Plant Production
Syllabus
SAE
Units
Ag Facts
100

What % of the world's population works in agriculture?

What is 40%, largest employer globally. 

100

Required for validation that students and parents understand course content and classroom rules

What is a Parent/Student signature 

100

Owning the enterprise, equipment, and supplies, make the management decisions and assume financial responsibility and risk to produce a product or service 

What is Ownership/Entrepreneurship 

100

When will we cover the following topics: FFA/SAE, CDE/LDE, Biotic/Abiotic factors, Soil fertility, and environmental influences?

What is Unit 1

100

2,500

What is number of bee keepers in the state of Kentucky?


200

Define Permaculture

What is applied ecological design? Incorporating care of the earth, care of people, and fair share. 

200

Cannot be missed or made up

What is Lab/field work visits. Missed Labs cannot be made up, but a supplemental assignment will be given to students with an excused absence. Students who have missed class are expected to complete all in class and homework assignments within the time frame of 3-7 days upon return to school. Having more than three unexcused absences or two missed labs will result in parent/teacher conference and possible drop from the course, or failure.

200

Involve placement of students in agriculture, food, or natural resources related businesses to provide a 'learning by doing' environment 

What is Placement/Internship?

200

What percentage of your grade are Lab exercises worth?

What is 25%

200

Second oldest harness horse racing track in the country

What is Red Mile?

300

How long before you can harvest tobacco?

What is ~ 3 months?

300

Emergency evacuation route maps are located here

What is on the back of the classroom door?

300

Plan and conduct major agricultural experiments using the scientific process 

What is Research?

300

What is the class website, where you can access other students in the classroom, ask questions regarding homework, and find all classroom units, assignments, % breakdown, and other helpful information?

What is Harrison County FFA on Facebook?

300

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What is female farmers in the state of Kentucky?

400

Describe the difference between hydroponic and aquaponic systems?

What is aquaponic includes the use of fish?

400

Students shall have a right to learn, uninterrupted, and without distraction. The Instructor reserves the right to teach. Any unwanted behaviors that inhibit the learning environment will not be tolerated. Students who disregard this rule will be immediately removed from the classroom.

What is Student Expectations?

400

Student managed, takes place in a school setting outside of regularly scheduled class times. provides goods and services that meet the needs of the identified market

What is School-Based Enterprise?

400

What are the student learning objectives?

  • To associate the importance of environmental factors on crop growth and development.
  • To compare the physical, chemical, and biological properties of soil and other growing media used for the production of crops.
  • To develop a holistic interpretation of agricultural production systems and the critical environmental, economic and social issues associated with their management.
400

On average one cowhide makes how many footballs?

What is 10?

500

Aphids, fungus gnats, thrips are all pests common to?

What is a greenhouse?

500

Classroom Zero Tolerance Policy 

What is an inclusive environment. All students are expected to act professional and treat one another with respect. All students have the right to learn. If any student feels discriminated against for reasons related to race, creed, color, religion, ethnicity, sexual preference, bullying, etc. the matter with be dealt with immediately. The student accused of discrimination will be removed from the classroom and may be immediately dropped from the course, or failed.

500

Student managed, development of needs assessment, planning goals, objectives and budgeting, implementation of activities, promotion and evaluation of chosen project

What is Service Learning?

500

How many Lab/Site visits do we have for each Unit?

What is 1?

500

How many horses have won the triple Crown?

What is 12?

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