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Technology and
Livelihood Education
EXPLORATORY COURSE
HORTICULTURE 7/8
Quarter 1- Week 1- Lesson 1

Self-Learning Kit
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 Technology and Livelihood Education– Grade 7/8
Alternative Delivery Mode
Exploratory Course Horticulture 7/8 Quarter 1- Week1- Lesson1
First Edition, 2020

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 Technology and
Livelihood Education
EXPLORATORY COURSE
HORTICULTURE 7/8
Quarter 1- Week 1- Lesson 1

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 Introductory Message

For the facilitator:

Welcome to the Technology and Livelihood Education Alternative Delivery
Mode (ADM) Module on Exploratory Course Horticulture 7/8 Quarter 1-Week1-
Lesson 1.

This module was collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by

educators both from public and private institutions to assist you, the teacher
or facilitator in helping the learners meet the standards set by the K to 12
Curriculum while overcoming their personal, social, and economic
constraints in schooling.

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 For the learner:

Welcome to the Technology and Livelihood Education Alternative

Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on Exploratory Course Horticulture 7/8 Quarter
1- Week 1- Lesson 1

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 What I Need to Know

This lesson will provide knowledge and skills of the use of farm tools
and equipment and maintenance which are necessary in horticulture
operation. It is here to help you master the horticulture operations. The scope
of this module permits it to be used in many different learning situations. The
language used recognizes the diverse vocabulary level of students. The lessons
are arranged to follow the standard sequence of the course. But the order in
which you read them can be changed to correspond with the textbook you are
now using.

This module contains one lesson:

Lesson 1 – Select and Use Farm Tools and Equipment
After going through this module, you are expected to:
1. classify farm tools and equipment according to use;
2. appreciate the importance of farm tools and equipment; and
3. use appropriate tools or equipment for the job requirement
according to manufacturer’s specifications and instructions.
 What I Know

Find out how much you already know about the use of farm tools and
equipment. Take this test.

Directions: Read the questions carefully and choose the letter of the
best answer. Write your correct answer in your activity notebook.

1. Which tool is used to lift or open something?.

A. Bolo C. Pick-Mattock
B. Crowbar D. Shovel

2. What tool is used for scattering water on grass or soil?

A. Spade C. Sprinkler
B. Sprayer D. Trowel

3. Which tool is used for cutting grass?

A. Bolo C. Pick-Mattock
B. Crowbar D. Shovel

4. What tool is used for loosening the soil around the growing plants
and putting small amount of manure fertilizer in the soil?
A. Hand Trowel C. Water Pail
B. Hand Fork D. Pick- Mattock

5. Which tool is used for leveling the soil and gathering up dead
leaves?
A. Bolo C. Rake
B. Hoe D. Pruning Shears

6. What tool is used for cutting bigger size post?

A. Axe C. Pruning Shears
B. Knife D. Shovel

7. Which tool has a small cart with one wheel and two handles that
you use outdoors to carry things especially in the garden?
A. Hand Tractor C. Wheel Cart
B. Wheel Barrow D. Spading Fork
8. What tool is used for loosening the soil and removing weeds around
the plant?
A. Hand Cultivator C. Spading Fork
B. Spade D. Wheel Cart

9. What tool is used for spraying large amounts of liquid, especially

over crops?
A. Bucket C. Sprayer
B. Pail D. Sprinkler

10. What implements is being pulled by a working animal to till the

land?
A. Disc Harrow C. Hand Tractor
B. Disc Plow D. Native Plow

11. What implements attached to a tractor that is used to pulverize

the newly plowed soil?
A. Disc Harrow C. Native Plow
B. Disc Plow D. Hand Tractor

12.Which tool resembles the appearance of a spoon and is used for

transferring soil?
A. Hand trowel C. Spade
B. Shovel D. Spading fork

13. Which of the following tools is used to harvest crops?

A. Bolo C. Shovel
B. Knife D. Spade

14.What accessories that being pulled by working animals or mounted

to machineries which usually used in the preparation of land?
A. Disc Plows C. Farm Tools
B. Farm Implements D. Native plows

15. Which tool has a blade flattened to one end and the other pointed
at right angles to its handle?
A. Bolo C.Pick-Mattock
B. Crowbar D. Spade
 Lesson
Select and Use of Farm
1 Tools and Equipment

What’s In

Let us check if you are familiar with the different farm tools and
equipment by finding ten (10) tools hidden in the word puzzle. Write you
correct answer in your activity notebook.

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 What’s New

Look at the pictures below.

Explain and write your answer in your activity notebook
1. What gardening tools have you tried to use?
2. How did you use it?

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 What is It

Vocabulary Development

Agriculture-the practice or science of farming.

Cultivation-the preparation and use of land for growing crops.
Equipment-powered tool machine used in farming.
Farm implements-accessories pulled by animals or mounted on a machinery
to make the work easier.
Foliar fertilizer-a fertilizer product which is designed to be applied directly
to the leaves of plant.
Fungicide-a chemical used for destroying fungus.
Hand tools-objects that are usually light and are used without the help of
animals and machines.
Herbicides-are substances used to kill unwanted plants.
Horticulture-the practice or science of growing flowers, fruits, and
vegetables.
Insecticides-are chemical substances for killing insects.
Mounted-fixed firmly to a larger thing.
Tilling-to prepare land for growing crops.
Pulverizing –to crush something into a powder.
Weed-a wild plant growing where it is not wanted that prevents crops or
garden flowers from growing properly.

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 Reminders: HANDLE WITH CARE. Tools are not toys. Never throw or
toss a tool in the direction of or directly to someone.

FARM TOOLS IN HORTICULTURAL OPERATION

Farm tools, implements, and equipment play very important role in

horticultural operations. Their availability makes the work much easier and
faster. However, even if one may have the most sophisticated tools and
implements, but does not know how to use them, they are useless. In order
to do horticultural operations successfully, one must have a good working
knowledge of the tools, implements and equipment before using them.

HAND TOOLS

Hand tools are usually light and are used without the help of animals
or machines. They are being used in performing farm activities which involve
small areas like school garden and home garden.

The following are the basic hand tools used in agricultural crop production:

Rake is used for making soil level

and gathering up dead leaves.

Bolo is used for cutting tall grasses

and weeds and chopping branches
of trees.

Crowbar is used for digging big

holes and for digging out big stones
and stumps.

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

Hand trowel is used for loosening

the soil around the growing plants
and putting small amount of
manure fertilizer in the soil.

Hand fork is used for inter row

cultivation.

Pick-mattock is used for digging

canals, breaking hard topsoil and
for digging up stones and tree
stumps.

Hand cultivator is used for

cultivating the garden plot by
loosening the soil and removing
weeds around the plant.

Pruning shears is for cutting

branches of planting materials and
unnecessary branches of plants.

Axe is for cutting bigger size post.

Knife is for cutting planting

materials and for performing other
operations in horticulture.

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Sprinkler is used for watering
seedlings and young plants.

Water pail is used for hauling

water, manure and fertilizers.

Sprayers are used for spraying

insecticides, foliar fertilizers,
fungicides and herbicides.

Wheel barrow is used for hauling

trash, manures, fertilizers, planting
materials and other equipment.

Sickle is a hand-held agricultural

tool with a variously curved blade
typically used for cutting weeds.

Hoe a garden tool with a long

handle, used for removing weed
from the surface of the soil.

Spading fork is used for loosening

the soil, digging out root crops and
turning over the materials in a
compost heap.

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 Shovel is used in removing trash,
digging loose soil, moving soil from
one place to another and for mixing
soil media.

Farm Implements

These are accessories which are being pulled by working animals or

mounted to machineries (hand tractor, tractor) which are usually used in the
preparation of land. These are usually made of a special kind of metal.

Examples are:

1. Plows - These are farm implements used in horticultural operations either

pulled by a working animal or a tractor. The plow is specifically used for tilling
large areas, making furrows and inter-row cultivation. Plows pulled by
working animals are made of either a combination of metal or wood or pure
metal. They are used to till areas with a shallower depth than that of the disc
plows which are pulled by tractors.

Native plow Disc plow

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

Native Harrow Disc Harrow

3. Rotavator - The rotavator is an implement attached to a tractor and used

for tilling and pulverizing the soil

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COMMON FARM EQUIPMENT

These are machineries used in horticultural operations especially in

vegetable production. They are used in land preparation and in transporting
farm inputs and products. This equipment needs a highly skilled operator to
use.

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

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

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

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 What’s More

Determine how much you already know about the use of farm tools and
equipment. Take this test.

Matching Type: Match column A with Column B. Write the letter of your
correct answer in your activity notebook.

A B

___1. Sprinkler A. Used for spraying insecticides, foliar

fertilizers, fungicides and herbicides.

____2. Axe B. Used for cutting tall grasses and

weeds and chopping branches of trees.

____3. Pail C. Used for inter-row cultivation

____4. Sprayer D. Used for cutting branches of planting

materials and unnecessary branches of
plants.

____5. Pruning Shears E. A hand-held agricultural tool with a

variously curved blade typically used for
cutting weeds.

____6. Shovel F. Used for removing trash, digging loose

soil, moving soil from one place to
another and for mixing soil media.

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____7. Rake G. To make something smooth or sharp
by rubbing it on a hard surface.

____8. Bolo H. Used for cutting planting materials.

____9. Hand Fork I. A farming machine with sharp metal

blades used to break up the earth before
planting crops.

____10. Knife J. Used for hauling water, manure and

fertilizers.

____11. Grind Stone K. Used for leveling the top soil.

____12. Wheel barrow L. A small cart with one wheel and two
handles that you use outdoors to carry
things, especially in the garden.
____13. Harrow M. Used for watering seedlings.

____14. Spading fork N. Used for loosening the soil, digging

out root crops and turning over the
materials in a compost heap.

____15. Sickle O. Used for cutting bigger size post.

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 What I Have Learned

Find out how much you can remember and how much you have learned by
answering this test.

Directions: Choose your correct answer from the box and write it in
your activity notebook.

carabao Four wheel tractor Horticulture

easier Hand tools leveling
faster Harrow/Rotavator plants
tractor Water pumps Water Pail
Sickle time Shovel

 Rake is used for (1) __________ the soil.

 (2)____________ are used to draw irrigation water from a
source.
 (3)____________the practice or science of growing
flowers, fruits, and vegetebles.
 Farm tools are very important in agricultural crop
production because they make work (4)_____,
(5)_______, save (6)_____ and effort.
 (7)____________ is an implement attached to a tractor
and used for tilling and pulverizing the soil.
 (8)_____________ is used for hauling water, manure and
fertilizers.
 (9)___________ is a tool resembles the appearance of
spoon and use for transfering soil.
 Sprinkler is used for watering seedlings and young
__________(10).

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 (11)_____________is used to pull disc plow and disc
harrow in preparing much bigger area of land.
 (12)_______________ is a hand-held agricultural tool
with a variously curved blade typically used for cutting
weeds.
 (13)______________ are usually light and are used
without the help of animals or machines.
 The native wooden harrow is made of wood with metal
teeth and pulled by a (14)__________ while the disc
harrow is made of metal mounted to a (15) ___________.

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 What I Can Do

Reminders: HANDLE WITH CARE. Before you perform this activity,

make sure you are wearing appropriate personal protective equipment.

Activity 1.1 Show that you learned something by doing this activity.

Directions: You will be asked to demonstrate how to use them properly.

Choose one (1) tool and give the procedures and write it in your activity
notebook.

How to Use my Hand Tool?

Hand Tools Procedures

Shovel

Rake

Wheel barrow

Bolo

any farm tools available

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 How well did you perform?

Find out by accomplishing the Scoring Rubric honestly and sincerely.

Remember it is your learning at stake!

Points Criteria
20 All procedures are properly followed.
15 Some procedures are properly followed.
10 Most of the procedures are not properly followed.

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 Assessment

Prove that you have learned something by doing this activity

Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer. Write your answer in
your activity notebook.

1. Which tool is used for cutting branches of plant materials?

A. Hand Trowel C. Pruning Shears
B. Pick Mattock D. Wheel Barrow

2. Which farm tool is used for harvesting grains?

A. Axe C. Knife
B. Bolo D. Sickle

3. What tool is used for inter row cultivation?

A. Hand Fork C. Hoe
B. Hand Shovel D. Spade

4.Which tool is used for watering seedlings and young plants?

A. Dipper C. Sprinkler
B. Sprayer D. Water Pail

5. What object has one wheel and two handles that you use
outdoors to carry things especially in the garden?
A. Bucket C. wheel barrow
B. Water Pail D. Tractor

6. What farm equipment is used to draw irrigation water from a

source?
A. Four Wheel Tractor C. Water pump
B. Hand Tractor D. Tractor

7. What accessories is pulled by farm animals to make the work

easier?
A. Farm Equipment C. Farm Tools
B. Farm Implements D. Hand Tools

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 8. Which tool is used for digging canals, digging up stones, breaking
hard topsoil and tree stumps?
A. Bolo C. Pick-Mattock
B. Crowbar D. Shovel

9. What hand-held agricultural tool with a variously curved blade

typically used for cutting weeds?
A. Bolo C. Prunning Shears
B. Crowbar D. Sickle

10.Isaac was asked by his father to transfer a pile of soil to their

backyard. Which of the following is the right tool to use?
A. Bolo C. Pick-Mattock
B. Crowbar D. Shovel

11. In farming, farmers use tool for hauling water, manure and
fertilizer. What should be used for this purpose?
A. Shovel C. Water Pail
B. Sprayer D. Wheel Barrow

12. John is preparing their farmland for planting season. Which of

the following implements will he attach to their carabao to cultivate
the farmland?
A. Disc Plows C. Farm Tools
B. Farm Implements D. Native plows

13. Mario’s father asked him to get the spade and help him on what
he is doing in the farm. What is the activity of Mario’s father?
A. cleaning the ground C. digging canal
B. cultivating the soil D. transplanting

14. How do you handle hand tools safely?

A. Work with oily or greasy hands.
B. Use the tool without reading directions.
C. Use tools for things they weren’t meant for.
D. Avoid using tools which are loose or cracked.

15. Why is it important to use the correct hand tools, implements,

and equipment in farming?
A. It can lessen crop production.
B. It can cause serious injury to farmers.
C. It compromises the safety of the farmers.
D. It can make the work of the farmer easier and faster.

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 Additional Activities

Activity 1.2 Labelling farm tools and equipment.

A. Label the pictures below. Write your correct answer in your activity
notebook.

1._________________ 6. _________________

2._________________ 7._____________________

3._________________ 8._____________________

4.___________________ 9.______________________

5.__________________ 10._____________________

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11.__________________ 13._____________________

12.__________________ 14._____________________

15._____________________

Congratulations !!!

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Answer Key

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