To be prepared for careers in natural resource systems, students need to attain academic skills and knowledge, acquire technical knowledge and skills related to natural resources, and develop knowledge and skills regarding career opportunities, entry requirements, and industry expectations. To prepare for success, students need opportunities to learn, reinforce, apply, and transfer their knowledge and skills in a variety of settings. This course examines the management of game and non-game wildlife species, fish, and aquacrops and their ecological needs as related to current agricultural practices.
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Lessons listed are in course listed as Wildlife, Fisheries, and Ecology Management

Week
Number
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
TEKS Taught
130.15c2B,C
130.15c2A,D
130.15c4A,D,H
130.15c4B,C,E
130.15c4F,G
130.15c4I,J
Topic/Unit Title
The student analyzes the importance of wildlife, with an emphasis on use and management:
The student will discuss the history of wildlife, fisheries, and ecology management and then discuss the policies, laws, and the administration of wildlife, fisheries, and ecology management.
The student analyzes the importance of wildlife, with an emphasis on use and management:
The student will analyze the importance of wildlife, fisheries, and ecology management and describe how public recreation use is a product
The student knows the interrelationships between the various aspects of wildlife and outdoor public use management:
The student will identify special areas of importance in wildlife and public use management, list factors involved in landowner and property rights, and describe solutions to issues concerning public protection.
The student knows the interrelationships between the various aspects of wildlife and outdoor public use management:
The student will identify laws and regulations regarding the use of wildlife resources, discuss laws and regulations regarding recreation safety, and demonstrate specific safety certification requirements.
The student knows the interrelationships between the various aspects of wildlife and outdoor public use management:
The student will demonstrate precautions to use when interfacing with the public concerning regulations and law enforcement and describe security issues for closed and restricted areas
The student knows the interrelationships between the various aspects of wildlife and outdoor public use management:
The student will recognize potential threatening situations for public and other users as well as identify the appropriate law enforcement authority.

Week
Number
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
130.15c3A
130.15c3B
130.15c3C
130.15c4K
TEKS Taught
130.15c1A,B
130.15c3B
Topic/Unit Title
The student learns the employability characteristics of a successful employee:
The student will identify career development and entrepreneurship opportunities in the field of natural resources and apply competencies related to resources, information, interpersonal skills, and systems of operation in natural resources.
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The student knows the scientific basis for wildlife management:
The student will identify the basic ecological concepts of game management
The student knows the scientific basis for wildlife management:
The student will identify game and non-game species.
The student knows the scientific basis for wildlife management:
The student will describe the management of wildlife populations.
The student knows the interrelationships between the various aspects of wildlife and outdoor public use management:
The student will describe wildlife harvest techniques and procedures.
The student knows the scientific basis for wildlife management:
The student will identify fish species.

Week
Number
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Week 16
Week 17
Week 18
TEKS Taught
130.15c4L
130.15c3D,E
130.15c11A,B,C
130.15c5A
130.15c5B,C
130.15c5D,E
Topic/Unit Title
The student knows the interrelationships between the various aspects of wildlife and outdoor public use management:
The student will describe fish harvest techniques and procedures.
The student knows the scientific basis for wildlife management:
The student will identify observable diseases impacting plants and animals as well as describe how to report observance of disease infestations.
The student develops an improved supervised agriculture experience program as it relates to agriculture, food, and natural resources:
The student will plan, propose, conduct, and evaluate entrepreneurship; placement; exploratory; research, either experimental or analytical; improvement; supplementary; laboratory-based; or other identified, supervised agricultural experience as an experiential learning activity, apply proper record-keeping skills as they relate to a supervised experience, and design and use a customized recordkeeping system for the individual supervised experience.
The student examines natural cycles and related phenomena to describe ecologic concepts and principles:
The student will explain the hydrologic, nitrogen, carbon, and nutrient cycles.
The student examines natural cycles and related phenomena to describe ecologic concepts and principles:
The student will describe succession and population dynamics.
The student examines natural cycles and related phenomena to describe ecologic concepts and principles:
The student will distinguish between primary and secondary producers and will also describe predator-prey relationships.

Week
Number
Week 19
Week 20
Week 21
Week 22
Week 23
Week 24
TEKS Taught
130.15c5F,G,I
130.15c8A,B, C
130.15c5H
130.15c6A,B,C,D
130.15c6E,F
130.15c6G,H
Topic/Unit Title
The student examines natural cycles and related phenomena to describe ecologic concepts and principles:
The student will identify potential pollution sources, define watershed boundaries, and describe the influence of weather and climatic factors.
The student executes various natural resource enhancement techniques using scientific knowledge from the study of environment and wildlife:
The student will demonstrate stream enhancement techniques, wildlife habitat enhancement techniques, and public use and recreation area enhancement techniques.
The student examines natural cycles and related phenomena to describe ecologic concepts and principles:
The student will use the stream classification system.
The student applies cartographic skills to natural resource activities:
The student will describe different types of maps, interpret map features and legends, compare map scale and actual distance, and determine direction from a map.
The student applies cartographic skills to natural resource activities:
The student will determine elevation and terrain features from topographic maps as well as use directional tools with maps to locate position.
The student applies cartographic skills to natural resource activities:
The student will use a land survey and coordinate system as well as use a Geographic
Information System to interfere with geospatial data and interpret photos and images.

Week 28
Week 29
Week 30
Week
Number
Week 25
Week 26
Week 27
TEKS Taught
130.15c7F
130.15c7A
130.15c7B,C,D
130.15c7E,G,H
130.15c9A
130.15c9B
Topic/Unit Title
The student obtains planning data by monitoring natural resource status:
The student will use a Geographic Information System to analyze resource data.
The student obtains planning data by monitoring natural resource status:
The student will describe resource inventory and population studies.
The student obtains planning data by monitoring natural resource status:
The student will devise sample plots and points, identify and locate resources, and interpret data concerning resource availability and health.
The student obtains planning data by monitoring natural resource status:
The student will organize databases of resource data, create a technical report, and describe the relationship of harvest levels to long-term availability of resources.
The student demonstrates the concepts related to the importance of facilities, harvest, processing, and marketing of aquaculture products:
The student will discuss the importance and progress of aquaculture as an emerging industry.
The student demonstrates the concepts related to the importance of facilities, harvest, processing, and marketing of aquaculture products:
The student will identify and classify plant and animal aquaculture species.

Week
Number
Week 31
Week 32
Week 33
TEKS Taught
130.15c10A
130.15c10B
130.15c10C
Topic/Unit Title
The student demonstrates concepts related to optimum production:
The student will describe nutritional aspects of aquaculture production.
The student demonstrates concepts related to optimum production:
The student will discuss requirements for optimum growth of species-specific aquacrops.
The student demonstrates concepts related to optimum production:
The student will plan and administer treatments for diseases, parasites, predators, and pests of species-specific aquacrops.
Week 34
Week 35
Week 36
130.15c10D,E,F,G,H
130.15c11D,E
130.15c1C,D
The student demonstrates concepts related to optimum production:
The student will recognize weather-related dangers, hazards as they relate to terrain, and hazardous situations; as well identify poisonous plants and animals and demonstrate personal fire prevention precautions while working in natural environments.
The student develops an improved supervised agriculture experience program as it relates to agriculture, food, and natural resources:
The student will participate in youth leadership opportunities to create a wellrounded experience program in agriculture as well as produce a challenging approach for a local program of activities in agriculture.
The student learns the employability characteristics of a successful employee:
The student will demonstrate knowledge of personal and occupational health and safety practices in the workplace and identify employers’ expectations, including appropriate work habits, ethical conduct, legal responsibilities, and good citizenship skills.
Revised by: Ashley Hambleton, Texas A&M University.
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