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7th Grade Agriculture Science

WEEK 1

~ Attendance & Seating Chart

~Go over Course Guide, class policies and expectations

Homework

Bring home your Course Guide and show it to your parent. They should sign the last page of course guide. Turn in to me tomorrow please.
Please have supplies / Ag binder set up by Friday

~MyCaert information.

~Read 'Defining Agriculture e-unit' & complete the Key Terms and 5 Review Questions.

Use Google to find the definition of 'by-product' as well as examples of corn, soy, cattle and hog by-products. Handout in MyFiles on MyCaert.

~Food for Thought- What do America's Farmers Grow? Clip

~ Class Discussion #1 Defining Agriculture & Its Importance

~ Classwork - Read World Trade e-unit and complete e-unit worksheet.

~Next, fill in back side of World Trade e-unit using the PP.

~Look up trade in the news

~Review

WEEK 2

~ Notes #2- Plant & Animal Products

~ Ag Words Activity

~Classwork- Read History of Ag Production e-unit and Key Terms and 5 Review Questions.

~Go over answers to World Trade & History of Production Agriculture e-unit handouts.

~Start Modern Marvels- Farming Technology (17 minutes; #1-5)

~ Notes #4 Production Ag History

~Modern Marvels- Farming Technology (Finish it)

Future Farming Technology clip (8 min)

Homework

Quiz #1 is next time.
- Make sure your binder is organized. You should have all note-sheets and e-unit worksheets completed.
- Read over your notes and highlight terms/ definitions; be familiar with all of the 'key terms' listed in the e-units.
- Review your e-unit handouts

~Quiz #1 (Defining Agriculture & History of Ag)

~ Notes- Careers in Agriculture

~ Career Interest Quiz

~Go over Career Interest Quiz results

~AgExplorer.com orientation

~Classwork- Careers in Ag Research Assignment

Week 3

~Classwork- Careers in Ag Research assignment

~Classwork- Guided Notes - FFA Basics

Homework

Finish the FFA Guided Notes if you didn't get them completed in class.
Open note quiz over FFA Basics and Careers in Ag on Wednesday January 16th

~We Are the Future of Agricu lture- FFA Clip

~ FFA Emblem Activity

~Quiz #2 (Careers in Ag & FFA)

~Classwork- Read Parts of Plants e-unit and complete associated worksheet.

~Sorting Activity: Write the name of the food into the column that identifies the part of the plant the food actually is.

~Notes- Parts of Plants & their Functions.

~Discuss sorting activity answers.

~Video- Investigating Plant Structure & Function

~Go over answers to Investigating Plant Structure & Function video worksheet

~Read e-unit- Grain Crops. Complete Sample test worksheet & word search. (25 min)

Homework

Finish e-unit assignment & Word Search assignment for HW if you didn't turn it in during class.

WEEK 4

~Notes- Grain Crops I (Corn)

~How Stuff Works 'Corn'.

~ Popped Secret: The Mysterious Origin of Corn

~Go over answers to How Stuff Works- Corn.

~Notes- Grain Crops Part II (Wheat, Barley & Oats)

~Start Corn, Wheat, and Soybeans assignment.

~Go over Tortilla in a Bag (tomorrow's lab) expectations.

~Breads around the World assignment

~Continue working on the Corn, Wheat & Soybean assignment from yesterday with any time remaining.

Homework

Finish Breads Around the World assignment if you didn't finish it/ turn it in by the end of class.

~Tortilla in a Bag Activity

~Work on Lab Handout

Homework

Finish Lab analysis handout if you didn't get it completed during class.

Prepare for Quiz over Plant Parts and Grain Crops (open notes)

WEEK 5

~Open Note Quiz - Parts of Plants & Grain Crops

~Read e-unit: Sugar and Oil Crops & complete e-unit worksheet. Check it in with me when completed

~Work on Corn, Wheat and Soybeans assignment.

~Notes- Sugar Crops

~How Stuff Works- Sugar Beets (5 min)

~Sugar Sampling Lab

~Complete Lab Handout

~Quiz

~E-Unit- Fibers

Notes- Fiber E-Unit

How its Made- Peanut Butter (4 min)

WEEK 6

~Fiber Classroom Notes

~How its Made- Toilet Paper

~ Fiber Crop Activity- Tie-Dye & Cotton

Students will come up to the dying station in groups to tie-dye their shirts.
Students will work on their Unit 2 Study guide while waiting for their turn.

~Fiber Crop Activity - Tie-Dye & Cotton (Day 2)

Remove rubber-bands, rinse, admire, and take home your shirts today

~Classwork- Forestry

~Start Project

~Project Work Day

WEEK 7

Complete Project - Turn in

Introduce Unit 2 Study Guide

~Quiz -Sugar, Oil,and Fiber Crops

Review of material Test tomorrow

~Plant Science Unit Exam

~Finish Products of Trees Poster Project and turn in.

~Introduce Unit 3- Agribusiness & discuss upcoming lessons.

Agribusiness Packet (100 pts; Classwork Grade: DUE Monday December 3rd)
Create your Own Ag Product (100 pts; Lab Grade: Due Friday December 7th)
Agribusiness Quiz (20 points; Quiz Grade: Tuesday December 4th)

Agribusiness Packet Work Day

Goal: Finish Personal Finance & Accounting e-unit worksheets and check in each for a stamp.
~Start Economics e-unit

Economics Notes

WEEK 8

~Introduce Create your Own Ag Product Project

Form groups. Brainstorm to develop your product type, name, trademark and target market.
Start developing your Label

~Work on 'Create your own Ag Product

Homework

Review for your Quiz by reading over terms and definitions covered in Agribusiness packet.
Quiz is next time

~ Quiz: Agribusiness (20 questions)

You may use your Sample test sheets on the quiz - Personal Finance, Accounting, Economics & Marketing

~Work Day - Wrap up 'Create your own Ag Product' (Due by end of the hour)

~Notes- Natural Resources.

~Read Renewable Resources e-unit and complete Key Term and 5 Review Questions

WEEK 9

~ Environmental Science e-unit packet

~Go over answers to Renewable Resources e-unit worksheet.

~Intro to Soil Science - How Dirt Works Clip (5 min) Soil Video Clip II

~ Notes- Soils Part I

~Classwork - Interactive Farming Activity

~ Notes- Soil Conservation

~Classwork - Interactive Farming Activity (Finish it)

~Edible Soil Activity

~Notes- Wildlife Resources

~Clip - How wolves change rivers

~Quiz (Natural Resources/Renewable Resources/ Soil/ Wildlife/ Water)