Agricultural

Science
Unit 3
Class 1
Natasha
Springer
nspringer.lucy@school.edu.bb
Table of contents

01 Garden Hand
Tools
02 Agriculture

03 Notes 04 Resources
“My grandfather used to say that once in your
life you need a doctor, a lawyer, a policeman
and a preacher, but every day, three times a
day, you need a farmer.”
— Brenda Schoepp
 01
Garden Hand
Tools
Objectives

● Identify hand tools used to prepare

garden beds.
● Use simple tools to prepare an area for
planting a crop.
● Draw diagrams of the hand tools.
● State the uses of the hand tools.
 Hand Tools - Instruments used for working the soil in cramped
spaces, such as a flower bed, small clumps, containers and baskets.
Trowel
Hand Fork Small shovel used Gardening Gloves
Tool equipped with for digging a hole for Article of clothing covering
straight, somewhat planting or for the hands to protect them
flat tines, used removing a seedling. when gardening.
mainly for loosening
the soil.

Small Hand Cultivator Weeder

Tool with tines curved at right Tool with a narrow
angles, usually used for blade for pulling
loosening, aerating and weeding up weeds with
the soil. deep roots.
 Draw the garden hand tools.

trowel hand weeder hand gardening

fork cultivator gloves
Uses of Hand Tools
Digging a hole for planting or for
Trowel removing a seedling.

Hand Fork Loosening the soil.

Weeder Pulling up weeds with deep roots.

Loosening, aerating and weeding

Hand Cultivator the soil.

Gardening To protect the hands while

Gloves gardening.
 02
Agriculture
Objectives

● Define agriculture.
● Name five crops grown in the region.
● List three reasons why agriculture is
important.
 DEFINITION

Agriculture is another word for farming. It includes

both growing and harvesting crops and raising
animals, or livestock. Agriculture provides the food
and many raw materials that humans need to
survive.
There are different branches of agriculture.

Farming
Produce
Farm-produced goods, not limited
to fruits and vegetables (i.e.
meats, grains, oats, etc.)

Farming
Fishery Livestock
Catching fish and other sea Domesticated animals raised in an agricultural
creatures in the ocean. setting to produce commodities such as food,
fiber and labor.
 Locally Grown Crops

Sugar Cane Tomatoes Sweet Potatoes

Cassava Bananas Lettuce

Why is agriculture important?
🚜 It’s the source of our food supply.
Arguably the most important aspect of agriculture is that it’s the
source of the world’s food supply.

🚜 It provides employment.
Whether it’s working as a farmer, harvester, technician for farm equipment, scientist,
and so on, there are plenty of jobs available in this field.

🚜 It’s the main source of raw materials.

Many raw materials, whether it’s cotton, sugar, wood, or
palm oil, come from agriculture.
03
Notes
 Agricultural Science Discussion Summary
Q: What tools do we use to prepare 🧰 Hand tools are instruments used
Key Questions
garden beds? for working the soil in cramped
What tools do we use to prepare Trowel, hand fork, weeder, hand spaces.
garden beds? cultivator and gardening gloves.
🚜 Agriculture is another word for
Q: What are some of the branches of farming. It includes both
What is agriculture?
agriculture? growing and harvesting crops
Fishery, farming (produce) and and raising animals, or
Activity farming (livestock). livestock.
Draw the garden tools. Q: What are some of the crops grown ❗ Agriculture is important
locally? because:
Sugar cane, tomatoes, sweet 🍲 It’s the source of our food
potatoes, cassava, yams, bananas, supply.
lettuce, corn and cotton. 👷 It provides employment.
trowel hand
fork
weeder hand gardening ✨ It’s the main source of raw
cultivator gloves
materials.
 04
Resources
 Resources

Gardening Hand Tool

Essentials