THIRD TERM AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE SCHEME OF WORK FOR PRIMARY SIX (6)

WEEK 1: Review of last term work

WEEK 2: LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION (Rabbit Rearing)

UNITS:

Rabbit Rearing (Male –Buck, Female – Doe)

1. Choice Of Rabbit Rearing
2. Ability To Grow Rapidly
3. A Good Converter Of Food Into Body Weight
4. Ability To Resist Diseases(Disease Resistant)
5. Ability to Give Birth to Many Young Ones in a Liter.
6. Good Quality Hides And Skin
7. Housing/ Hutches
8. Feeding And Drinking Equipment: Feeding Materials: Hays, Grasses, Cereals, Grains, Leafy Vegetables, Dry Bread, Pelleted Ration, Kitchen Waste, Mineral Salt, Clean, Cool Water, And Concentrates(Groundnut, Palm Kernel, Soybeans And Cotton Seed)
9. Disease Control
10. Records – Births Dates, Sizes Of Litters At Kidling, Size Of Litter At Weaning

WEEK 3: POULTRY

UNITS:

1. Meaning of Poultry
2. Ways of rearing chicken
3. Traditional Method
4. Modern Method
5. Importance of poultry
6. Source of income
7. Provision of eggs
8. Provision of meat
9. Provision of raw materials
10. Provision of poultry manure
11. Game (birds like parrot, ostrich and cock are used for games to Entertain people).

WEEK 4: POULTRY (Continued)

UNITS:

• Types Of Chicken
• Eggs Laying Chicken
• Table Meat Chicken
• Dual Purpose Chicken(For Egg And Meat Production)
• Selection Of Houses And Equipment
• Concrete Building
• Wooden And Metal Cages/Wooden Shed
• Feeds
• Chicks Mash(From A Day Old To About 8 Weeks)
• Growth Mash (2 Months – 4 Months 8 – 11 Weeks)
• Layer Mash (For More Eggs)
• Sources Of Day Old Chicken
• Housing
• Systems Of  Poultry Keeping
• Free- Range System
• Semi- Intensive System
• Intensive System
• The Fold System
• The Deep Litter System
• The Battery Cage System

WEEK 5: SIGNS OF ILL HEALTH IN CHICKEN (POULTRY Continued)F

WEEK 6: FARM RECORD

UNITS:

• Meaning of farm records
• Importance of Farm records

WEEK 7: FARM RECORD (Continued)

UNIT:

• Types Of Farm Records: Farm Diary, Farm Inventory, Input Records, Production Records, Sales Records, Profit And Loss Account.

WEEK 8: REVISION

WEEK 9: REVISION

WEEK 10: REVISION

WEEK 11: REVISION

WEEK 12: REVISION

WEEK 13: EXAMINATION