Sunday, November 20, 2016

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

Sunday, November 13, 2016

November 14-18

1st Period: Junior High Ag
Monday-Tuesday: Montana County Ag Project
Wednesday: Present Montana County Ag Projects
Thursday-Friday: FFA New Horizons Activity (read article and complete activity)


2nd Period: Floriculture
Monday-Wednesday: Unit 5: Conditioning and Storing Cut Flowers and Greens (read Unit and answer questions on page 66-67)
Job Interview (Resume and Cover Letter)/Livestock Judging preparation
Thursday-Friday: Plant ID Notebooks (FFA Students will be gone with JDAE in Bozeman)

3rd Period: Animal Science 
Monday-Wednesday: Job Interview (resume and cover letter) /Livestock Judging Preparation
Thursday-Friday: FFA Students gone with JDAE in Bozeman
(FFA New Horizons Activity for the few students that are in class)


5th Period: Ag Welding
Monday-Wednesday: Job Interview (resume and cover letter) /Ag Mechanics Preparation
Thursday-Friday: Students gone with FFA in Bozeman for the JDAE
(FFA New Horizons Activity for the few students that are in class)


6th Period: Ag Woods
Monday: Finish up woodworking projects (ice house, tables, birdhouses)
Tuesday: Clean/organize wood shop
Wednesday: Prepare for Ag Mechanics and Livestock Judging
Thursday: Watch With These Hands: The Story of an American Furniture Factory
http://www.folkstreams.net/film,199
Students will take 20 notes on this video while watching it. 
Friday: Review about "With These Hands: The Story of an American Furniture Factory"
Students will write a one page single spaced review about the video.

7th Period: Greenhouse Management
Monday: Plant Anatomy and Physiology PowerPoint and Guided Notes  
Tuesday: Review for Horticulture Quiz
Wednesday: Horticulture Quiz
Job Interview/Horse Judging/Livestock Judging preparation  
Thursday-Friday: Students gone with FFA for the JDAE in Bozeman
(FFA New Horizons Activity for the few students that are in class)


Sunday, November 6, 2016

November 7-11

1st Period: Junior High Ag
Monday-Friday: Montana County Ag Project


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. To make it fair, I have decided that I will create a map for Meagher County. 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!



2nd Period: Floriculture
Monday: Students will ID flowers and flower arrangements in floral magazines and pictures of various bouquets.
Tuesday: Come up with a list of questions to ask our local florist (we will hopefully be visiting the Garden Shop this week).
Unit 5: Conditioning and Storing Cut Flowers and Greens (read Unit)
Wednesday: Finish reading Unit 5 and answer Questions on page 66-67
Thursday-Friday: Unit 6: Mechanics and Supplies Used in Floral Design

3rd Period: Animal Science 
Monday-Friday: 
 Pig Dissection Lab

5th Period: Ag Welding
Monday-Tuesday: SMAW Worksheet
Wednesday: Reading and Making Blueprints
Measuring tools used in the metal shop
Thursday: Set up SMAW welding stations
Begin welding stringer beads
Friday: 
Weld stringer beads

6th Period: Ag Woods
Monday:-Friday: Work on individual wood shop projects
**Projects due Friday 

7th Period: Greenhouse Management
Monday:  Finish What is Horticulture? Understanding Horticulture PowerPoint and guided notes
Tuesday-Thursday: Plant Anatomy and Physiology PowerPoint and Guided Notes  
Thursday: Plant ID Notebooks (due Friday)
Friday: Review sheet for understand horticulture, plant anatomy and physiology Quiz

Sunday, October 30, 2016

October 31-November 4

1st Period: Junior High Ag
Monday: FFA New Horizons Fall 2014 Edition. Read page 32 "Pumpkin Patch"

Discuss the following questions:
1.) Which states produce the top pumpkins? What might these states have in common that causes them to be the top producers?
2.) What is a gourd? Why are pumpkins considered gourds?
3.) Why do you think pumpkin-flavored foods and drinks have become so popular in recent years?
How can this be used to the advantage of the industry of agriculture?
4.) Tradition says that pumpkins can be used to cure snake bites. What other fruits or vegetables have similar "old wives tales" associated with them?

Complete the "Pokin' Around the Pumpkin Patch" activity sheet.

"All About the Pumpkin" video
http://www.history.com/topics/halloween/history-of-halloween/videos/all-about-the-pumpkin?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false

Tuesday-Friday: Montana County Ag Project


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. To make it fair, I have decided that I will create a map for Meagher County. 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!



2nd Period: Floriculture
Monday: Plant ID Notebook
Tuesday: Unit 4 questions on page 54 and begin questions 4 and 6 on page 53
Wednesday: Questions 4 and 6 on page 53
Thursday: Come up with a list of questions to ask our local florist
Friday: Tentative visit to the Garden Shop

3rd Period: Animal Science 
Monday: Livestock Circulatory and Respiratory Systems
https://www.whitman.edu/academics/departments-and-programs/biology/virtual-pig/respiratory-system
Tuesday: Pre Lab for Pig Dissection Lab (Introduction and procedures)
Wednesday-Friday: Pig Dissection Lab

5th Period: Ag Welding
Monday: Clean Oxy-Acetylene stations
Chapter 5: Shielded Metal Arc Welding Equipment and Supplies
Tuesday: Chapter 5: Shielded Metal Arc Welding Equipment and Supplies
Questions 1-20
Wednesday: Chapter 6: Shielded Metal Arc Welding
Thursday: Chapter 6: Shielded Metal Arc Welding
Friday: Chapter 6: Shielded Metal Arc Welding
Questions 1-20

6th Period: Ag Woods
Monday:-Friday: Work on individual wood shop projects
**Projects due Friday 

7th Period: Greenhouse Management
Monday: Plant ID Notebooks (5 entries)
Tuesday: What is Horticulture? Understanding Horticulture PowerPoint and guided notes
Wednesday: Plant Anatomy and Physiology PowerPoint and Guided Notes
Thursday: Plant Anatomy and Physiology PowerPoint and Guided Notes  
Friday: Review sheet for understand horticulture, plant anatomy and physiology Quiz

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

October 24-28

1st Period Junior High Agriculture

Monday: Discuss where ingredients come from for the following recipes: Pumpkin spice cupcakes, red velvet cupcakes and chocolate chip cookies
Tuesday-Wednesday: We will be discussing the production  of pumpkins (FFA New Horizons article and worksheet), cocoa beans, sugar cane and sugar beets, vanilla bean, and various spices.
Thursday: Bake chocolate chip cookies
Friday: Bake pumpkin spice and red velvet cupcakes


2nd Period Floriculture

Monday: Plant ID Notebook
Tuesday: Unit 4: Selection of cut flowers and greens ( read Unit page 49-52)
Wednesday: Unit 4: Selection of cut flowers and greens (answer questions on page 54
Thursday-Friday: Complete questions 4 and 6 on page 53


3rd Period Animal Science 

Monday: Finish Reproductive Quiz
Tuesday: Clean Chicken coop
Wednesday-Friday: Respiratory/Circulation Systems (PowerPoint and guided notes)


5th Period Ag Welding 

Monday: No Class
Tuesday-Friday: Oxy-acetylene welding: flat beads with and without rod, T-welds and lap welds


6th Period Ag Woods 

Monday: No Class
Tuesday-Friday: Individual wood shop projects (ice house, birdhouses, tables)


7th Period Greenhouse Management  

Monday: No Class
Tuesday: Present Greenhouse Structure Projects
Wednesday: Plant ID Notebooks (students will learn about 5 plants a week and record information in their notebooks: scientific name, common name, plant characteristics and a picture of the plant)
Thursday-Friday: Horticulture Unit (what is Horticulture?) PowerPoint and notes








Friday, October 14, 2016

October 17-21

1st Period: JH Agriculture

Monday: FFA New Horizons "This Job's For the Birds"
Tuesday: Wheat in Montana Lesson
Wednesday: Wheat In Montana Lesson
Thursday: No School
Friday: No School 

2nd Period: Floriculture

Monday: Plant ID Notebook, Finish coloring flowers
Tuesday-Wednesday: Unit 4: Selection of cut flowers and greens
Thursday: No School
Friday: No School 

3rd Period: Animal Science

Monday-Tuesday: Reproduction Review
Wednesday: Reproduction Quiz
Thursday: No School
Friday: No School 

5th Period: Ag Welding

Monday-Tuesday: Oxy-Acetylene welding beads with and without rod
Wednesday: No School 
Thursday: No School
Friday: No School 

5th Period:  Ag Woods 

Monday-Tuesday: Individual wood shop projects (ice-house, tables and birdhouses)
Wednesday: No School 
Thursday: No School
Friday: No School 

1st Period: JH Agriculture

Monday: Greenhouse Structure Project Paper (students have completed the diagrams/drawings/models and are now working on the paper portion of the project)
Tuesday: GH Structure Project Paper-DUE TODAY
Wednesday: No School 
Thursday: No School
Friday: No School