Understanding the corelation between crops and temperatures
Activity Author
Surekha Waldia
Duration
1 hour
Objective: Key Core Life Skill to be developed
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Objective: Key Learning Domains to be developed
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Implemented this in classroom
Yes
Objectives to be achieved
Objective 1- The student will learn to recognize the various states in the map of India and learn to connect it with the crops that are growing in that region.
Objective 2- Student will be able to connect the crops and the months in which they grow. That ways student will be able to analyze the various temperatures that are prevailing in the country all round the year and how these affect the growth of the various crops
Underlying Concept behind this activity
Students will find the correlation between the crops and climate for them to grow effectively.
Resources required for conducting the activity
Class Activity Details
Step 1:
Students are given the assignment to collect five crop seeds which they have learned in the class on various crops of India. This is a weekend assignment.
Step 2: In the political map of India they are supposed to paste two crops growing in various parts of the country and mark the months and temperature at which they grow per map.
Step 3: Stick the map on the plain side of the note book and on the ruled side they should create a table which has following observations:
Name of the Crop State Months Temperature
Step 4: Under each table student write his analysis of what he is seeing in every map. for example-
Wheat is growing in months of November- April all over the country or various states when the temperature varies from 14C- 24C
Thus I conclude that wheat grows best in cool temperatures.
Practice worksheets
Information on Wheat to be shared with Students:
http://www.sites.ext.vt.edu/virtualfarm/wheat/wheat_08.html
Reference Links: http://sciencenetlinks.com/lessons/crops-1-where-does-food-come-from/
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Brainstorming questions asked in class
On the basis of temperature and months can the crops be differentiated into Kharif and Rabi crops.
Is weather important to farmers? Why or why not?
Evaluation parameters to assess the understanding of the students
Clearly explained, Complete, Knowledgeable, Methodical, Precise, Informative
Impromptu changes made if any during activity, reasons
On submission day, took a small quiz just to see how much children have understood the assignment. This way it became clear to me as a teacher that I need to work a little more on making the children understand relation between the crops and temperature.
Any suggestions for other teachers while implementing this activity in classroom.
My suggestion wud be if possible a big map can be created like this for the class board with all the crops and temperatures marked on it. This will give student the ability to co relate the two for a longer duration.
Students loved this activity because it was a homework and they got to discuss it with the parents and put in some extra efforts to collect the materials for the activity
