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Natural Resources Management CTE Prep courses (NRM) include all of SISD Schools and its focus serves grades 8-12. The NRM course will be available in two semester classes.
Course Outline:
Unit I Exploring the Horticulture Industry *career opportunities (three weeks) Activities: • Prepare a
poster on a horticulture career. • Interview someone in a horticulture field and prepare a written paper and an oral presentation. Unit II Horticulture Science *plant functions, propagation, soil science, plant nutrients, pest management (eight weeks)
Activities: • Dissect a flower. Sketch and label all parts. • Collect leaves of different leaf arrangements. • Classify plants as annuals or perennials. • Plant seeds and care for them. • Take vegetative cuttings. • Conduct a lab on tissue culture. • Conduct a sand, silt and clay experiment. • Prepare an advertisement for soil media and present. • Use a soil test kit to determine the N, P, and K levels. • Prepare a presentation on one greenhouse pest to share with the class. • Observe insect damage to greenhouse plant and consider ways to control the problem.
Unit III Greenhouse Management and Production *greenhouse structures, growing ornamental plants, plant identification, and hydroponics (seven weeks)
Activities: • Construct models or architecturally draw the various styles of greenhouses. • Prepare a greenhouse supply list for the year. • Plant seeds, cuttings and plugs for the spring bedding plant sale. • Plant hanging baskets. • Prepare advertisements for the spring bedding plant sale. • Use hydroponics to grow vegetable seeds for the spring sale. • Manage and maintain the greenhouse facility.
Unit IV Potentially: Draw an analogous or complementary color scheme. • Draw a floral design for each holiday • Study the growing requirements for common houseplants and share the information in a presentation. • Select a plant and give a presentation on its growing requirements • Work on starting and maintaining a vegetable garden and flower garden around the school grounds.
Unit V Landscaping *designing landscapes, establishing and maintaining landscapes (seven weeks)
Activities: • Trace and freehand landscape symbols. • Design an annual and perennial garden to scale. • Design a landscape using annuals, perennials, trees and shrubs to scale. • Design a dream landscape using correct scale and landscape symbols.
Unit VI Food Horticulture Crops (six weeks) *fruit and vegetable production, designing gardens
Activities: • Research the growing requirements of a particular vegetable/fruit and prepare a poster presentation. • Design a vegetable garden to scale.
Natural Resources Management I - Overview
SEMESTER 1
Week 1:
Introduction to SISD and Classroom Rules, Expectations and some of our NRM Projects (Greenhouse, Orchard, etc.).
Natural Resource Conservation and Management: Past, Present, and Future
Basics of Hydroponic Plant Production
Week 2:
Horticulture and Plant Propagation: An Introduction
Plant Taxonomy, Parts of Plants and their function
Week 3:
Exploring Careers in Natural Resources Management and Horticulture
Greenhouse Management and Crops, Seeds
Week 4:
Economics, Ethics, and Critical Thinking: Tools for Creating a Sustainable Future
Week 5:
Deciduous Trees and Shrubs
Techniques of Pruning, Bud Grafting
Week 6:
The Nature of Soils
Week 7:
Soil Conservation and Sustainable Agriculture
Week 8:
Integrated Pest Management Part I
Week 9:
Integrated Pest Management Part II
Week 10:
Managing Water Resources Sustainability
Week 11:
Aquatic Environments, Water Pollution
Week 12:
Fisheries Conservation
Week 13:
Wildlife Management
Week 14:
Principles of Floral Design Part I
Week 15:
Principles of Floral Design Part II
Week 16:
Agriculture Business Sales Projects Part I
Week 17:
Agriculture Business Sales Projects Part II
Week 18:
Terrariums
Semester Horticulture Review
Week 19:
Semester Natural Resources Management Review
Week 20:
Final Projects and Exam
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Natural Resources Management II - Overview
Semester 2
Week 1:
Natural Resource Conservation and Management Overview
Hydroponic Plant Production
Week 2:
Horticulture and Plant Propagation
Plant Taxonomy, Parts of Plants and their function
Week 3:
Exploring Careers in Natural Resources Management and Horticulture
Greenhouse Management and Crops, Seeds
Week 4:
Forest Management, Evergreen Trees
Week 5:
Orchard Tree Grafting
Week 6:
The Art of Bonsai
Week 7:
Minerals, Mining, and a Sustainable Society, Nonrenewable Energy Resources: Issues and Options
Week 8:
Using Plants in the Landscape
Week 9:
Plant and Animal Extinction
Week 10:
Sustainable Waste Management
Week 11:
Air Pollution
Week 12: Rangeland Management, Creating a sustainable System of Energy: Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Week 13:
Global Warming and Climate Change
Week 14:
Plant Propagation: Cuttings and Divisions
Week 15:
Semester Natural Resources Management Review
Week 16:
Semester Horticulture Review
Week 17:
Final Projects and Exam
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