Tuesday, March 28, 2017

March 27-March 31st

1st Period: Junior High Ag
Monday: Finish FFA New Horizons activities
Tuesday: Introduce Montana County Ag Project and pick counties
Wednesday-Friday: Montana County Ag Project
Name:_____________________
Montana County Ag Project
Description: Montana’s number 1 industry is agriculture and we rank #2 in the US with lands in farms and ranches-which totals nearly 61 million acres! To discover more about Montana’s agriculture industry each of you will research and create a “county ag map” for 3 different counties.  This is a chance for you to learn about the different agriculture in Montana as well as express your creative side!
                                            
Requirements for project:
□□□Name of county
□□□Outline of county map
□□□Pictures/symbols of main agricultural products: Either drawn or printed out and must have color!
□□□ Key/Legend: Describes what each picture/symbol represents
□□□ Statistics: How much of each crop is grown/produced?  What are the numbers of livestock raised? How does your county rank in comparison to other counties in Montana? Amount of money the county makes off of agricultural products. Any other stats/interesting facts you find that relate to agriculture in your county.
□□□ Sources: Websites, articles, newspaper, journals, books, encyclopedia, etc. Type these sources on a separate piece of paper to be handed in with your final project. You must have at least 3 sources!


***Take your time and make these maps neat and complete…I will be hanging them in the classroom!

Rubric for County Map

Name of County 2pts x3                                                                                           /6


Outline of County 5pts x3                                                                                        /15


Pictures/Symbols 15pts x3                                                                                        /45


Key/Legend 15pts x3                                                                                                            /45


Statistics 20pts x3                                                                                                      /60


Sources 10pts                                                                                                             /10


Overall Quality/Presentation 20pts                                                                          /20
(neatness, volume, clarity, eye contact)



Total                                                                                                                           /201

2nd Period: Floriculture
Monday: Plant ID Notebook
Tuesday: Floriculture Tool ID
Wednesday: Read Unit 7 and answer questions at end of Unit
Thursday: Read Unit 8 and answer questions
Friday: Practice tying bows

3rd Period: Animal Science 
Monday: Experiment Write Up-last day to work on the paper. Due Friday
Tuesday: Worm Dissection Preparation and Pre lab
Wednesday-Friday: Dissect Worms


5th Period: Ag Welding
Monday: Clean Shop
Tuesday-Friday: SMAW Vertical Fillet Weld


6th Period: Ag Woods
Monday-Friday: Individual shop projects


7th Period: Greenhouse Management
Monday-Tuesday: Transplant germinated seeds to mini greenhouse kit
Wednesday-Friday: Flower Anatomy

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

March 13-17

1st Period: Junior High Ag
Monday-Wednesday: "Fast Lane Ends" paper/summary (5 paragraph paper)
Thursday-Friday: Ag Mag: Beef (read and discuss magazine)

2nd Period: Floriculture
Monday: Unit 6: Questions
Tuesday: Floriculture Tool ID
Wednesday: Floricutlure Tool ID
Thursday: Unit 7: Selecting Wire and Wiring Flowers (read unit)
Friday: Finish reading and discuss Unit 7

3rd Period: Animal Science 
Monday-Friday: Animal saliva and bacteria experiment write up/report (following the FFA Agriscience Fair guidelines/requirements)


5th Period: Ag Welding
Monday-Friday: SMAW (Horizontal and Vertical Fillet welds)

6th Period: Ag Woods 
Monday-Friday: Individual shop projects


7th Period: Greenhouse Manangement 
Monday: Set up seed germination with various seeds in petri dishes
Tuesday-Friday: Work on Hall of Chapter display for FFA State Convention

Monday, March 6, 2017

March 6-10

1st Period: JH Agriculture

Monday: Present Livestock Project posters
Tuesday: Watch "Where the Fast Lane Ends" (take 10 notes)
Wednesday: Watch "Where the Fast Lane Ends" (take 10 notes)
Thursday-Friday: "Where the Fast Lane Ends"  Summary and opinion paper


2nd Period: Floriculture
Monday: Vocab Unit 6
Tuesday: Read Unit 6
Wednesday: Read Unit 6
Thursday: Unit 6 Questions
Friday: Unit 6 Questions

3rd Period: Animal Science

Monday: Examine bacteria slides in microscope
Tuesday-Friday: Experiment Write Up (using FFA Agri-science standards/outline)


5th Period: Ag Welding
Monday-Friday: SMAW Horizontal and Vertical Fillets


6th Period: Ag Woods
Monday-Friday: Individual shop projects

7th Period: Greenhouse Management 
Monday: Stem Anatomy
Tuesday: Stem Anatomy
Wednesday: Stem Anatomy
Thursday: Stem Anatomy Quiz
Friday: Plant ID