Unit 2: Research
Food and Agricultural Literacy Curriculum-Unit Objective: Discuss agricultural research
Introduction to Agricultural Science
Food and Agricultural Literacy Curriculum-This unit, consisting of 28 lessons, plants the seed of discovery by giving an overview of agriculture. Watch your students grow into confident speakers, team builders, and learners as they examine their perceptions of agriculture, their role as consumers and stewards and the science behind it all.
Agricultural Issues
Food and Agricultural Literacy Curriculum-Help your students fine tune their awareness about the issues that impact agriculture. In 18 lessons you?ll explore the instruments that can cause unnecessary frenzy. From exploring the role of the media to the effects of the economy, your students will orchestrate the know-how to become informed advocates for agriculture.
Agricultural Science and Technology
Food and Agricultural Literacy Curriculum-A crucial step towards appreciating agriculture is understanding how much it has evolved. Take a walk through time as you explore the role of research and technology in agriculture. This unit, consisting of 17 lessons, forms a pathway of understanding the impact that progress has on the way we feed ourselves, our family, our country and our world.
Careers in Agricultural Science
Food and Agricultural Literacy Curriculum-Explore what Confucius meant when he said, ?Find a job that you love and you?ll never work a day in your life? in this unit consisting of 11 lessons. Through independent research students will learn about the eight pathways of the Agriculture, Food and Natural Resource (AFNR) career cluster and learn how to turn passion into profit.
Agribility-Cultivating Accessible Agriculture
People with disabilities rely on assistive technology. Various tools, machinery, and other devices can provide vital assistance with work, mobility, and many other aspects of life. AgrAbility recognizes the immense potential for rural youth to excel individually and contribute to their communities. Teach your students about assistive technology. In addition to increasing awareness, it may have direct impact for them, their families, or others in their communities.
SAE Video Choice Boards
This document serves as a resource to incorporate SAE videos into the classroom. These videos allow students to learn about and develop/enhance their SAE projects. There are a series of choice boards available:six-week, nine-week,by quarter,first-half of the semester and second-half of the semester. Choose the format that best suits your classroom.
Bell Ringers for the Agricultural Science Classroom
This document serves as a resource to agricultural educators and advisors to incorporate quick ways in which to engage students at the beginning of each scheduled time block (i.e. class, FFA meetings, etc.).
SAE Idea Cards
The purpose of the SAE Idea Cards is to assist students with coming up with ideas for SAEs. There are 360 SAE ideas in nine different focus areas that can be downloaded or used online. Each career area provides ideas for all six SAE types, which are Entrepreneurship/Ownership, Placement, Research, School-Based Enterprise, Service-Learning and Exploratory.
Student Handbook
This resource is a companion to the Official FFA Student Handbook (16th Edition) released in 2017. It provides information to facilitate student learning of FFA material and involvement opportunities. Features of the resource include: -Designed to make efficient use of classroom time and engage students at a high level. -Contains lesson plans, PowerPoints, activities, worksheets, questions, vocabulary and discussion topics. -Everything you need to teach new students about FFA. -Lesson plans that help cover the highlights of FFA.
