RVS ACHIVERS ACADEMY INC.

Europe St. Harmony hills 1, Brgy. Muzon, city of San Jose Delmonte, Bulacan
School Year 2020-2021
Tel. No. (044) 307 2569

LEARNING MODULE 1.1

AGRICULTURAL ARTS AND FISHERY exploratory phase

t. l. e 7/8
introduction to horticulture
farm tools and equipment

Verified by: Approved by:

MR. NORMAN C. NECOR MRS. ROSELYN S. SEVILLA
SCHOOL PRINCIPAL Prepared by: SCHOOL DIRECTRESS Mr. davin
basibas ramirez

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 Table of Contents

Topics Page

INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………………………………….1
Objectives ………………………………………………………………………………………………2
Pre-Assessment ………………………………………………………………………………….….3
LESSON 1
Farm Tools and Horticultural Operations……………………………………… 4
1. Functions and Uses, and Power Tools ……………………………………………5
2. Handheld Tools ……………………………………………………………………………..6
3. Activity Sheet 1.1………………………………………………………………………….. 7
4. Analysis 1.1…………………………………………………………………………………… 8
5. Generalization………………………………………………………………………………. 9
6. Application …………………………………………………………………………………..10
7. Rubrics …………………………………………………………………………………………11

Reflection………………………………………………………………………………………………12
Enrichment Activity ……………………………………………………………………………….13

Post-Test
What Have You Learned in this Lesson
1. Identification ……………………………………………………………………………… 14
2. Multiple Choice ……………………………………………………………………………15
3. Drawing Test ………………………………………………………………………………. 16

Glossary …………………………………………………………………………………………………17
Reference……………………………………………………………………………………………….18

The certain purpose of this module and by ladderizing education in this new
normal education is an effective way by developing students the practical
application in the sake of their safety in this times of uncertainties. Different
strategies are being used in this module to be sworn up by the T.L.E
for Grades 8.

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 What Is This Module About?

Agriculture, Horticulture is an option within the Vocational Education element of the Leaving
Certificate Applied (NC II). The course is designed to introduce students to the knowledge and basic
skills which apply to the efficient and productive use of natural resources. It is envisaged that students
will select those areas of study which are relevant to their interests, the local economy and the
potential employment opportunities therein. A key feature of the course is the range and diversity of
modules available. This diversity of provision will allow for the promotion of student creativity,
enterprise and innovation and the achievement of the highest possible standards of student
performance, while also reflecting the differing needs of students. The design of the course allows for
the investigation of areas of study from a general or community based perspective. But since we are in
this time of uncertainties students are oblige to gain basic and holistic knowledge and skills for this
course and with the safety of their self as well as their family.
In developing the Agriculture, Horticulture course, gender equity, enterprise and available
resources have been recognized as key features in determining learning outcomes and the design of
learning experiences. It is envisaged that all students will develop basic skills and acquire a level of
knowledge that will increase their awareness of the potential for employment and business
opportunities or further study and training, relevant to the areas of study they have chosen.
This course aims to introduce students to the study of Agriculture and Horticulture, their allied
industries and related leisure, and career opportunities. Students are helped to develop an
understanding and appreciation of the natural environment and of humankind's relationship to it.
They are facilitated in developing an interest in and understanding of the uses of natural resources,
agricultural and horticultural processes and their effects on the local environment and community.

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 Objectives

This module has been made and represent to Grade 8 students who would take this
HORTICULTURE as a Vocational Education or National Certificate Level II (NC II) as prescribed by
TESDA. This course was created to acquire and develop their capability to learn with. This is also a
vocational course that will lead students to acquire basic knowledge, and skills which may apply to the
efficient and productive use of natural resources. It is envisaged that all students will develop and
acquire a level of cognizance that will increase their awareness of the potential for employment and
business opportunities, or further study and training. It is hoped that this module or learning materials
will opt to provide students with necessary knowledge and skills in preparation for the final year in
taking up Junior High School. The competencies that the Technological and Livelihood Education (TLE)
ought to possess the following:

1. Select and use farm tools and equipment;

2. Perform estimation and basic calculation;
3. Interpreting plans and drawings; and
4. Safety measure and precautions in farm operations.

The common competencies mentioned above are discussed separately in four lessons.
Meanwhile, the target objectives each lessons are directed to the realization of two or more learning
outcomes as shown below;

LESSON 1: Select and Use Farm Tools and Equipment

LO 1:
 Select farm tools;
 operate farm equipment; and
 Illustrate preventive uses and functions.

Learning Outcome
At the end of this lesson you are expected to do the following;

a.) Identify the different farm tools and equipment;

b.) use farm tools and equipment accordance with its functions
uses;
c.) value the importance of knowing the right tools and equipment
correctly, bear in minds the safety precautions

What Do You Already Know?

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 Try This!

I. Read and analyze the questions below, choose and encircle the best answer.
1) Which of the following are not the tools and materials for harvesting?
a) Bolo and sack
b) Kaing and rake
c) Rope and stair
d) Wheel barrow and shovel
2) An equipment that is used to break the surface of the soil and usually drawn by a hand tractor.
a) Hand tractor
b) Grass cutter
c) Irrigation pump
d) Power sprayer
3) It is a form of irrigation employed by growers in such areas where the cost of electricity is
destitute.
a) Water pump
b) Bolo
c) Pic mattock
d) Trowel
4) A farm tool that is used to pull heavy loads like machinery.
a) Pump
b) Heavy tractor
c) Power sprayer
d) Bolo
5) Which of the following is not an example of handheld tool?
a) Scythe
b) Bolo
c) Pic mattock
d) Hand tractor

II. TRUE OR FALSE. Write VICTORY if it is TRUE and DEFEATED if it is FALSE in the black
provided before the number.
_______________1. The various operations of horticultural crop production the
use of farm tools is indispensable.
_______________ 2. It is used to draw water from a source which is usually situated in a land.
______________3. A trowel is a big shovel like structure used in not cultivated.
______________4. Crowbar is used for digging holes.
______________5. A shovel used to not remove soil from one place.

What Do You Need To Know?

Keep This5 In Mind!
 Read and understand the information sheet 1.1 below and find out on how you can
remember and how you have been learned with by answering the Pre-test.

LESSON 1.1 FARM TOOLS AND

EQUIPMENT IN HORTICULTURAL
OPERATIONS
In the various operations horticultural crop production, the use of farm tools is indispensable.
They do not only make farm operation easy but faster than when one does not use farm tools.
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.
A. Tools/Equipment for Clearing/Cleaning the field
1. Grass cutter
2. Scythe
3. Bolo
4. Rake
B. Tools/Equipment for land Preparation
1. Hand tractor
2. Grub hoe
3. Plow
4. Harrow
5. Draft carabao
C. Tools for Cultivation
1. Bolo
2. Trowel
3. Grub hoe
4. Shovel
5. Spade
6. Spading fork
D. Tools for Digging/Clearing Irrigation Canal and Holes
1. Pick mattock
2. Crowbar
E. Tools and Hauling
1. Wheel barrow
2. Spade
3. Shovel
4. Sprayer
5. Water pump
6. Pail
7. Hose
F. Tools for Propagation
1. Budding knife
2. Pruning shears
3. Portable stair
G. Tools and Materials for Harvesting
1. Bolo
2. Kaing
3. Rope
4. Harvesting net
5. Sack
6. Rake
7. Stair

Functions and Uses

I. Farm Equipment/Implements
a) Motorized
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 1.) Hand tractor – is used to break
the surface of the soil.

2.) Irrigation pump – used to draw

water from a source which is
usually situated in a lower part of
the land.

3.) Power sprayer – is a motorized

means of spraying chemicals to a
tall trees and wider areas.

4.) Grass cutter - used to cut tall or

short grasses in a particular area.

B. Electrical Farm Equipment/Implements

1.) Water pump – is a form of irrigation
employed by growers in areas where
cost of electricity is low.

II. Farm Tools

a. Power Tools
1.) Heavy tractor – used to pull heavy
loads such as farm implements or
machinery.

2.) Pump – used to convey irrigation

water form a source to the growing
field.

3.) Power sprayer – used to induce

fruit trees to flower, flower pest and
diseases of fruit trees which cannot
be handled by an ordinary sprayer
easily.

B. Handheld tools

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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.

1.) Scythe – is locally known as LILIK and is used to also cut grasses, hedges and
other kinds of weeds.

2.) Bolo – is used for cutting grasses, wooden materials, and other lighter materials. It
is also used for digging and cultivation.
3.) Pick mattock – used for digging hard and rocky soil.

4.) Grub hoe – used for digging ordinary soil. It is also used for cultivation.

5.) Crowbar – used for digging holes specifically for post of perimeter fence.

6.) Trowel – a small shovel like structure used in cultivation.

7.) Shovel – used to remove/move soil from one place to another. It is used to cultivate
and break the top of wet soil.
8.) Spade – is a form of shovel with the same functions used to remove soil materials
from place to place, and to dig canals and cultivation.
9.) Spading fork – used to turn composting materials, aids in harvesting roots crops,
and for cultivation.
10.) Rakes – a used to pulverize further small soil clods and for leveling seed and
garden plots.

11.) Wheel barrow- used to haul inputs and outputs and other materials to and
from the farm.

12.) Water pail – used in watering plants and as all around containers for
anything.

13.) Spraying – used for spraying chemicals.

14.) Wooden/iron plow – used to break the surface soil usually drawn by a draft
carabao.

15.) Wooden harrow – used alternatively with a wooden plow to turn the soil into a
smaller particle.

16.) Budding / grafting knife – used by plant propagators.

17.) Pruning shears – are those scissors like tool used to remove outgrowths and
undesirable parts of a plant.
18.) Stairs – used to reach high places.

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 Activity sheet no. 1.1

List down all the basic tools and equipment used in the following areas.

1.) Landscaping
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2.) Fruit cultivation or Production

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3.) Plant propagation

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 ANALYSIS 1.1

1. What is the purpose of a farm tools and equipment in Horticulture?

2. What are the seventh different group of Tools and Equipment?

3. What are the types of motorized farm equipment or implements?

4. What are the three types of power tools in farm?

5. What are the different types of handheld tools? Named at least five.

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 GENERALIZATION

What are the differences between Power tools and Handheld tools?

POWER TOOLS HANDHELD TOOLS

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 How Do You Apply What You Have Learned?
Let’s Do It!

Transfer of Learning 1.1

Bear in minds that you have learned in doing this.

Introduction:

Shovel is used in different farm operation. It is used in digging soil, moving soil from one place
to another, cleaning ditches, etc. Proper use of this tool can help user to make the work easier.

PPE and Tools needed:

 Footwear
 Long pants
 Gloves
 Rag
 Shovel

Procedure:
Make sure that before you perform this activity, you are wearing appropriate personal
protective equipment. Follow these instructions

1. Keep feet wide apart. Place front foot close to shovel.

2. Put weight on front foot. Use leg to push shovel.

3. Shift weight to rear foot. Keep load close to body.

4. Turn feet in direction of throw

5. Perform house keeping

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How Will Did You Perform the assessment in transferring of learning
1.1?

Observe by accomplishing the scoring rubrics honestly and precisely in the practical activity
above, bear in minds it is your learning at sake.

During the activity it is certain important to assess your performance, the following are the
criteria that will assess your performance.

Score
Criteria Rate your Performance from
1-10 each

Proper distance of the feet from each other

The proper handle of a shovel.

Direction of the feet when throwing the shovel.

Proper position of body.

Personal Protective Equipment

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 Reflection

What is the purpose of knowing the proper uses and functions of tools and
equipment? Explain your answer on the blank provided below.

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Why do you we need to know the uses and functions of tools and equipment?
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 Enrichment Activity

As what you have been learned about the functions and uses of tools and
equipment. State at least six tools and equipment and emphasize its uses and
functions below. Do this filling out the boxes that follow.

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What Have You Learned In This Lesson?
Let’s Do This!
A. Identify of what is being asked below. Write your answer on the blank provided
for.
_____________1. It is used in watering plants and as all around containers for anything.
_____________2. It is used to pulverize further small soil clods and for leveling seed.
_____________3. It is used to remove or move soil from one place to another.
_____________4. It is a small shovel like structure used in cultivation.
_____________5. It is used for digging holes specifically for post of perimeter fence.

B. Give the uses and function of the following tools and equipment below.
1. Bolo –

2. Pick mattock-

3. Wheel harrow-

4. Sprayer –

5. Stairs –

6. Pruning shears –

7. Wooden/iron plow –

8. Heavy tractor –

9. Pump –

10. Grass cutter –

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C. Multiple choice. Read and analyze the questions below, choose and encircle
the correct answer.
1. It is used to cut tall or short grasses in a particular area.
a. Water pump
b. Grass cutter
c. Power sprayer
d. Irrigation pump
2. It is a motorized means of spraying chemicals to a tall trees and wider areas.
a. Grass cutter
b. Power sprayer
c. Irrigation pump
d. Hand tractor
3. It is used to break the surface of the soil.
a. Grass cutter
b. Power sprayer
c. Irrigation pump
d. Hand tractor
4. It is to pull heavy loads such as farm implements or machinery.
a. Heavy tractor
b. Pump
c. Power sprayer
d. Water pump
5. It is a form of irrigation employed by growers in areas where cost of electricity’s low
a. Water pump
b. Pump
c. Heavy tractor
d. Power sprayer
6) Which of the following are not the tools and materials for harvesting?
e) Bolo and sack
f) Kaing and rake
g) Rope and stair
h) Wheel barrow and shovel
7) An equipment that is used to break the surface of the soil and usually drawn by a hand tractor.
e) Hand tractor
f) Grass cutter
g) Irrigation pump
h) Power sprayer
8) It is a form of irrigation employed by growers in such areas where the cost of electricity is
destitute.
e) Water pump
f) Bolo
g) Pic mattock
h) Trowel
9) A farm tool that is used to pull heavy loads like machinery.
e) Pump
f) Heavy tractor
g) Power sprayer
h) Bolo
10) Which of the following is not an example of handheld tool?
e) Scythe f) Bolo

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 g) Pic mattock h) Hand tractor

D. Draw at least five (5) tools and equipment on the box below, state its functions
and uses.

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 GLOSSARY
Clods – a lump or mass especially of earth or clay.
Composting – a mixture that consists largely of decayed organic matter and is used for
Fertilizing and conditioning land.

Cultivation- to prepare and use for the raising crops. To loosen or break up the soil.
Digging – to break up, turn, or loosen with an implement.
Equipment – the implements used in operation or activity.
Haul- to cause something or to move by pulling or drawing: to exert traction on.
Hedges- a fence or boundary formed by a defense row of shrubs or low trees.
Holes- To make an opening through or a hollowed-out place in cutting, digging boring, or
Shooting at; to make a hole.

Indispensable- not subject to set aside or neglected.

Irrigation- the watering of land by artificial means of foster plant growth.
Inputs – are the materials used in the process of production.
Motorized- a tool or equipment that will ran by a gasoline or electric current.
Outgrowths- a process or product of growing out.
Propagators- to cause of spread out and affect a greater number or greater area.
Various- of an indefinite number greater than one.
Weeds- a plant is not valued where it is growing and is usually of vigorous growth.
Wider- extending throughout a specified area or scope usually used in combination.

Answer key

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