Farming is a necessary economic activity for the development and sustenance of every Nation. Farming contribute in this direction by providing food, raw materials for industrial growth and development, providing employment for the citizens, earning foreign exchange from export, and income for the farmer among others. What becomes an issue is the kind of technology used in the cultivation of the land. Different farming systems, land clearing types, tillage practices, methods of controlling weeds, and pest and disease control (use of chemical, simple tools, and heavy implements, etc) are all sources of degradation to the environment. Again, in animal production there, are frequent cases of overgrazing which result in environmental degradation. Students are therefore to come out with the acceptable practices and use the search engines to come out with reports of the acceptable practices.

Subject and Grade level: - AGRICULTURE SSS2 HERE

Lesson Goals

• 1. By the end of the lesson, students should be able to define and explain environmental degradation.
• 2. By the end of the lesson, students should be able to identify factors that cause environmental degradation.
• 4. By the end of the lesson, students should be able to develop strategies that will create awareness to other young people
• 3. By the end of the lesson, students should be able to use search engines to search through the net find information

Content Objectives

• 1. Students should be able to identify the various ways by which the environment can be degraded through farm practices
• 1. Students should be able to identify the various ways by which the environment can be degraded through farm practices
• 3. Students should be able to identify the harmful effect of bad farm practices on the environment
• 4. Students should be able to identify alternative good practices that can preserve the environment.

Performance Objectives

• 1. Students should be able to identify and list factors that can cause environmental degradation
• 2. Students should be able to mention farming practices that must be discouraged
• 3. Students should be able to list acceptable farm practices
• 4. Students should be able to write project report and presentation it.

Technology Objectives

• 1. Students would know that internet facility is a helpful knowledge resource that available for use every time
• 2. Students should be able to confidently use search engines and navigate for useful information.
• 3. Students should be able to write project report using IT equipments
• 4. Students should be able to do of reports presentation using IT facilities available.

Instructional Activities (teacher component)
1. Teacher to use question and answer to review previous knowledge 2. Teacher to introduce the topic for the day to the students 3. Students are divided into groups 4. Groups are guided and supervised to work using IT (search engines) 5. Groups are allowed to use the computer to write down their report 6. Groups present their report using the power point

Learning Activities (student component)
1. Students will become conscious of their environment 2. Improve students' ability to use the IT facilities (keyboard, MS word, formatting, editing, etc). 3. Use the Internet facility to search for relevant information on the net 4. Use computer to write a report 5. Use computer to present reports 6. Collaborate with other students to do their work

Instructional Strategies
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Project Assessment
The group report will be the bases for the assessment. The students who will present the report will themselves be involved in rating the report

Project Materials and Handouts
1. AGRICULTURE FOR WEST AFRICA by Kwateng and others 2. AGRICULTURE FOR SENOIR SECONDARY SCHOOL by Akinsami

Lesson Resources
food ... future generations through programmes that do not degrade the environment and are ... loss of productive farmland and to promote farming practices that lead to ... www.oneearth.org/earth/food.htm - Sustainability measures may prove more profitable in long run ... Perhaps more importantly, sustainable farming protects the ... adopt sustainable business practices often realize ... and inefficiencies which degrade the environment ... www.salmoninfo.org/news/longrun.htm - Africa Environment Outlook ... Promotion of sustainable farming practices. ... has often encouraged the spread of farming activities at ... their natural resources and thus degrade their environment. ... www.unep.org/aeo/322.htm -

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