Lesson Plans for Agricultural Education
Teacher – Tom Hofmann
Lesson Plans
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Plant Science
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Period 2 – Hailey Higby, Alan Stones
August 25, 2008
Monday – Friday
Sub Notes:
Classifying and Naming Plants
1. Explain the importance of plants.
2. Explain the taxonomic classification of plants.
3. List characteristics that determine the classification of
plants.
4. Describe how plants are named.
5. Explain reasons for using the scientific names of plants.
Identifying Plant Types and Uses
1. Describe plant science and its three major areas.
2. Identify common field crops and their uses.
3. Define horticultural crops and describe their uses.
4. Describe forestry and forest products.
Using Crossbreeding and Hybrids
1. Define plant breeding.
2. Define the processes of selection and hybridization.
3. Explain genetic engineering in plants.
Assignment – Students are developing Power Point
presentations on Nebraska Crops, Weeds, Insects, and
Diseases using the Nebraska Agronomy CDE list.
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Eighth Grade Agriculture
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Period 3 – Barbra Baker, Laura Briseno, Mitchell Carlson, Aaron Cloet, Lyndsay
Drudik, Tayler Erickson, Shannon Gorski, Shelby Johnson, Alicia Kreutzer, Edwin
Najarro, Kiersten Nun, Maxwell Olson, Stephanie Osterhaus, Tiana Peterson,
Reed Stone, Katrina Ulmer, Maria Van Kirk, Megan Wagoner
August 25, 2008
Sub Notes:
Monday – Friday
Determining the Benefits of an SAE
1. Explain the importance of goals and career ladders.
2. Define supervised agricultural experience.
3. Explain the benefits of supervised agricultural
experience programs.
Determining the Kinds of SAE
1. Explain the difference between entrepreneurship and
placement Supervised Agricultural Experience
programs.
2. Explain the characteristics of a good SAE program and
student responsibilities.
Researching Possible SAE Programs
1. Identify career interest areas in agriculture.
Lesson Plans for Agricultural Education
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2. Identify skills needed for career success.
3. Explain opportunities for SAE programs.
Planning Your SAE Program
1. Identify the steps in planning an SAE Program.
2. Identify the parts of an annual SAE program plan.
3. Discuss the function of a training plan and /or
agreement in an SAE program
Implementing SAE Programs
1. Discuss the importance of keeping records on an SAE
program.
2. Explain the types of financial records needed to support
a chosen SAE program.
3. Identify standards to follow in keeping records on an
SAE program.
Keeping and Using SAE Records
1. Explain how SAE records are organized.
2. Identify the procedures to making entries in the SAE
records.
3. Explain how to summarize and analyze the SAE
records.
Making Long Range Plans for Expanding SAE Programs
1. Identify the factors that should be considered in
expanding an SAE program.
2. Explain how placement and ownership SAE programs
may be expanded.
Assignment – Students will be completing a practice record
book using the Nebraska FFA computerized record keeping
system.
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Advanced Welding
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Fourth Period – Matthew Boettcher, Luke Drudik, Lane Steinhauer, Jesse Critel
August 25, 2008
Sub Notes:
Monday – Friday
Applying Fuel Gas Welding (FGW) Processes and
Techniques
1. Explain the fundamentals of fuel gas welding.
2. Explain how to select fuel gas welding equipment and
supplies.
3. Describe how to set-up fuel gas welding equipment.
4. Explain how to operate fuel gas welding equipment.
5. Describe fuel gas welding techniques.
6. Identify safety practices that should be observed in fuel
gas welding.
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Teacher – Tom Hofmann
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Friday:
Leadership
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Sixth Period – Claire Bergen, Kevin Bicknase, Jonathan Critel, Nels Johnson,
Sam Johnson, Riley Nuss, Dyllon Schmer, Andrew Sheridan
August 25, 2008
Sub Notes:
Monday – Friday
Defining Leadership
1. Identify characteristics of leadership.
2. Define leadership.
3. Identify leadership opportunities available in daily life.
Understanding Values, Beliefs, Character and Integrity
1. Define values, beliefs, character, and integrity.
2. Explain how the understanding of values, beliefs,
character, and integrity assists you as a leader.
3. Relate how values, beliefs, character, and integrity
affect leaders’ daily choices.
Defining Core Values
1. Define core values.
2. Identify personal values.
3. Identify the benefits of living by personal values.
Understanding Beliefs and Belief Systems
1. Define the terms belief and belief system.
2. Identify personal beliefs and belief system.
3. Identify influencers of beliefs and belief systems.
Assignment – We will watch “Remember The Titans” in which
students will identify the leadership characteristics of the people
in the movie.
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Natural Resources
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Seventh Period – Jeremiah Calkins, Matt Drudik, Alex Koehler, Alan Nelson,
Dillon Ochsner, Sydney Olson, Wade Overturf, Alan Stones
August 25, 2008
Sub Notes:
Monday – Friday
Principles of Ecology
1. Explain the law of conservation of matter.
2. Suggest ways that waste materials can be properly
disposed of to reduce or eliminate damage to the
environment.
3. Define the role of energy in the science of ecology.
4. Describe the major events that occur in natural cycles
such as the carbon, nitrogen and water cycles.
5. Explain how a food chain is organized.
6. Distinguish among food chains, food webs, and food
pyramids.
Understanding Relationships Between Wildlife and
Agriculture
1. Suggest ways that balance might be restored to an
ecosystem.
Lesson Plans for Agricultural Education
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2. Describe the impacts that modern agriculture has had
on the ecosystems of North America.
3. Identify the relationships between farming practices and
the environments of different species of fish and wildlife.
4. Distinguish between primary and secondary biological
succession.
Biomes of North America
1. Explain how events in one ecosystem affect events in a
neighboring ecosystem.
2. Describe the relationship between an ecosystem and
biome.
3. List the distinguishing characteristics of a freshwater
biome.
4. Discus ways in which wetland habitats function to
cleanse the environment.
5. Design a map of the North American continent that
illustrates the location of the major biomes found there.
Our Wildlife Resources
1. Describe how wild animals have contributed to the
survival and comfort of humans.
2. Distinguish between responsible and abusive
stewardship of the land and of the environment.
3. Explain how the U.S. Endangered Species Act provides
protection to organisms that are in danger of becoming
extinct.
4. Identify environmental factors that contribute to the
extinction of organisms.
Assignment – Students will develop a Power Point
Presentation on the introduction of wolves into Yellowstone
National Park and their relationship with livestock, wildlife, and
humans.
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Agribusiness Management
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Eighth Period – Jeremiah Calkins, Nate Green, Samantha Overturf, Taylor
Schlautman, Kevin Zimlich
Third Period - Shelby Yost
August 25, 2008
Sub Notes:
Monday - Friday
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Friday:
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Monday –
Intro to Welding
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Ninth Period – Richard Britt, Michael Cox, Tyler Fehr, Preston Forney, Byrce
George, Gary Griess, Dustin Hahn, Corbin Russell, Michael Shoff
August 25, 2008
Sub Notes:
Monday – Review for Arc Welding Test
Lesson Plans for Agricultural Education
Teacher – Tom Hofmann
Friday:
Tuesday – Arc Welding Test
Wednesday – Friday
Identifying Metals and Their Physical Properties
1. Identify and explain the terms associated with metals.
2. Describe the properties and structures of metals.
3. Explain how steel is manufactured.
4. Describe how metal is classified.
5. Describe the characteristics used to identify metals.
Applying Metal Inert Gas (MIG) Welding Techniques
1. Explain the advantages of the metal inert gas (MIG)
welding process.
2. Describe the equipment, types of shielding gases, and
electrodes used in the MIG welding process.
3. Describe the types of metal transfer patterns used in
MIG welding and relate their applications.
4. Describe the correct techniques for starting, controlling,
and stopping an MIG bead.
5. Explain how to adjust and maintain the MIG welder.
6. Identify safety practices that should be observed in MIG
welding.
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