Standard ANS8 and Learning Targets

Chapters 13, 15, 16, 18

Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Objective: Describe the different segments of the beef cattle industry

Leading Question: What are the different components of the beef industry?

Discuss the beef industry

Watch the beef industry video

Identify beef cattle breeds

Thursday, February 22, 2024

Objective: Identify breeds of beef cattle

Leading Question: What is a seedstock producer?

Review segments of the beef industry by completing the reading on types of beef cattle operations and the 5 questions at the end.

Watch the video on cow/calf production

Make beef breed ID flashcards

Friday, February 23, 2024

Objective: Collect information related to your SAE project and format it according to expectations

Leading Question: What breed of beef cattle have a hump?

• Complete a course journal for this week

• Complete an experience journal for this week 

• Continue work on SAE project according to expectations provided in google classroom.

  • Foundational: Complete College and Career Readiness worksheet - Due March 15

  • CDE: Create 100 breeds/plant ID/Disease ID etc. based on CDE choice - Due March 1

  • Immersion: Performance B due today/Begin work on Performance C

  • Agriscience: Continue experimenting until you prove or disprove hypothesis and record all results in SAE semester project - Due April 12

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Monday, February 26, 2024

Objective: Demonstrate quality control of agricultural products

Pack strawberries for FFA

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

Objective: Describe the different breeding systems used in the beef cattle industry

Leading Question: What is the difference between purebred beef cattle and crossbred beef cattle

Discuss beef production phases and crossing breeding systems

Great Expectations worksheet

Watch iCEV selection video

Beef Cattle Discussion Questions

Review breed identification

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Objective: Describe what EPD's are

Leading Question: What is backgrounding?

Discuss EPD's

Complete the cow/calf operation worksheet using the 6 bulls on the second page. Select the best bull and justify your selection using EPD's.

Complete Beef Cattle Discussion Questions

Thursday, February 29, 2024

Objective: Perform calf processing methods

Leading Question: What is the scientific name for hump backed cattle?

Discuss processing calves

Demonstrate ear-tagging, tubing, castration

Branding activity

Complete the beef unit questions

Friday, March 1, 2024

Objective: Collect information related to your SAE project and format it according to expectations

Leading Question: What breed of beef cattle have white faces (bald) and red bodies?

• Complete a course journal for this week

• Complete an experience journal for this week 

• Continue work on SAE project according to expectations provided in google classroom.

  • Foundational: Complete College and Career Readiness worksheet - Due March 15

  • CDE: 100 breeds/plant ID/Disease ID etc. due today/Begin work on 100 slide tool/equipment ID slideshow

  • Immersion: Performance C - Due March 15

  • Agriscience: Continue experimenting until you prove or disprove hypothesis and record all results in SAE semester project - Due April 12

Monday, March 4-8, 2024

Spring Break

Monday, March 11, 2024

Objective: Identify major cuts of beef

Leading Question: What are the primal cuts of beef?

Identify the meat cut cards on the tables

Discuss beef packing

Watch videos on beef cuts

Complete the cuts of beef worksheet

Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Objective: Review beef production

Leading Question: What is the gestation period of beef cattle?

Beef cuts review and worksheet

Review beef unit discussion questions

Unit questions 

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Objective: Review major components of the beef industry

Leading Question: What are the different methods of branding cattle?

Complete the beef unit quiz

Branding activity

Beef terminology worksheet

Field trip to beef and dairy cattle farms

Thursday, March 14, 2024

ACT

Friday, March 15, 2024

Objective: Collect information related to your SAE project and format it according to expectations

Leading Question:  What breed of beef cattle are all white?

• Complete a course journal for this week

• Complete an experience journal for this week 

• Continue work on SAE project according to expectations provided in google classroom.

  • Foundational: Complete College and Career Readiness worksheet due today/Begin work on Financial Records worksheet

  • CDE: 100 slide tool/equipment ID slideshow - Due April 12

  • Immersion: Performance C due today/Begin work on financial records (SAE entrepreneurship details, income/expense statement, current and noncurrent ending inventories for entrepreneurships and SAE placement and foundational records for placement applications)

  • Agriscience: Continue experimenting until you prove or disprove hypothesis and record all results in SAE semester project - Due April 12

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Monday, March 18, 2024

Objective: Describe the beef industry

Leading Question: How much do carcasses weigh?

Beef Industry Project

Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Objective: Review the beef industry

Leading Question: Has the per capita consumption of beef increased or decreased?

Present beef industry topics

Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Objective: Review the beef industry

Leading Question:  What was your favorite part of the beef industry unit?

Beef Jeopardy review

Thursday, March 21, 2024

Objective: Assess on the beef industry

Leading Question:  Give an example of a retail cut from the loin.

Take the Beef industry test

Interactive notebooks are due today

Discuss history of sheep

Show sheep video on industry

Friday, March 22, 2024

Objective: Collect information related to your SAE project and format it according to expectations

• Complete a course journal for this week

• Complete an experience journal for this week 

• Continue work on SAE project according to expectations provided in google classroom.

  • Foundational: Complete Financial Records worksheet - Due April 5

  • CDE: 100 slide tool/equipment ID slideshow - Due April 12

  • Immersion: Complete financial records (SAE entrepreneurship details, income/expense statement, current and noncurrent ending inventories for entrepreneurships and SAE placement and foundational records for placement applications) - Due April 5

  • Agriscience: Continue experimenting until you prove or disprove hypothesis and record all results in SAE semester project - Due April 12