Author:
Owl Nest Manager
Subject:
Agriculture
Material Type:
Activity/Lab, Assessment, Diagram/Illustration, Lecture Notes, Lesson Plan
Level:
Middle School, High School
Tags:
  • Agricultural Research
  • Critical Thinking
  • Dependent and Independent Variables
  • Hypothesis
  • NE Ag
  • NE Food
  • Nebraska Department of Education
  • Replication
  • Scientific Investigation
  • Scientific Research
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    Language:
    English

    Education Standards

    Conducting Agricultural Research

    Conducting Agricultural Research

    Overview

    Students will explore the steps in conducting scientific investigation in Agriculture and discuss safety precautions that should be followed in conducting agricultural research. Lesson plan from the New Mexico Animal, Plant, and Soil Science Lesson Plan Library.

    Conducting Agricultural Research Lesson Plan

    Materials:

    Writing surface

    SmartBoard or other projection method

    Copies of student lab sheet

    Terms:

    Dependent variable, experiment, hypothesis, independent variable, replication, scientific method, treatment, variable

    Interest Approach:

    Ask students to think about building a picnic table. How do you go about building a picnic table? Do you start cutting boards and pounding nails?  No, you follow a step-by-step procedure to make sure that the final product is exactly what you wanted. The same is true in agricultural research except for the fact that we don’t always know what the final product will be. A simple step-by-step procedure must be followed.

    Overview:  Students will explore the steps in conducting scientific investigation in Agriculture and discuss safety precautions that should be followed in conducting agricultural research. Lesson plan from the New Mexico Animal, Plant, and Soil Science Lesson Plan Library.

    2023 Nebraska Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources Learning Standards:

    AFNR.HS.10.2.a. Model personal responsibility and demonstrate safety in the workplace and community.

    AFNR.HS.10.2.b Synthesize information, knowledge, and experience to generate original ideas and challenge assumptions in the workplace and community.

    AFNR.HS.10.2.c Apply reason and logic to evaluate workplace and community situations from multiple perspectives.

    AFNR.HS.10.2.d Investigate, prioritize, and select solutions to solve problems in the workplace community.

    Anticipated Problems:

    1. What are the steps in conducting research in agriculture?
    2. What are the general safety precautions that should be followed in conducting agricultural research?

    Included resources:

    Lesson Plan

    Lecture Notes

    Assessment

    Diagrams:  Seven Steps of the Scientific Method and Hypothesis Testing

    Activity/Lab: Using Balances to Determine Mass

     

    Photo by National Cancer Institute on Unsplash