Friday, January 23, 2015

January 26-January 30

1st Period: Animal Science
Monday: Farming Game Brochure (finish up brochures and present)
Tuesday: Introduction to Livestock Breeds (powerpoint, notes handout)
Wednesday: Livestock Breeds Project (Students will be researching and creating a powerpoint about several different breeds of livestock)
Thursday: Livestock Breeds Project
Friday: Livestock Breeds Project


2nd Period: Wildlife Management
Monday-Friday: 

Blue Jacket Bonanza applications, FFA scholarships and applications (Due January 31st and February 2nd)
Continue working on creating Farming/Ranching game specific to Montana


3rd Period: 7th Grade Study Skills
Monday: Homework, read, study for tests/quizzes. 
Tuesday: Homework/Read/Study for Tests or Quizzes 
Wednesday: Study for Spelling Test
Thursday: Study for Spelling Test 
Friday:Homework/Read/Study for tests or quizzes


4th Period: Plant Science
Monday: Plant of the Week (week 2)
Unit 34...read page 405-406 "Principles of Landscape Design"
Tuesday-Friday: Landscape Project
Friday: Plant of the Week Test


Landscape Project
1st- Create a rough draft sketch on notebook paper
2nd- Research plants- common and scientific name, color and size at maturity (Use Ball Redbook and Introduction to Horticulture books as well as the internet)
3rd- Final landscape plan!
Requirements:
-        The landscape must take up the entire paper.

-        Plans need to include:
o   A building- can only take up 1/3 of the paper
o   5 different Evergreen plants
o   5 different Deciduous plants
o   3 different Hardscapes- walk way, driveway, deck, pool, pond, fire pit, etc.
o   Bedding area with plants-
§  2 different Ground Cover plants
§  2 different Flowers (annual or perennial)
o   Scale
o   Key- for shapes of plants
o   List of plants- common and scientific name, color and size at maturity

-        Use a pencil on the final plan

-        Sketch must be appropriately colored- LAST STEP!

-        Plans much be neat and orderly- take PRIDE in your work!


-        Be CREATIVE and have FUN!

5th Period: Advanced Agriculture
Monday-Friday: 

Clean Tech Competition (http://www.cleantechcompetition.org/)
In teams of one-three members students will be participating in the 2015 Clean Tech Competition.

From www.cleantechcompetition.org:
"Your challenge is to develop a clean energy solution to help combat this worldwide problem. Solutions may take on aspects of growing, harvesting, distributing food, or any other facet of food availability that you choose to improve. Your team will identify a specific problem, explain and analyze in detail, and design a solution that can be used to help the affected populations."


7th Period: Forestry 
Monday-Friday: Tree Disorders Project

Name:____________________
Tree Disorders Project
Directions: You have each chosen 4 tree disorders and will be creating a PowerPoint, Prezi, or Poster to teach the class about the disorders.
You’re presentation must include the following information for each disease:
1.    Importance: How does this disorder affect the timber industry?
2.    Characteristics of the injury caused by the disorder: what does it do to the tree?
3.    Biology: What biological factors cause the disorder?
4.    Control: How is this disorder controlled in the timber industry?
5.    Any other information or interesting facts about the disease you have found while researching.

·       Department of Natural Resources has a good website http://dnrc.mt.gov/
o   Under the “Forestry” tab is a link to “Forest Insects and Diseases”

·       Each requirement above is worth 10 points
o   10pts x 5 requirements x 4 diseases = 200 points total


Score                                                                                                                         /200 points

Comments:


Monday, January 19, 2015

January 19th-January 23


1st Period: Animal Science
Monday: Farming Game Brochure (Introduce project, grading criteria, requirements)
Tuesday-Thursday: Work on Farming Game Brochures
Friday: Present brochures



Introduction (10 points)
Farm Brand (5 points)
Farm details (20 points)
Farm Economics (30 points)
Rational (10 points)
Conclusion (10 points)
Map of the farm (10 points)
Neatness (5 points)

Total Points 100


2nd Period: Wildlife Management
Monday: Blue Jacket Bonanza applications, FFA scholarships and applications
Tuesday-Friday: Continue working on creating Farming/Ranching game specific to Montana


3rd Period: 7th Grade Study Skills
Monday: Homework, read, study for tests/quizzes. 
Tuesday: Homework/Read/Study for Tests or Quizzes 
Wednesday: Study for Spelling Test
Thursday: Study for Spelling Test 
Friday:Homework/Read/Study for tests or quizzes


4th Period: Plant Science
Monday: Introduce Plant of the Week, take notes on this week's plant
Tuesday-Friday: Leaf Anatomy and Morphology Unit 

5th Period: Advanced Agriculture
Monday: FFA New Horizons article review/activity "Hay There"
Tuesday: Unit 34: Principles of Landscaping
Wednesday-Friday: Landscape Project
Landscape Project
1st- Create a Goose Egg sketch on notebook paper
2nd- Research plants- common and scientific name, color and size at maturity (Use Plant of the Week and Western Garden Books)
3rd- Final landscape plan!
Requirements:
-        The landscape must take up the entire paper.

-        Plans need to include:
o   A building- can only take up 1/3 of the paper
o   5 different Evergreen plants
o   5 different Deciduous plants
o   3 different Hardscapes- walk way, driveway, deck, pool, pond, fire pit, etc.
o   Bedding area with plants-
§  2 different Ground Cover plants
§  2 different Flowers (annual or perennial)
o   Scale
o   Key- for shapes of plants
o   List of plants- common and scientific name, color and size at maturity

-        Use a pencil on the final plan

-        Sketch must be appropriately colored- LAST STEP!

-        Plans much be neat and orderly- take PRIDE in your work!


-        Be CREATIVE and have FUN!



7th Period: Forestry 
Monday: FFA New Horizons article review/activity "Hay There"
Tuesday: Chapter 18: Diseases and Pests of Trees. Read chapter and choose 4 diseases/pests to study more in depth.
Wednesday-Friday: Work on Tree Disease Project

Name:____________________
Tree Disorders Project
Directions: You have each chosen 4 tree disorders and will be creating a PowerPoint, Prezi, or Poster to teach the class about the disorders.
You’re presentation must include the following information for each disease:
1.    Importance: How does this disorder affect the timber industry?
2.    Characteristics of the injury caused by the disorder: what does it do to the tree?
3.    Biology: What biological factors cause the disorder?
4.    Control: How is this disorder controlled in the timber industry?
5.    Any other information or interesting facts about the disease you have found while researching.

·       Department of Natural Resources has a good website http://dnrc.mt.gov/
o   Under the “Forestry” tab is a link to “Forest Insects and Diseases”

·       Each requirement above is worth 10 points
o   10pts x 5 requirements x 4 diseases = 200 points total


Score                                                                                                                         /200 points

Comments: