Week 1: January 26-29 - 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:

Week 2: February 1-5- 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:

Week 3: February 8-12- 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:

Week 4: February 15-17- 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: Feb. 22-26- 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: March 1-5- Unit 6 - 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: March 8-12- Unit 7 - Dogs

Topics & Essential Questions

• Introduction of dogs

Essential Questions:

• 1. What ways to 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 8: March 15-19 - Unit 8 - Cats

Topics & Essential Questions

• Introduction on cats

  • Essential Questions:

• 1. What are zoonosis and several types?

  2. How do companion animals like cats assist or emotionally impact humans?

  3. What is the difference between animal rights and animal welfare?

"I can" Statements:

1. I can define zoonosis and list 2 types.

2. I can identify 10 purebred cat breeds.

3. I can formulate a list of veterinary care needed for cats with in one year.

Standards:

• AS2.a.3.m: Identify major animal species by common and scientific name.

• 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: March 22-26 - Unit 9 - Horticulture

Topics & Essential Questions

• Plants & Gardening

  • Essential Questions:

• 1. How do you properly grow and manage marigolds?

  2. What is the difference between perennials and annuals?

  3. Why do certain plants like different kinds of soil and sunlight?

"I can" Statements:

• 1. I can compare and contrast perennials and annuals

  2. I can diagnose the different types of soils that plants like

  3. I can virtually create a garden based on plant size, spacing, sunlight, and time of bloom

  4. I can plant and grow marigolds from seeds

Standards:

Spring Break - March 29- April 5th