September 18-22

1st Period: Junior High Ag
Monday: Livestock Judging practice- Beef
Tuesday: Livestock Judging practice (terms to know, what to look for, how to fill out a scantron)
Wednesday: Livestock Judging practice (practice giving reasons)
Thursday: Livestock Judging practice-Swine
Friday: Livestock Judging Practice-Sheep and goats


2nd Period: Floriculture 
Monday: Plant ID Notebook; begin Color Wheel
Tuesday: Finish Color Wheel; pg 290-291, 310, 312-313, 292-293
Wednesday and Thursday: Practice making boutonnieres
Friday: Practice dying flowers

4th Period: Floriculture 
Monday: Plant ID Notebook; begin Color Wheel
Tuesday: Finish Color Wheel; pg 290-291, 310, 312-313, 292-293
Wednesday and Thursday: Practice making boutonnieres
Friday: Practice dying flowers

5th Period: Ag Welding  
Monday: Oxy-acetylene worksheet
Tuesday: oxy-acetylene safety
Wednesday: Shop safety
Thursday: Shop safety quizzes
Friday: Shop safety quizzes

6th Period: Ag Woods 
Monday: Drawing plans
Tuesday: Drawing plans
Wednesday: Tools in the woodshop
Thursday: tools in the woodshop
Friday: Tool ID Quiz

7th Period: Greenhouse Management  
Monday-Friday: Build Greenhouse models

September 11-15

1st Period: Junior High Ag

Monday and Tuesday: Ag Walk (students will walk around campus and identify ag products)
Wednesday: Small Animal Lesson (ferrets)
Thursday: Student Council elections and speeches
Friday: Ferret Visit


2nd Period: Floriculture

Monday: Color Collage
Tuesday: Color Collage due
Wednesday: Plant ID Notebook
Chapter 7: Elements of Design
Thursday: Color Theory Activity
Friday: Color Wheel


4th Period: Floriculture

Monday: Color Collage
Tuesday: Color Collage due
Wednesday: Plant ID Notebook
Chapter 7: Elements of Design
Thursday: Color Theory Activity
Friday: Color Wheel


5th Period: AG Welding

Monday: Reading Symbols (PowerPoint and guided notes) students will practice drawing blueprints and utilize welding symbols
Tuesday-Friday: Oxyacetylene welding (Safety, equipment, processes) PowerPoint, guided notes and use of textbook


6th Period: AG Woods

Monday and Tuesday: Teach Chapter 9 lessons
Wednesday: Drawing to Scale math lesson
Thursday: Drawing plans
Friday: Drawing plans

7th Period: Greenhouse Management 

Monday: Drawing to scale lesson (students will draw their greenhouse plans to scale)
Tuesday-Friday: Students will be creating their own greenhouse model (will be built to scale)

August 28-September 1

1st Period: Junior High Agriculture
Monday-Wednesday: Work on about me projects
Thursday-Friday: Present about me projects

2nd Period: Floriculture 
Monday-Wednesday: History of Floral Design posters and PowerPoints
Thursday: Present History of Floral Design PowerPoints and posters
Friday: Color Wheel Lesson

4th Period: Floriculture 
Monday-Wednesday: History of Floral Design posters and PowerPoints
Thursday: Present History of Floral Design PowerPoints and posters
Friday: Color Wheel Lesson

5th Period: Ag Welding
Monday: Finish Metallurgy Lesson
Tuesday: Metallurgy Vocab Quiz
Wednesday: Selecting welding equipment and supplies (advantages and disadvantages of welding processes)
Thursday: Symbol Reading
Friday: Symbol Reading

6th Period: Ag Woods
Monday: Review Chapter 1 assignment, begin chapter 9 group project
Tuesday-Friday: Chapter 9 group project


7th Period: Greenhouse Management 
Monday: Greenhouse structure (PowerPoint and guided notes)
Tuesday-Friday: Greenhouse structure project

Greenhouse Structure Project

Directions:  Create a PowerPoint or Prezi answering the following questions

1.)            Describe the structure in detail

a.    What does it look like?

2.)           Picture of greenhouse

3.)           What are the pros and cons of your structure?

4.)           Is it ideal for our Ag program? Could we build it at WSS High School?

5.)           Cost? Estimate of cost of materials

6.)           What are the materials used to build your structure? Include pictures

7.)           Who/what type of businesses utilize this structure? Where would you most commonly see them?

8.)           What type of plants are commonly grown in this structure? Include pictures

9.)           What type of climate does this greenhouse do best in?

August 23-25

1st Period: JH Agriculture 

Wednesday: Welcome Back! All school assembly
Thursday: Syllabus and Time Cards
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 

Wednesday: Welcome Back! Class Advisory Meetings 

Thursday: Syllabus and Time Cards 

Friday: History of Floriculture Posters 

4th Period: Floriculture  

Wednesday: Welcome Back! 

Thursday: Syllabus and Time Cards 

Friday: History of Floriculture Posters 

5th Period: Ag Welding 

Wednesday: Welcome Back! Class Advisory Meetings 

Thursday: Syllabus and Time Cards 

Friday: Metallurgy Lesson 1: key terms and basic properties of metals 

Students will define the following terms:

Important physical properties of metals:

-tensile strength

-ductility

-hardness

-brittleness

-Compression strength

-elongation

-malleability

-toughness

-grain size

-fatigue

Important metallurgy terms:

annealing

arc voltage

buildup

case hardening

crater

cylinder

distortion

electrode

flux

gas pockets

lens

penetration

puddle

tempering

6th Period: Ag Woods  

Wednesday: Welcome Back! 

Thursday: Syllabus and Time Cards 

Friday: Chapter 1: The Woodworking Industry 

7th Period: Greenhouse Management  

Wednesday: Welcome Back!  

Thursday: Syllabus and Time Cards 

Friday: Greenhouse Structures (PowerPoint and guided notes) 

GREENHOUSE NOTES

What is a greenhouse?

What is the purpose of a greenhouse?

What can greenhouses be used for?

Draw the following greenhouse styles.

Even Span	Uneven Span
Venlo	Quonset
Lean-To	Gutter Connected

What are factors for concern for locating a greenhouse?

April 24th-April 28th

1st Period: Junior High Ag
Monday: "War Horse" Vocab Activity 
Tuesday-Thursday: Watch War Horse and complete guided notes 
Friday: War Horse Compare/Contrast worksheet 

2nd Period: Floriculture 
Monday-Friday: Prepare for Montana CDE Days Floriculture competition


3rd Period: Animal Science 
Monday-Friday: Wildlife Project

Wildlife Species Project

Directions: Choose a species from the Billings Zoo and conduct research and create a presentation.  You can present your information in a PowerPoint, Prezi, Poster, or written paper.

Requirements for Project:

a.       Preferred habitat

b.      Feeding habits (what do they eat?)

c.       Where in the world are they located? Besides at the Billings Zoo J

d.      Height and weight

e.       How many species are currently alive? In the United States and World Wide

f.       Why do they matter? What is their purpose in the environment?

g.      Is this species on the endangered list? If so, why are they endangered?

h.      Why did you choose this animal?

i.        Is your animal a predator or a prey?

j.        One interesting fact you found while researching your wildlife animal

5th Period: Ag Welding 
Monday-Friday: GMAW and TIG welding flat beads on pads of metal
Fire-pit welding project

6th Period: Ag Woods 
Monday-Friday: Flower bed projects and wildlife escape ladders


7th Period: Greenhouse Management
Monday-Friday: Montana Commercial Greenhouses research project

Name of Greenhouse Business you chose:_________________________________

Commercial Greenhouse Project

You will research and choose a commercial greenhouse in Montana that we could potentially take a field trip to and visit.

After researching your chosen greenhouse business, you will write a paper, make a PowerPoint or create a poster.

Requirements for Paper/PowerPoint/Poster:

·        Name and location of greenhouse business (please provide an address)

·        Phone number of business

·        Hours of operation (days they are open and times they are open)

·        Do they allow visits? You might need to call and ask.  If they do allow visits, when (what day of the week) is the best time to visit? Let them know we are planning a field trip!

·        What would the cost of a visit be? Free? Admission charge?

·        What type of plants do they grow in their greenhouses?

·        What type/style of greenhouses do they have?

·        If they list any prices of their products, please be sure to add them to your project

·        A picture of your business (choose one of the pictures from their website)

·        If we get to go visit the greenhouse you chose, what would you like to learn?

·        List 10 questions you would have for the employees/owner/managers of this greenhouse business or any greenhouse business

April 17-21

1st Period: Junior High Ag
Monday: No School
Tuesday: Ag Fact Countdown
Wednesday: Montana Wheat
Thursday: Food Label Activity (with bread)
Friday: Make play-dough

2nd Period: Floriculture 
Monday: No School
Tuesday-Friday: Prepare for Montana CDE Days Floriculture competition


3rd Period: Animal Science 
Monday: No School
Tuesday-Friday: Wildlife Unit

5th Period: Ag Welding 
Monday: No School
Tuesday-Friday: GMAW and TIG welding flat beads on pads of metal


6th Period: Ag Woods 
Monday: No School
Tuesday-Friday: Flower bed projects and wildlife escape ladders


7th Period: Greenhouse Management
Monday: No School
Tuesday: Transplant Plants
Wednesday-Friday: Montana Commercial Greenhouses research project

April 10-14

1st Period: Junior High Ag
Monday: MT County Ag Project
Tuesday: MT County Ag Project
Wednesday: Present MT County Ag Projects
Thursday: No School
Friday: No School

2nd Period: Floriculture
Monday: Read Unit 8 and answer questions
Tuesday: Plant ID Notebook
Wednesday: Practice making bows
Thursday: No School
Friday: No School

3rd Period: Animal Science 
Monday: Dissect Squids
Tuesday: Dissect Squids
Wednesday: Post lab write up
Thursday: No School
Friday: No School

5th Period: Ag Welding
Monday: Chapter 9 questions
Tuesday: Chapter 9 questions
Wednesday: GMAW and GTAW pad of flat beads
Thursday: No School
Friday: No School

6th Period: Ag Woods
Monday-Wednesday: Flower bed project
Thursday: No School
Friday: No School

7th Period: Greenhouse Management
Monday: Plant ID Notebook
Tuesday-Wednesday: Greenhouses in Montana (research commercial greenhouses in Montana)
Thursday: No School
Friday: No School