Introduce agriculture careers to students by giving them the role of a career matchmaker, making career recommendations based on a given profile. Students will also explore and define characteristics they are looking for in a future career.
This is a general activity to be used with any of the videos in the AgExplorer video center.
Eric Moen’s SAE combines his passions of wildlife, trapping and educating others. Learn more about how Eric uses dermestid beetles to clean wildlife skulls and educate students in his school.
Jackson Brossart’s SAE has taught him how to take a hobby and turn it into an SAE. Learn how you can take a hobby and turn it into an SAE and, ultimately, a future career.
Meat processing is a unique SAE and career path. In this lesson, learn how Kylie Skadberg got started in her SAE. We will then learn what part of the animal different cuts of beef, pork and lamb come from. Finally, we will explore the everyday products we use that come from animal products.
Nick Wulfekuhle has used two different SAEs to continue to expand his knowledge and skills. Encourage your students to do the same with the activities in this lesson.
Follow Joe Lindberg as he explains his minnow trapping SAE. Then dive deep into the various aspects of the aquaculture and fishery industries and careers within those industries.
Caleb Wilkerson’s SAE is tractor restoration. Students will watch a video on the process Caleb went through to restore a 1948 tractor and then will brainstorm and consider what items they could restore or repurpose in their own lives for a potential SAE.
