Students will write a daily response to an agriculture news story and make connections to thier community and predict the impact of the event on the agriculture industry. Reading current agriculture news will help students be more informed consumers while also helping them to connect content learned in agriculture class to real-world events and applications. Written by Taryn Dameron.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
This activity guides students through an ‘idea storm’ where they practice identifying a pain point, or opportunity, in the context of exploring business ownership, entrepreneurship, and Supervised Agricultural Experiences as part of agricultural education. Developed by Engler Entrepreneurship Program, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Material Type: Activity/Lab
This activity guides students through creating a full business plan through a seven-week competition to become the winner of a fictional Ag Econ Apprentice job. Adapted from activity by Megan Dohrman.
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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.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Assessment, Diagram/Illustration, Lecture Notes, Lesson Plan
This lesson plan explores many ways animals help and support people including providing food, clothing, companionship, and service, as well as secondary benefits like soil conservation and fertility, and stabilizing farm businesses with diversification of risk. Lesson plan from the New Mexico Animal, Plant, and Soil Science Lesson Plan Library.
Material Type: Assessment, Diagram/Illustration, Lecture Notes, Lesson Plan
It's Your Paycheck! is designed for use in high school personal finance classes. The curriculum contains three sections: "Know Your Dough," "KaChing!" and "All About Credit." The lessons in each of these sections employ various teaching strategies to engage students so that they have opportunities to apply the concepts being taught. Each lesson includes black-line masters of the handouts and visuals needed to teach the lesson.
Material Type: Lesson, Lesson Plan
Basic introduction to soldering copper pipe.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Precision Agriculture Basics is three lesson plans to give students a basic understanding of Precision Agriculture. It includes:1. Definition of Precision Agriculture2. Uses, Tools and Processes of Precision Agriculture3. Variability in Precision Agriculture
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Homework/Assignment
Overview:Students will discover why “variability” is the driving factor behind precision agriculture.
Material Type: Lecture Notes, Lesson
Introduction to Precision Agriculture - Lesson for Day 1 - Definition Activity
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This is a fourth lesson in computing variable rate prescriptions. This lesson utilizes four different fertilizer products for meeting N, P, K and S needs of a corn crop.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Geographic information systems (GIS) are important technology that allows rapid study and use of spatial information. GIS have become increasingly prevalent in industry and the consumer/internet world in the last 20 years. Historically, the basis of GIS was in mapping, and so it is important to understand the basis of maps and how to use them as well as why they are different from GIS. In this lesson, students learn the value of maps, how to use maps, and the basic components of a GIS. They are also introduced to numerous GIS applications.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
The Nature of Geographic Information is an orientation to the properties of geographic data and the practice of distance learning. The purpose of this course is to promote understanding of the Geographic Information Science and Technology (GIS&T) enterprise. GIS&T is the intersection of professions, institutions, and technologies that produce geographic data and render information from it. It is a rapidly growing and evolving field. Learning is a way of life for all GIS&T professionals. With this in mind, I hope that this text may contribute to your lifelong exploration of how geospatial technologies can be used to improve the quality of life-yours and your neighbors', locally and globally, now and in the future.
Material Type: Full Course
In this lesson on branch circuits in electrical wiring, students will explore installing devices, calculating load and location, and safety in electrical wiring of branch circuits. Documents include a slide presentation and notes, NEC diagram, and four student practice worksheets.
Material Type: Homework/Assignment, Lecture Notes, Lesson
This series of information packets, worksheets, and tests describes various power tools, safety measures, and operating instructions in the agriculture classroom.
Material Type: Assessment, Homework/Assignment
This illustration can be printed by each student to organize every bold in a Briggs and Stratton 6.5HP motor, Model #121400. Designed by Tyler Schmidt.
Material Type: Diagram/Illustration
Gauge your students’ skills and teach them new ones in this fun, introductory woodworking project using found pallet lumber. Valuable for assessing what skills students have, do not have, and how hard students work (tearing apart pallets), while providing planters that can be sold as a fundraiser. Written by Boyd Bowder.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
This lesson presents students with information regarding the differences between ruminant and monogastric digestive systems. The project portion of this lesson allows students to work in small groups and get creative to demonstrate their knowledge of these two digestive systems.
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Students will analyze animals against a standard ideal, and explain the relationship between an animal’s form and function.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lecture Notes, Lesson Plan
This lesson explains directional terminology used to describe the positions of structures relative to other structures or locations in the body. Learners will apply directional terminology by dissecting a three-dimensional object. Lesson developed from original resource by Bobbi D. Dittmer.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan
