Exploring AgriScience

Quarter 1

Week 1: September 1-4-Unit 1 - Supervised Agriculture Experience (SAE) & Barn Intro

Topics & Essential Questions

  • Barn Welcome

    • Essential Questions:

    1. What animals are at the school barn and how do we remain safe around them?

    2. What animal chores can I assist with daily?

  • My SAE

    • Essential Questions:

1. What is an SAE?

2. What SAE's would I be able to develop?

"I can" Statements:

  1. I can develop a personal SAE to grow over the semester.

"I can" Statements:

  1. I can demonstrate how to be safe around school barn animals.

  2. I can help with barn chores.

Standards:

  • CD2.a.3.h: Evaluate how performance and connections within the learning community enhance future opportunities.

  • CD2.a.4.h: Determine those opportunities that best support attainment of a specific career goal.

Week 2: September 8-11- Unit 2 - Careers

Topics & Essential Questions

  • Careers within the AG industry

    • Essential Questions:

    1. What are different careers associated with the agriculture industry?

    2. Why are these careers considered agriculture?

"I can" Statements:

  1. I can name different careers within the agriculture industry

  2. I can describe why the agriculture industry is worldwide

Standards:

  • CD2.a.3.h: Evaluate how performance and connections within the learning community enhance future opportunities.

  • CD2.a.4.h: Determine those opportunities that best support attainment of a specific career goal.

Week 3: September 14-18 - Unit 3 - FFA

Topics & Essential Questions

  • FFA

    • Essential Questions:

    1. What does "FFA" stand for?

    2. How can Medford students engage in the National FFA Organization?

    3. What is the FFA mission and motto?

    4. How can students get involved in FFA?

"I can" Statements:

  1. I can identify the FFA mission and motto.

  2. I can identify what "FFA" stands for.

  3. I can list 5 ways students can personally grow through the FFA organization.

Standards:

  • CD2.a.3.h: Evaluate how performance and connections within the learning community enhance future opportunities.

  • CD2.a.4.h: Determine those opportunities that best support attainment of a specific career goal.

November 21-25- Unit 4 - WI Ag & Ag in US

Topics & Essential Questions

  • Ag in the U.S.

    • Essential Questions:

    1. What are Wisconsin's top farm commodities?

    2. What ranking does WI take for Milk production? Cheese production? MInk? Cranberries?

"I can" Statements:

  1. I can identify WI's #1 Agricultural commodities.

  2. I can research and identify states that are top agricultural commodity producers.

Standards:


Week 5: September 28-Oct.2 Unit 5 - Poultry

Topics & Essential Questions

  • Poultry

    • Essential Questions:

    1. What are different breeds of poultry?

    2. What animals are considered poultry?

    3. What are the internal and external parts used for digestion within poultry?

"I can" Statements:

  1. I can recognize different breeds of poultry

  2. I can identify the external and digestion anatomical parts of poultry

Standards:


Week 6: October 5-9- Swine

Topics & Essential Questions

  • Swine

Essential Questions:

    1. What are different breeds of swine?

    2. What are different meat cuts of swine?

    3. What are other products are associated with swine?

    4. How do you properly "show" swine?

"I can" Statements:

  1. I can create a diagram of all the cuts of meat from a swine

  2. I can recognize different breeds of swine

  3. I can demonstrate a good showing technique of swine

Standards:


Week 7: October 12-16 Horses

Topics & Essential Questions

  • Horses

    • Essential Questions:

    1. Where are a horses blind spots?

    2. How do you properly lead a horse?

    3. What are common breeds of purebred horses?

    4. What are the horses 4 gaits?

    5. What does it mean if a horse is 'gaited?'

    6. How do you groom and saddle a horse?

    7. What are the different riding activities and hobbies you can do with a horse?

"I can" Statements:

  1. I can move and act safe around a horse (colt, mature adult, or stallion).

  2. I can identify 15 horse breeds

  3. I can explain the 4 different gaits of a horse and what it means if they are 'gaited.'

  4. I can identify 10 different riding hobbies with horses.

Standards:


Week 8: October 19-20- Dogs

Essential Questions:

    1. What ways do dogs assist humans?

    2. How are dogs broken into groups?

    3. List purebred dog breeds and their purposes.

"I can" Statements:

  1. I can identify different purebred dog breeds.

  2. I can identify different dog breed groups and the group's purpose or strong points.

  3. I can make a list of all the ways dogs make good companion animals.

Standards:

  • AS2.c.3.m: Create a program to develop an animal to its highest potential performance.

  • AS3.a.5.m: Identify common diseases, parasites and physiological disorders that affect animals.

Week 9: October 26-30 Dogs

Topics & Essential Questions

  • Dog Bites and Dog Safety

    • Essential Questions:

    1. How do you prevent dog bites?

    2. Why do 60% of dog bites happen to children?

    3. Where is the most common place people are bit?

"I can" Statements:

  1. I can identify a happy, threatening or scared dog by the dogs communication

  2. I can approach and pet a happy dog safetly

  3. I can explain why most dog bits occur in the fact and to children.

Standards:

Week 10: November 2-4

Topics & Essential Questions


    • Essential Questions:



"I can" Statements:


Standards: