Miss Anderson's Blog: February 2016

Monday, February 29, 2016

February 29-March 4

1st Period Ag 1
Monday: Ag Article (Due Friday)
Tuesday: FBM Test (for those that missed taking it last week)
Wednesday: Ski Day/Students who are not skiing will be working on Ag Articles
Thursday: Leveling and Land Management
Friday: Leveling and Land Management

2nd Period Ag 4
Monday-Friday: Clean Tech Competition (Paper due on Friday)

3rd Period 7th Grade Ag
Monday: General Shop Safety Test/Study for tool and equipment test
Tuesday: General Shop Safety Test/Study for tool and equipment test
Wednesday: Tool and Equipment Safety Test
Thursday:Tool and Equipment Safety Test
Friday:Tool and Equipment Demonstrations

5th Period Ag 3
Monday: Ag Article (due Friday)
Tuesday: Bull Feeders and Individual Shop Projects
Wednesday:Ski Day/Students who are not skiing will be working on Ag Articles
Thursday:Bull Feeders and Individual Shop Projects
Friday:Bull Feeders and Individual Shop Projects

6th Period 8th Grade Ag
Monday: General Shop Safety Test/Study for tool and equipment test
Tuesday: General Shop Safety Test/Study for tool and equipment test
Wednesday: Tool and Equipment Safety Test
Thursday:Tool and Equipment Safety Test
Friday:Tool and Equipment Demonstrations

7th Period Ag 1
Monday: Ag Article
Tuesday: Livestock Breeds Project
Wednesday:Ski Day/Students who are not skiing will be working on Ag Articles
Thursday: Present Livestock Breeds PowerPoints
Friday: Present Livestock Breeds PowerPoints

Tuesday, February 23, 2016

February 22-26

1st Period Ag 2

Monday: Review for FBM Test
Tuesday: Review for FBM test
Wednesday: Pep Assembly/Send of for basketball players
Thursday-Friday: FBM Test

2nd Period Ag 4

Monday-Wednesday: Clean Tech Competition (Begin writing paper)
Thursday-Friday: "If You Build It" Documentary (students will take 10 notes each day)

3rd Period 7th Grade Ag

Monday: Present Safety Posters, General Shop Safety Test
Tuesday: Present Safety Posters, General Shop Safety Test and begin equipment/tool safety
Wednesday: "If You Build It" Documentary (students will take 10 notes)
Thursday:"If You Build It" Documentary (students will take 10 notes)
Friday:"If You Build It" Documentary (students will take 10 notes)

5th Period Ag 3
Monday-Friday: Students are working on individual projects and fabricating 2 bull feeders

6th Period:
Monday: Present Safety Posters, General Shop Safety Test
Tuesday: Present Safety Posters, General Shop Safety Test
Wednesday: "If You Build It" Documentary (Students will take 10 notes)
Thursday: "If You Build It" Documentary (Students will take 10 notes)
Friday:"If You Build It" Documentary (Students will take 10 notes)

7th Period
Monday-Friday: Livestock Breeds Project and individual shop projects

Monday, February 15, 2016

February 15-18

1st Period Ag 2
Monday: Partial Budget Exercises
Tuesday: Partial Budget Exercises
Wednesday:Review for Farm Business Management Test
Thursday:Review for Farm Business Management Test
Friday: No School

2nd Period Ag 4

Monday-Thursday: Clean Tech Competition (students will be researching and taking notes this week. 40 notes due by the end of the week)
Friday: No School

2016: “Making an Impact”

At roughly 4.5 billion years of age, Earth has survived many catastrophes in its history. Human beings are helping to create a catastrophe of a previously unforeseen magnitude thanks to our use of plastics and an ever-increasing demand for electricity. However detrimental the evolution of technology in the name of progress can be, there are solutions that can help Make an Impact from humans’ negative effects on our planet.

Your challenge is to identify a problem associated with plastics or the need for clean, cheap energy that helps Make an Impact from negative effects of these two areas. Your team will identify a specific problem, explain and analyze in detail, and design a solution that can mitigate these negative impacts.

Identify a specific problem associated with plastics or the need for clean, cheap energy anywhere in the world. Explain the specific impacts on environmental conditions, human health and/or economic.

Research and describe the scale of the problem and the affected populations.

Analyze the foundations and causes of the specific issue you chose. Investigate, understand in detail, and explain.

Design a solution that uses clean energy to address your identified problem, and explain how it would help mitigate the negative impacts of plastics or the insatiable need for electricity.

3rd Period 7th Grade Ag
Monday-Thursday: Safety Posters (Due Thursday)
Friday: No School

7^th Grade Agriculture - Safety Poster Guidelines

Name:_______________________________Period:______Due Date:__________________________

Safety Rule I was Assigned:___________________________________________________________

You will make a poster that depicts a safety rule and the consequences of NOT following it. Keep in mind this is an individual assignment! You may get ideas and suggestions from your group members but you must complete the poster by yourself. This safety poster may have words written on it and must clearly depict the safety rule. These posters will be displayed around the room/shop as reminders to students of the safety rules. Please make sure they are easily seen. Be creative and colorful!

Students will use cardstock or poster board for their posters and include information to explain their safety rule on the poster.

It would be in your best interest to view the grading rubric prior to starting your safety poster. By doing so, you will have a better idea of how you will be graded on this portion.

Poster Guidelines:

USE COLOR! BE NEAT!

BE CREATIVE!!!

Students may draw, use magazine cutouts, or use computer generated clipart or drawings on their poster.

Create the poster so another person can understand the safety rule being shown without any other form of explanation.

Poster must be clearly seen from your desk when it is hung on the wall.

Poster must be neat and organized.

Grading Rubric for Poster:

Grade for this poster is __________ /50.

5th Period Ag 3
Monday-Thursday: Students are working on individual projects and fabricating 2 bull feeders.
Friday: No School

6th Period 8th Grade Ag

Monday-Thursday: Safety Posters (Due Thursday)
Friday: No School

7th Period: Ag 1
Monday-Thursday: Students are working on their Livestock Breeds PowerPoint. Each student has chosen 8 breeds of livestock that they are researching and creating a PowerPoint presentation about.

Monday, February 8, 2016

February 8-12

1st Period Ag 2
Monday: Ag Article
Tuesday-Friday: Farm Business Management Unit (making a balance sheet, balance sheet evaluation)

2nd Period Ag 4

Monday: Ag Article/ Finish wildlife escape ladders
Tuesday-Wednesday: Research Clean Tech Competition Topics (http://www.cleantechcompetition.org/)
Students will identify a specific problem
Wednesday-Friday: Research Days

2016: “Making an Impact”

Your challenge is to identify a problem associated with plastics or the need for clean, cheap energy that helps Make an Impact from negative effects of these two areas. Your team will identify a specific problem, explain and analyze in detail, and design a solution that can mitigate these negative impacts.

Identify a specific problem associated with plastics or the need for clean, cheap energy anywhere in the world. Explain the specific impacts on environmental conditions, human health and/or economic.

Research and describe the scale of the problem and the affected populations.

Analyze the foundations and causes of the specific issue you chose. Investigate, understand in detail, and explain.

Design a solution that uses clean energy to address your identified problem, and explain how it would help mitigate the negative impacts of plastics or the insatiable need for electricity.

3rd Period 7th Grade Ag
Monday: General Shop Safety Rules and Safety Poster Guidelines/Rubric
Tuesday: AET (agricultural experience tracker) accounts: login and update accounts
Wednesday: Ski Day
Thursday:General Shop Safety Rules and Safety Poster Rubric
Friday: Safety Poster

7^th Grade Agriculture - Safety Poster Guidelines

Name:_______________________________Period:______Due Date:__________________________

Safety Rule I was Assigned:___________________________________________________________

Students will use cardstock or poster board for their posters and include information to explain their safety rule on the poster.

It would be in your best interest to view the grading rubric prior to starting your safety poster. By doing so, you will have a better idea of how you will be graded on this portion.

Poster Guidelines:

USE COLOR! BE NEAT!

BE CREATIVE!!!

Students may draw, use magazine cutouts, or use computer generated clipart or drawings on their poster.

Create the poster so another person can understand the safety rule being shown without any other form of explanation.

Poster must be clearly seen from your desk when it is hung on the wall.

Poster must be neat and organized.

Grading Rubric for Poster:

Grade for this poster is __________ /50.

5th Period Ag 3
Monday: Ag Articles/AET (agricultural experience tracker) accounts: login and update accounts
Tuesday-Friday: This class will be fabricating 2 bull feeders.

6th Period 8th Grade Ag

Monday: General Shop Safety Rules and Safety Poster Guidelines/Rubric
Tuesday: AET (agricultural experience tracker) accounts: login and update accounts
Wednesday: Ski Day
Thursday:General Shop Safety Rules and Safety Poster Rubric
Friday: Safety Poster

7th Period: Ag 1
Monday: AET Accounts/Ag Article
Tuesday-Friday: Livestock Breeds Unit

Student Teacher

Hey Everyone!

I wanted to introduce myself, my name is Christina Fister. I am a senior at Montana State University studying Agricultural Education. I will be graduating in May with a Bachelors in Ag Education and a two year Associates of Science degree. My home town is Kalispell, MT and I love anything and everything agriculture. I grew up riding horses, farming and doing custom leather work with my grandpa.

In high school I was heavily involved in the agriculture classroom as well as in FFA. You could find me as a chapter officer, member of every community service committee there was and on the sales and agronomy teams. Agricultural education was my everything and it just seemed perfect to make a career out of it. This wouldn't have been possible without a lot of guidance from my ag teacher Mr. Bay. I hope to be able to help your students in finding their passions just as my ag teacher did for me.

Needless to say agriculture has always been a passion of mine and I am so excited to share that with you and your students. Hope to meet you all and have a great second semester.