Introduction to Agriculture

Standard AG82 and Learning Targets

Where would we be without agriculture?

Objective: Assess on FFA

Describe why agriculture is important

Leading Question: What is an SAE?

Turn in interactive notebook

Deserted island activity
Gallery walk relating to agriculture products
Draw a picture of what the agriculture industry looks like on a piece of paper
Create a story about how our world population got to where it is today. We will discuss how actual world population increased. Answer the following questions:

1. What made world population spike so rapidly?

2. What will the world need to do to respond to the continued growth of world population?

3. How does the agriculture industry play a role in providing food, fiber and natural resources for the population?

A Tent Off the Pathway

Objective: Identify the 9 pathways in agriculture

Leading Question: What are the 9 major pathways in agriculture?

Agriculture Pathways

Objective: Identify the 9 pathways in agriculture

Leading Question: What pathway would crop duster fall under?

Important Agriculture Inventions

Objective: Describe how inventions have formed agriculture

Leading Question: Name 5 agriculture inventions important to agriculture today

What came first game
Fill in the timeline of agriculture inventions while learning about each in class.
Decide what the top five innovations are. Then answer the following sentence stems:
- This relates to my life because...
- This is important because...
- I want to find out more about...
- I was surprised by...
- I am beginning to wonder...
- I learned...
Watch the video Farm Forward.
Draw 3 icons that represent agriculture in the past, in the present and in the future.

Review and Assess on introduction to agriculture and FFA

Objective: Assess on introduction to agriculture

Leading Question: Which pathway connects to welding?