January 16-20

1st Period Junior High Ag

Monday: Syllabus, Time Cards, Classroom Procedures
Tuesday-Friday: About me Project

“This Makes Me Feel” PowerPoint Presentation

Directions:  You will create a PowerPoint with words and pictures to tell the class a little bit about yourself and your interests.

□ This makes me happy

□ This makes me sad

□ This makes me tap my toes and sing along

□ This makes me scared

□ This makes me proud

□ This makes me cry

□ This makes me laugh

□ This makes me motivated

□ This makes me tired

□ This makes me cranky

□ This makes me hungry (favorite food)

□ This makes me excited

□ This makes me colorful (favorite color)

□ This makes me feel adventurous (place you would like to travel to)

□ This makes me feel like an animal (favorite animal)

□ This makes me feel grown up (what you want to be when you grow up)

□ This makes me feel studious (favorite subject/class in school)

2nd Period Floriculture

Monday: Plant ID Notebook
Tuesday-Wednesday: Read Unit 1: Exploring careers in the Retail Flower Business
Thursday: Answer questions page 18
Friday: Questions 3-7 on page 17

3rd Period Animal Science 

Monday-Tuesday: Science Experiment Discussion (The saliva of which species eliminates bacteria most efficiently?)
Tuesday: Science Experiment Discussion
Wednesday: Animal Genetics: Cell Division
Thursday-Friday: DNA Unit


5th Period Ag Welding

Monday: Clean Shop
Tuesday-Friday: SMAW students are working on various welds

6th Period Ag Woods

Monday-Friday: Wood shop projects (stools, tables, benches)


7th Period Greenhouse Management 

Monday: Plant ID Notebook
Tuesday: What is Hydroponics? (PowerPoint and Guided notes)
Wednesday: Hydroponics Terms, Equipment and Supplies
What should we grow? Research the best types of plants to grow in a hydroponic set up
Thursday-Friday: Set up Hydroponics

January 10-13

1st Period JH Ag

Monday: Help teachers move to the new building
Tuesday: Review for Semester Test
Friday: Semester Test

2nd Period Floriculture

Monday: Help teachers move to the new building
Tuesday: Review for Semester Test
Friday: Semester Test

3rd Period Animal Science 

Monday: Help teachers move to the new building
Tuesday: Review for Semester Test
Thursday: Semester Test

5th Period Ag Welding 

Monday: Help teachers move to the new building
Tuesday: Review for Semester Test
Thursday: Semester Test

6th Period  Ag Woods 

Monday: Help teachers move to the new building
Tuesday: Review for Semester Test
Wednesday: Semester Test

7th Period Greenhouse Management 

Monday: Help teachers move to the new building
Tuesday: Review for Semester Test
Wednesday: Semester Test

December 19-22

1st Period JH Ag

Monday: Christmas Tree Production
Tuesday: Christmas Tree Production in Montana
Wednesday: Class Holiday Celebration
Thursday: School wide Activity Day

2nd Period Floriculture 

Monday-Tuesday: Finish making wreaths
Wednesday: Plant ID Notebooks
Thursday: School wide Activity Day

3rd Period Animal Science 

Monday: Cell Division: Animal Genetics (PowerPoint and guided notes)
Tuesday-Wednesday: DNA Unit
Thursday: School wide Activity Day

5th  Period Ag Welding

Monday-Wednesday: SMAW (students are working on various welds)
Thursday: School wide Activity Day

6th Period Ag Woods

Monday-Wednesday: Studetns are working on various woodworking projects
Thursday: School wide Activity Day

7th Period Greenhouse Management 

Monday: Stem Anatomy (finish notes)
Tuesday: Stem Anatomy Review
Wednesday: Stem Anatomy Quiz
Thursday: School wide Activity Day

December 12-16

1st Period JH Agriculture

Monday: www.MyAmericanFarm.org (extension activities from the Ag Mag Beef article we read last week)
Tuesday: www.MyAmericanFarm.org (extension activities from the Ag Mag Beef article we read last week)
Wednesday: Montana Beef Industry: Montanakids.com
Thursday: Montana Beef Industry: Montanakids.com
Friday: FFA State Officers are visiting today (Ag and FFA activities)

2nd Period Floriculture

Monday: Plant ID Notebooks
Tuesday-Thursday: Construct Wreaths
Friday: FFA State Officers are visiting today (Ag and FFA activities)

3rd Period Animal Science

Monday: Punnet Square Worksheet
Chapter 14: Animal Genetics Lab Exercise 14.1 and 14.2
Tuesday: Chapter 14: Animal Genetics Lab Exercise 14.1 and 14.2
Wednesday: Animal Genetics: Cell Division  (PowerPoint
Thursday: DNA Unit (PowerPoint and Guided notes)
Friday: DNA Unit

5th Period Ag Welding

Monday-Friday: SMAW stringer beads, lap welds, joint welds, T-welds, Butt welds


6th Period Ag Woods 

Monday: Nail ID and using the right tools for the job (review steps for completing next wood shop project)
Tuesday-Friday: Stool/bench wood shop projects


7th Period Greenhouse Management 

Monday: Plant ID Notebook
Tuesday: Stem Anatomy (PowerPoint and Guided Notes)
Wednesday: Stem Anatomy
Thursday: Stem Anatomy Review
Friday: Stem Anatomy Quiz

December 5-9

1st Period: JH Ag

Monday: Finish presenting Turkey Breed Projects
Tuesday: Ag Mag: Beef
Wednesday-Friday: Montana Beef Industry
We will be utilizing the following website:
http://montanakids.com/agriculture_and_business/farm_animals/Cattle.htm


2nd Period: Floriculture

Monday: Plant ID Notebook
Tuesday: Answer questions page 195
Wednesday-Friday: Make wreaths


3rd Period: Animal Science 

Monday-Wednesday: Genetics Unit (PowerPoint and Guided Notes)
Thursday: Animal Genetics: Cell Division (PowerPoint and Guided notes)
Friday: Animal Genetics: Cell Division

5th Period: Ag Welding

Monday-Friday: Stringer Beads with various electrodes (SMAW)


6th Period: Ag Woods 

Monday: Plans for next Wood-working project (students will draw plans out)
Tuesday: Draw plans for next wood-working project
Wednesday: Begin working in shop
Thursday: Shop projects
Friday: shop projects

7th Period: Greenhouse Management

Monday: Plant ID Notebooks
Tuesday: Root Anatomy (finish PowerPoint and notes)
Wednesday: Root Anatomy Quiz
Thursday: Stem Anatomy (PowerPoint and guided notes)
Friday: Stem Anatomy

November 28-December 2

1st Period: Junior High Agriculture
Monday: Finish Presenting Montana County Ag Projects
Tuesday: Turkey Lesson: learn different parts of a turkey and about the Turkey Industry
Wednesday: Ag Mag: Beef
Thursday: 25 Days of Agriculture (students will each research an interesting Ag Fact that we will read each day until Christmas)
Friday:  Beef Industry in Montana

2nd Period: Floriculture
Monday: Plant ID Notebooks
Tuesday: Read Unit 14: Constructing Wreaths
Wednesday: Read Unit : Constructing Wreaths
Thursday: Answer questions on page 195
Friday: Create a list of supplies we need to construct our own wreaths

3rd Period: Animal Science
Monday: Brainstorm ideas for Agri-Science Project
Tuesday-Friday: Genetics Unit (PowerPoint, guided notes, supplemental activities)


5th Period: Ag Welding
Monday: Reading BluePrints and welding symbols
Review welds to be completed during SMAW
Tuesday: Set up SMAW stations and being welding stringer beads with 6011 rod
Wednesday: Representative from WyoTech will be speaking to the class
Thursday-Friday:  Stringer beads with 6011 and 7018 rod



6th Period: Ag Woods
Monday: Tools in the Wood-shop (review tools and purpose of tools)
Tuesday: Tools in the Wood-shop (review tools and purpose of tools)
Wednesday: WyoTech Representative will be here to talk to the class
Thursday: Tools in the Wood-Shop Quiz
Friday: Drafting of plans for next shop project


7th Period: Greenhouse Management
Monday: Plant ID Notebooks
Tuesday: Root Anatomy (PowerPoint and Guided Notes)
Wednesday: Root Anatomy
Thursday: Root Anatomy Review
Friday: Root Anatomy Quiz

November 21-25

1st Period: Junior High Ag
Monday-Tuesday: Present Montana County Ag Projects
Wednesday-Friday: No School

2nd Period: Floriculture
Monday: Read page 204-206 Thanksgiving Arrangements
Students will then create and draw their own Thanksgiving arrangement (drawing must be colored as well).
Tuesday: Thanksgiving Arrangement Drawing
Wednesday-Friday: No School

3rd Period: Animal Science 
Monday-Tuesday: Brainstorm ideas for a new Agri-Science experiment (each student will come up with 1-3 experiments we could conduct as a class as well as construct a question and hypothesis for their experiment)
Wednesday-Friday: No School


5th Period: Ag Welding
Monday: Measuring tools and reading blueprints
Tuesday: Set up SMAW stations and cut pads of  metal for stringer beads
Wednesday-Friday: No School


6th Period: Ag Woods
Monday: Tools in the Wood Shop
Tuesday: Tools in the Wood Shop (correctly ID tools...Quiz next week)
Wednesday-Friday: No School

7th Period: Greenhouse Management
Monday: Finish FFA New Horizons activity from Friday
Tuesday:  Plant ID Notebook
Wednesday-Friday: No School