Technology and Livelihood Education: Agricultural Crops Production
Technology and Livelihood Education: Agricultural Crops Production
Technology and
Livelihood Education
Agricultural Crops
Production
Quarter 3 - Module 1,WK.1
Prepare Materials,Tools and Equipment
Technology and Livelihood Education/Technical Vocational Livelihood – Grade 9/11
(AFA- Agricultural Crops Production)
Alternative Delivery Mode
Quarter 2 – Module 1: Waste Materials Management
First Edition, 2020
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9/11
Technology and
Livelihood
Education
Agricultural
Crops
Production
Quarter 3
Module 1(WK.1)
SUPPORT NURSERY WORK
Introductory Message
For the facilitator:
This learning resource hopes to engage the learners into guided and independent
learning activities at their own pace and time. Furthermore, this also aims to help
learners acquire the needed 21st century skills while taking into consideration
their needs and circumstances.
In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the body of
the module:
As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this module.
You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to
manage their own learning. Furthermore, you are expected to encourage and assist
the learners as they do the tasks included in the module.
For the learner:
The hand is one of the most symbolized parts of the human body. It is often used to
depict skill, action and purpose. Through our hands we may learn, create and
accomplish. Hence, the hand in this learning resource signifies that you as a
learner is capable and empowered to successfully achieve the relevant
competencies and skills at your own pace and time. Your academic success lies in
your own hands!
This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful opportunities
for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You will be
enabled to process the contents of the learning resource while being an active
learner.
What I Need to Know This will give you an idea of the skills or
competencies you are expected to learn in
the module.
This module encourages you to be familiar with the materials, tools and
equipment for nursery work. Various activities are provided for you to meet
the target skills.
At the end of this module, you are expected to:
2.1. Identify the required materials, tools and equipment ;
What I Know……….
Pre test
Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer. Write your answer in a separate
sheet.
_____1. Farm tools are very important in agricultural crop production because they
__________.
A. Make work easier
B. Make work faster
C. Save time and effort
D. Make work easier and faster thus saving time and effort
_____2. A tool with one end of its blade flattened and the other at right angle to its
handle is __________.
A. Pick - mattock B. Crowbar C. Bolo D. Spade
_____3. Which tool resembles the appearance of a spoon and use for transfer-ring
soils?
A. Spade B. Shovel C. Spading fork D. Grab hoe
_____4. Which tool does not belong to the group?
A. Crowbar B. Mattock C. Shovel D. Pruning shear
_____5. What equipment is agronomical operation is used to draw water from a
source?
A. Water pump B. Sprinkler C. Water pail D. Sprayer
_____6. It is a tool with times used to loosen the soil, dig out root crops, and turn
over materials in a compost heap.
A. Hand fork B. Spading fork C.Hand cultivator D. Hand trowel
_____7. Which among the following is NOT a cultivating tool?
A. Hand fork B. Hand trowel C. Spading fork D. Hand cultivator
______8. Farm equipment are used to facilitate initial tillage operation in a wide
tract of land. Which among the following equipment is used to perform the task
stated above?
A. Tractor with disc plow
B. Tractor with disc harrow
C. Tractor with rotavator
D. Tractor with seed driller
______9. Small seeded vegetable crops are usually pre - germinated to attain quality
seedlings. Which among the following methods of seedling pro duction is NOT
applicable for planting a wide area?
A. Seed box B. Seedling tray C. Seed bed D. Individual plastic bag
_____10. Why do we need to conduct pre - operative check - up of tools, imple
ments and equipment before starting to work?
A. to check if the tools are serviceable
B. to determine the functionality of tools and implements
C. to repair defective tools
D. to check, repair and determine the functionality of tools
_____11. Why is it necessary to apply oil to the metal parts of tools and imple ments
before storing them for a long period of time?
A. to prevent them from rust
B. to retain its shiny look
C. to clean the tools
D. to make it lubricated
_____12. It refers to a powered tool machine used in farming.
A. Hand tool B. Implements C. Equipment D. Machinery
_____13. These are accessories pulled by animals or mounted to machineries to
make the work easier.
A. Implements B. Equipment C. Hand tools D. Farm facilities
_____14. It is ideal for spraying agricultural chemicals and fertilizers on farms,
greenhouses and orchards.
A. Water pump B. Power Sprayer C. Knapsack sprayer D.Trigger sprayer
_____15. Tool being used for weighing harvests and fertilizer.
Weighing scale B. Meter stick C. Crates D. Wheel barrow
What’s In…..
Directions: PICTURE PUZZLE: Observe the pictures below. Are you familiar with
these farm tools, implements and equipment? Can you identify and name each of
them? Write your answer in a separate sheet.
1._____________________ 2.____________________
3._________________ 4.__________________
5._______________ 6.__________________
What’s New………
Directions: Fill-in the blank with the missing word/words to complete the
paragraph below. Write your answer in a separate sheet.
Hand tools are usually (1) __________ and are used without the help of animals or
machines, that are being used in performing farm activities which involve small
area like school garden and home garden. Farm implements are (2) _________ which
are being pulled by working animals or (3) __________ to machineries which are
usually used in the preparation of wide land. Equipment are (4) ____________ used
in horticultural and agronomical operation. They are used in different stages of (5)
__________ production starting from land preparation up to planting and harvesting
and in transplanting farm inputs and products.
7. Post Hole
TESDA, CBLM Horticulture NC II,
Developed 2012
Dig-ger - is used
for dig-ging holes
from small to
moderately sized
hole especially in
or-chard
production.
Example of Cutting Tools:
Examples of Harvesting
TESDA, CBLM Horticulture NC II, Developed 2012
1. Harvesting 2. Sickle - is a hand- held
Knives/ agricultural tool with a
Scissors - are variously curved blade
used for typically used for cutting
harvest-ing weeds.
vegetable
crops. Sickle
1. Weighing Scale - is
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Everyone a Champion Builder” 2. Meter Walmart.com
3. Pressure 4. Sprinkler - is
TESDA, CBLM Horticulture NC II, TESDA, CBLM Horticulture NC II, Develop
Develope
other equipment.
Other tools and materials for harvesting
TESDA,
5. Grass Cutter
– used to trim
large ar-ea of
grass. CBLM Horticulture NC II,
Farm Implements – accessories pulled by animals or mounted to machineries to
make the work easier.
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 wide land.
These are usually made of a special kind of metal.
Native Plow
What’s More
HAND TOOL NAME CLASSIFICATION
Pick - mattock
1. _______________
Digging tool
_______________
2.
Cutting tool
3. _______________
Scythe
_______________
4.
Weighing scale
______________
5.
_______________ Cultivating tool
6.
Bolo
_______________
7.
______________
Measuring tool
8.
Hand fork _______________
9.
_______________ Cutting tool
10.
Shovel _______________
11.
_______________ Carpentry tool
12.
Wheel barrow _______________
13.
Other Materials
_______________
14.
15. Crosscut saw _______________
Independent Assessment 1
Directions: Identify the following if it is a Hand tool, Implement or Equipment.
Write TH for hand tool, I for implement and E for equipment. Write your answer in
a separate sheet.
__________ 1. Hand tractor
__________ 2. Disc plow
__________ 3. Grab hoe
__________ 4. Four wheel tractor
__________ 5. Rake
__________ 6. Grass cutter
__________ 7. Hand cultivator
__________ 8. Post hole digger
__________ 9. Native harrow
__________10.Water pump
__________11.Native plow
__________12.Disc harrow
__________13.Spriklers
__________14.Power sprayer
__________15.Rotavator
What I Can Do ……………..
Directions: Your task is to put up a vegetable garden in your backyard. List down
the hand tools and materials that you will be needed and tell how they became
useful to you in accomplishing the task.
I have learned that hand tools are classified according to usage; and these are
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
I have learned that the differences between farm implement and equipment are
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
Additional Activity……………..
Directions: Make a scrapbook of farm tools and equipment. Collect various
pictures of farm equipment and instructional manual. Cut the pictures and
paste them in a long bond paper. Name and give their function. Compiled them
in a folder and submit it.
Assessment
Directions: Choose the best answer. Write the letter of your choice in a separate sheet.
_____ 1. It refers to a powered tool machine used in farming.
A. Hand tool B. Implements C. Equipment D. Machinery
_____ 2. These are accessories pulled by animals or mounted to machineries to make the
work easier.
A. Implements B. Equipment C. Hand tools D. Farm facilities
_____ 3. It is ideal for spraying agricultural chemicals and fertilizers on farms, greenhouses
and orchards.
A. Water pump B. Power Sprayer C. Knapsack sprayer D. Trigger sprayer
_____ 4. Tool being used for weighing harvests and fertilizer.
A. Weighing scale B. Meter stick C. Crates D. Wheel barrow
_____ 5. An ideal tool use to keep all of the cutting edges of your garden tools to be
sharpened.
A. File B. Whetstone C. Bench vise D. Blade
_____ 6. Farm tools are very important in agricultural crop production because they
__________.
A. Make work easier
B. Make work faster
C. Save time and effort
D. Make work easier and faster thus saving time and effort
_____ 7. A tool with one end of its blade flattened and the other at right angle to its handle
is __________.
A. Pick - mattock B. Crowbar C. Bolo D. Spade
_____ 8. Which tool resembles the appearance of a spoon and use for transferring soils?
A. Spade B. Shovel C. Spading fork D. Grab hoe
_____ 9. Which tool does not belong to the group?
A. Crowbar B. Mattock C. Shovel D. Pruning shear
_____10. What equipment is agronomical operation is used to draw water from a source?
A. Water pump B. Sprinkler C. Water pail D. Sprayer
11. It is a tool with times used to loosen the soil, dig out root crops, and turn over
materials in a compost heap.
A. Hand fork B. Spading fork C. Hand cultivator D. Hand trowel
_____12. Which among the following is NOT a cultivating tool?
A. Hand fork B. Hand trowel C. Spading fork D. Hand cultivator
_____13. Farm equipment are used to facilitate initial tillage operation in a wide tract
of land. Which among the following equipment is used to perform the task stated above?
A. Tractor with disc plow
B. Tractor with disc harrow
C. Tractor with rotavator
D. Tractor with seed driller
_____14. Small seeded vegetable crops are usually pre - germinated to attain quality
seedlings. Which among the following methods of seedling pro-duction is NOT applicable for
planting a wide area?
A. Seed box B. Seedling tray C. Seed bed D. Individual plastic bag
_____15. Why do we need to conduct pre - operative check - up of tools, implements
and equipment before starting to work?
A. to check if the tools are serviceable
B. to determine the functionality of tools and implements
C. to repair defective tools
D. to check, repair and determine the functionality of tools
Key Answers
What’s More What I Know
Independent Assessment 1 1. D
1. E 2. A
2. I 3. B
3. HT 4. D
4. E 5. A
5. HT 6. B
6. E 7. C
7. HT 8. A
8. HT 9. D
9. I 10. D
10. E 11. A
11. I 12. C
12. I 13. A
13. HT 14. B
14. E 15. A
15. I What’s In
1. Disc plow
What’s More 2. Native harrow
Independent Activity 2 3. Four wheel tractor
1. Tool rack 4. Hand tractor
2. Dry 5. Shovel
3. Iron 6. Grab hoe
4. Sharpened
5. Repaired What’s New
1. Light
What’s More 2. Accessories
Independent Assessment 2 3. Mounted
1. E 4. Machineries
2. D 5. crop
3. B
4. C What’s More
5. A Independent Activity 1
1. Digging tool
Independent Activity 3 2. Crowbar
1. Manual 3. Axe
2. Turn off 4. Harvesting tool
3. Space 5. Measuring tool
4. Clear 6. Hand trowel
5. Safely 7. Cutting tool
8. Steel tape
Independent Assessment 3 9. Cultivating tool
1. TRUE 10. Pruning shear
2. Second 11. Digging tool
3. TRUE 12. Hammer
4. Slowly 13. Other material
5. Change 14. Knapsack sprayer
15. Carpentry
What I Can Do What I Have Learned
(Answers may vary) I have learned that hand tools are classified
Assessment according to usage
1. C 1. Digging tools
2. A 2. Cutting tools
3. B 3. Cultivating tools
4. A 4. Harvesting tools
5. B 5. Carpentry tools
6. D 6. Measuring tools
7. A 7. Other materials
8. B What I Have Learned
9. D I have learned the difference between farm
10. A im-plement and equipment
11. B Farm Implement – are accessories pulled by
12. C ani-mal or mounted to machineries which are
13. A usually used in the preparation of wide land.
14. C Equipment – refers to a powered tool machine
15. D used in farming. These are machineries used in
land preparation and in transporting farm
Additional Activity inputs and products.
(Answer may vary) What I Have Learned
I found out that pre-operative check-up of a
tractor will assure it is in safe operating
condi-tion
1. Checking the tires for proper inflation and
de-fects
2. Windows for visibility
3. Seat position
4. Seat belts
5. Brakes for adjustments
6. Steering response
7. Rear view mirrors
8. Slow-moving vehicle emblem
9. Reflectors
10. Running lights for day and night time
opera-tio
References
Agricultural Arts for Secondary
Agricultural Arts (T.H.E., SEDP, NSEC series) by Ramon G. Asuncion et.al.
Farm Mechanics Textbook by Phipps, McColly, Scranton, & Cook p.393 – 689
Growing Vegetables by Tony Biggs p.6 – 7
Growing Rich, Tasty Veggies in Harmony with Nature, vol. 1 by Jef Van Haunte-Lyds
Quileste Van Haunte p.117-120
A Practical Safety Guide for the Horticulture Industry in the Murray Valley
TESDA, CBLM Horticulture NC II, Developed 2012
LM / TG, TLE - Agricultural Arts Crop Production NC I
LM / TG, TLE –Agricultural Arts Horticulture NCII
LM, TLE - Horticulture Exploratory
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chisel-38mm/)
MC Home Depot, “Makes Everyone a Champion Builder”
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Walmart.com (https://www.walmart.com/ip/METER-STICK/37768009)
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