteria Level 4 Level 3 Level 2 Level 1
(5 points) (4 points) (3 points) (1 point
)
1.Following Follows Follows some Fail to Did not
Procedure steps of of the follow follow
Procedure. procedure. some procedures.
procedure.
2.Collaborativ Willingly Needs Requires No
e Effort and participate encouragemen prompting involvement.
Behavior s in group t to participate to work
work. with group with the
mates. group
3.Safety Use of Uses PPE Requires No PPE to
Measures PPE all the sometimes. promoting use.
time. to use
PPE.
4. Skills or Proper use Good use of Needs No attempt to
Processes of the the materials. assistance handle tools.
materials. in
handling
of tools,
5.Timeliness Finishes Finishes 75 % Finishes Finishes 25
work of the work 50 % of % of the
before the work work.
time end
- You may now start your growing media mixing and
consider our rubrics. I will give you five minutes to
do it.
- Time is up class, Please bring here in front your
growing media.
- (Teacher discuss her observation in the activity
based on the Rubrics)
RUBRICS of Mixing Growing Media.

6. Generalization:

- With the components we used let us identify each

and its function.

- Garden soil – probably loam type to hold the water

needed by the plant and avoid soil erosion.

- Compost ( Vermi cast) - it might also be humus

- Rice hull- it may also be carbonated to avoid

damage later brought by the heat along the process
of decomposition.

- Coconut coir- it will help with high water holding

capacity

- Sand- it helps neutralized and avoid the soil to

compact.

- What are the importance of Growing Media?

 High Yield
 Successful Planting
 Holds Water needed by the Plant
 Sustainability of Growth.

- And always consider the 1:1:1 proportion.

 - I have picture here taken at the University of - Wow
Southern Mindanao. They used the sand growing
media components as we had mix a while ago.

- Now class any question? - None Ma’am

- Since none. We’ll have a short quiz.

7. Evaluation
- Kindly get ¼ sheet of paper and answer the question of the following items within
five minutes.

1-5 Identify the components of growing media.

- Time is up, exchange your paper to your sit mate.

(The teacher read the question and allow the student to answer in chorus)
- Kindly write the score at the top of the paper then give back to the owner of the
paper.
- Please submit those who got the perfect score, then followed by 5, and 4
- Ok those who got 3 below please submit it now.
- Excellent class, most of you got the perfect score.

8. Assignment:
- Try to visit your neighbors, observe the plants in their grounds and ask what
growing media they used. Visit at least two.

- Any question or clarification with your assignment - No more Ma’am

class?
- Since you have no more questions, please stand up
for our closing prayer
(The Teacher lead the closing prayer)
- Goodbye class! - Goodbye Ma’am

Prepared by:

MICHELLE ANN S. CANABUAN

Subject Teacher

Checked by:
SAMMY G. DESLATE
Assistant Principal I-SHS