In this four-day lesson, students will learn the importance of aging whitetail deer, demonstrate the aging process, and complete a lab activity in which assesses their deer aging ability.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Assessment, Homework/Assignment, Lesson, Lesson Plan
This seven-day lesson covers the ins and outs of Nebraska wildlife mammals. During the lesson, students explore wildlife mammals, learn extensive information about each mammal, and are evaluated on their ability to identify each mammal by pelt/hide. The list of wildlife mammals is based on the species identification component of the Nebraska FFA Environmental & Natural Resources competition.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Assessment, Homework/Assignment, Lesson, Lesson Plan
Students will examine the carbon cycle and examine how cattle grazing grasslands can improve and impact ecological succession. The Sandhills of Nebraska represent the largest sand dune formations in the Western Hemisphere and one of the largest grass-stabilized dune formations in the world. There are approximately 670 native plant species that cover the Sandhills and over 500,000 beef cows call this place home. By Brent Nollette
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Assessment, Diagram/Illustration, Lecture, Lesson Plan
Learners will identify sources of air pollution, explain the greenhouse effect, and detail procedures for improving and maintaining air quality. This represents a portion of the Introduction to Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources (AFNR) series in Nebraska middle and high school agricultural education.
Material Type: Homework/Assignment, Lesson Plan, Student Guide
This lesson presents an overview of Wildlife Management. Learners will identify characteristics of wildlife, relationships between wildlife, identify approved practices in wildlife management and research a wildlife animal. This represents a portion of the Introduction to Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources (AFNR) series in Nebraska middle and high school agricultural education.
Material Type: Assessment, Homework/Assignment, Lecture, Lesson Plan, Student Guide
Rangelands are one of Nebraska’s most important and valuable natural resources: forage for livestock, habitat for wildlife, protection to soil from erosion, filters runoff water, and recharges groundwater. This unit will prepare students with a better understanding of rangeland ecosystems to prepare them for better management decision making. Unit by Kortni Burnett, Nebraska Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources Educator
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Assessment, Diagram/Illustration, Homework/Assignment, Lecture, Lecture Notes, Lesson Plan, Student Guide
This lesson plan was created by Jennifer Pritchett as part of the 2020 Nebraska CTE-Beginning Teachers Institute. The attached lesson plan is designed for students in grades 7-12 as a introduction to a service learning project. This lesson plan can also be used in classes such as Sociology, Introduction to Education, Ethics, Leadership, etc. Students will learn the meanings of values and rank their top 5 values in a hands on or virtual format. The culminating project is collaboration on a Google Slides presentation with the rest of the class.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan, Teaching/Learning Strategy
These guides give an overview of Supervised Agricultural Experiences (SAEs), explain how SAEs work, and provide SAE options, implementation tips and appendices, including leaning plans, career plan templates, supervision plans and more.
Material Type: Reading, Student Guide
Overview: Presented in five consecutive standard-period classes, students will think critically about an experience in their lives that have made a lasting, positive impact for which they are grateful. Students will write and hone rough drafts, give and solicit peer review and teacher critique, and develop a three-minute oral presentation of the final draft to their class. Lesson by Jarvis L. Reed.
Material Type: Homework/Assignment, Lesson Plan
Overview: A dozen Nebraska Ag teachers contribute to a thread asking about all aspects of successful livestock labs in other towns. They discuss town/city relationship and regulations, animals, enclosures, unforeseen successes and speed bumps, etc.
Material Type: Data Set
Find certificates, invitations, scripts and more for FFA Chapter Banquet.
Material Type: Data Set
Students will create a beginning resume that represents their current work experience and demonstrates their knowledge of rhetorical situations for professional writing.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan, Unit of Study
This is a compilation of FFA Officer Election resources: applications, recommendation letter templates, interview questions, ballot, and contracts. Also included are notes and sample constitutions from chapters who have successfully restructured officers to President, Secretary, and multiple Vice Presidents, foregoing traditional role titles.
Material Type: Data Set
This collection of study guides presents thoughtful questions to accompany students’ viewing of popular feature films portraying characters’ struggles and triumphs. The fourteen films are: When the Game Stands Tall, The Rookie, Temple Grandin, Hoosiers, Secretariat, Soul Surfer, Radio, Remember the Titans, Rudy, Dreamer, October Sky, The Pistol – Birth of a Legend, Miracle on Ice, and Iron Will.
Material Type: Student Guide
This FFA Chapter Leadership Training document introduces the concept of bias awareness in a presentation prepared for the Omaha Bryan FFA chapter in the 2010s. Shown in the presentation are makeup of FFA students by race & ethnicity, approaching the topic with intent for all to grow in awareness and provide a more welcoming environment to anyone, student testimonials (names removed). Adapted from a presentation by Tyler Schindler and Taylor Wilton-Cooper, Omaha Bryan High School
Material Type: Reading
This activity engages students in considering the scope of costs of tools, technology, and equipment in agriculture. The goal is to correctly guess the prices of various agriculture-related items. The contestant with the closest guess without going over wins the round. This can be used as a classroom activity, or for an FFA Chapter to host an activity for the school like a pep rally.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Students will compare plant-based milks in this activity adapted from CASE Food Science curricula.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan
Overview of saturated fats, unsaturated fats, and trans fats.
Material Type: Lesson
In this introduction to biotechnology's use in agriculture, learners will discuss history of the topic, model the fermentation process, and extract DNA in a lab activity.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan
Using the context of apples, students will apply their knowledge of heredity and genetics to distinguish between sexual and asexual reproduction as they explain how new varieties of apples are developed and then propagated to meet consumer demand for a tasty, uniform, consistent product. Photo by Sokmean Nou on Unsplash
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