Ag Exploration…Instructor Wes Anderson

Week

Content

Performance Standards Addressed

Skills for Student Achievement

Assessment

 

Week #1-3

·         Classroom/SAE/FFA Unit

  1. Course Introduction
  2. Supervised Agricultural Experience Program
  3. FFA Opportunities
  4. FFA History

 

 

·         Demonstrate classroom and course expectations.

·         Devise & compile records on a Supervised Agricultural Experience Program (SAE)

·         Describe opportunities in the FFA

·         Demonstrate knowledge of basic FFA History

·         Verbal, non-graded questioning.

·         Teacher evaluation of SAE Recordbook during the term.

·         Written objective test.

Week #4-6

·         Global Positioning/Land Descriptions & Measuring

  1. Legal Land descriptions
  2. Measuring land.
  3. Fundamentals of GPS

 

·         Demonstrate proficiency in legal land descriptions.

·         Demonstrate ability to measure land tracts manually and with GPS equipment.

·         Demonstrate competency in using the Garmin II GPS units to measure land tracts, locate specific points using various coordinates.

·         Written objective test

·         Locate various locations on school property using GPS coordinates.

Week #7-8

·         Parliamentary Procedure

 
  • Demonstrate 10 parliamentary procedure skills
  • Types of voting methods
  • Motion precedence

Oral exam

Written exam

Week

#9-12

·         Basic Animal Science

Breeds of Dairy Cattle

Selecting Dairy Cattle

Dairy Cattle Linear Evaluation

Breeds of Beef Cattle

Selecting Beef Cattle

Breeds of Sheep

Selecting Sheep

Breeds of Horses

Selecting Horses

Breeds of Swine

Selecting Swine

 
  • Students demonstrate proficiency in breed identification of dairy, beef, sheep, swine, & horses.
  • Evaluate various species of livestock.

·         Texas A & M Breed Identification packets

·         Web Site Written Reports

·         Texas A & M selection packets.

·         Live animal evaluation

Week #13

·         Ag Salesmanship

 
  • Students demonstrate proficiency in fruit sales procedures

 

·         Teacher evaluation of correct procedures being used for fruit sale activity.

Week

#14-15

·         Safety with arc & gas welding equipment

·         Read text discussion of topic and answer related questions related to chapters.

·         Watch demonstrations of welding machines.

·         Demonstrate use of small power tools…grinder, drill, drill press, chop saw, ironworker.

 
  • Demonstrate proficiency in the operation and care of arc and gas welding equipment.
  • Demonstrate use of small power tools…grinder, drill, drill press, chop saw, ironworker.

·         Pass safety tests

·         Perform setup and operation of welding machines.

Week

#16-19

·         Develop basic welding skills

 
  • Demonstrate proficiency at welding basics.  Complete bead, butt, lap & t welds for stick welder and MIG welder.
  • Students proficient at welds may work on projects.

·         Teacher evaluation of student welds.

·         Teacher project evaluations

Week

#20-21

·         Safety using carpentry equipment

·         Read text discussion of topic and answer related questions related to chapters.

·         Watch demonstrations of carpentry tools.

·         Demonstrate use of small power tools…circular saw, sabre saw, reciprocating saw,

 
  • Demonstrate proficiency at using carpentry tools…circular saw, reciprocating saw, sabre saw.

·         Pass safety tests

·         Perform setup and operation of carpentry tools.

Week

#22-24

·         Construct basic wood shop projects

 
  • Construct basic wood shop projects

·         Teacher evaluation of wooden shop projects.

Week

#23-27

·         Basic Plant Science

      Parts of a Plant

      Plant reproduction

          Sexual

          Asexual

      Plant growth

         Annuals, Biennial, Perennials

      GMO Plants

      Plant ID

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  • Students will identify parts of a plant
  • Students describe characteristics of various plant growth types
  • Students participate in propagating plants using various plant reproduction methods
  • Students understand GMO’S and their impact on the plant science industry.
  • Students identify various plants by sight.

·         Written test

·         Lab activity

·         Discussion

·         Plant ID test

Week

#28 – 30

·         Basic recordkeeping skills.

Why keep records?

Practice recordkeeping problem.

Personalized SAE records development.

 
  • Students understand the importance of keeping records.
  • Students complete the practice recordkeeping problem.
  • Students develop their own SAE records and bring up to date.

·         Quiz

·         Practice records problem

·         Teacher evaluation of personalized SAE Records.

Week

#30-34

·         Natural Resources

Conservation of resources

Wildlife Identification

     Mammal ID

     Fish ID

     Insect ID

     Bird ID

 
  • Students understand the importance of conservation of natural resources.
  • Students Identify mammals, fish, insect and birds.

·         Quizzes.

Week #35 – 36

·         Complete shop projects/clean shop/classroom areas

 
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·         Students will be evaluated on their staying on task.