TECHNOLOGY AND

LIVELIHOOD EDUCATION
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 F ARM T OOL S
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A GR I CUL T URA L
CR OP P R ODUCT I ON
 ACTIVITY 1 - Pair Work
Students will be allowed to work in pairs with their
seatmate.
1. Smart cards for the pairs to write on will be given
to each pair.
2. From the title of the lesson which is “FARM
TOOL IN AGRICULTURAL CROP
PRODUCTION”, the students formulate questions
or make predictions about the concepts/topic. Your
questions may be express using Tagalog, English
or Mother Tongue / local dialect.
 ACTIVITY 2

GROUP ACTIVITY
IDENTIFICATION OF
TOOLS AND ITS
FUNCTION
 RUBRIC FOR SCORING

CONTENT – 5 points

COOPERATION – 5 Points

PRESENTATION – 5 Points

TOTAL – 15 Points
 Spade is used for

removing trash or
soil, digging canals or
ditches, and mixing soil
Shovel is used in removing

trash, digging loose

soil, moving soil from
one place to another
 Rake is used for
cleaning the ground
and leveling the
topsoil.
Crowbar is used for
digging big holes and
for digging out
big stones
and stumps.
Spading fork is used for
loosening the soil,
digging out root crops
and turning over the
materials in a compost
heap.
Hand trowel is used for
loosening the soil
around the growing
plants and putting small
amount of manure
fertilizer in the soil.
Bolo is used
for cutting tall
grasses and weeds
and chopping
branches of trees.
Pick-mattock is used for
digging canals,
breaking hard
topsoil and for
digging up stones
and tree stumps.
Grub hoe is used

for breaking
hard topsoil and
pulverizing soil.
Light hoe is used for

loosening and

leveling soil and

Hand is used for
cultivator
cultivating the
garden plot by
loosening the soil
and removing weeds
Hand fork

is used for inter

row cultivation.
 Pruning shears
is for cutting

branches of

planting materials and

Axe is for cutting bigger

size post.
Knife is for cutting planting
materials and for performing
other operations in
horticulture.
 Sprinklers –
is used for
watering seedlings
and young plants.
Water pails –
are used for
hauling water,
manure and
fertilizers.
Sprayers
are for spraying
insecticides, foliar
fertilizers,
fungicides and
herbicides.
 Wheelbarrow
is used for hauling
trash, manures,
fertilizers, planting

materials and other

Sickle is a hand-held
agricultural tool with a
variously curved
blade typically used
for cutting weeds.
 TECHNOLOGY AND
LIVELIHOOD EDUCATION
REVIEW
 ACTIVITY 1
1 PBL - Make methods and answers count
1. To develop problem-solving strategies, you will be
provided with different hand tools used by the farmers.
2. Demonstrate the correct method of accomplishing the
task. You may use all the tools provided but you need to
select an alternative method if the first method has
proven unsuccessful.
3. Your task is to fill the black plastic bags with garden soil
so that this can be planted with seedlings. Prepare at
least 5 plastic bags filled with soil.
GUIDE QUESTIONS:
1. Can you think of a better way to prepare the task
than using only your hands?
2. Differentiate shovel and hand trowel?
3. How would you generalize using appropriate
tools in accomplishing the task?
4. What would farmers do if they did not have a
tools?
5. How do farm tools help farmers and people like
you and me?
 ACTIVITY 2
2 Demonstration - MIXING SOIL MEDIA using appropriate tools
Materials : Saw dust, soil, manure, rice hulls, organic fertilizer
Tools: Shovel, rake, Spading Fork
1. Do body stretching first.
2. Prepare soil media by combining and mixing all materials.
3. Show to the class how you handle the tools.
4. Show finish product in front of the class
Guide Questions:
1. How does it feel when you do body stretching first before
doing the assigned task?
2. How would you use shovel in mixing soil media?
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GROUP In my head Question-Answer Relationships (QARs)

Here you need to think about what you already know. You can even
answer the question without reading the module; you need to use your
own experiences.
Guide Questions:
1. Questions may come from graffiti board.
2. How did early farmers plant and harvest?
3. How do you compare soil preparations using the Modern Technologies
like machines to traditional / conventional ones?
4. How would you feel if you are a farmer and you don't have tools in
farming? What advice can you give to them?