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Core Standards of the Course
Standard 030111-01
Students will develop an understanding of the role of FFA in Agricultural Education Programs.
Objective 030111-0101
Students will explore the history and organization of FFA.
- Students will explain how, when, and why the FFA was organized.
- Students will explain the mission and strategies, colors, motto, parts of the emblem, and the organizational structure of the FFA.
- Students will recite and explain the meaning of the FFA Creed.
- Students will explain the purpose of a Program of Activities and its committee structure.
Objective 030111-0102
Students will discover opportunities in FFA.
- Students will describe how the FFA develops leadership skills, personal growth, and career success.
- Students will identify major state and national activities available to FFA members.
Objective 030111-0103
Students will determine FFA degrees, awards, and CDE's.
- Students will explain the FFA degree areas.
- Students will identify the FFA proficiency awards.
- Students will explain various team and individual Career Development Events.
Standard 030111-02
Students will understand the benefits of a Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) Program.
Objective 030111-0201
Students will determine the benefits of an SAE.
- Students will explain the importance of goals and career ladders.
- Students will define supervised horticultural/agricultural experience.
- Students will explain the benefits of supervised horticultural/agricultural experience programs.
Objective 030111-0202
Students will determine the kinds of SAE programs.
- Students will explain the difference between entrepreneurship and placement SAEs.
- Students will describe research/experimentation and exploratory SAEs.
- Students will explain the characteristics of a good SAE program and student responsibilities that are involved.
Objective 030111-0203
Students will research possible SAE programs.
- Students will identify career interest areas in agriculture.
- Students will identify skills needed for career success.
- Students will explain opportunities for SAE programs.
Objective 030111-0204
Students will plan an SAE program.
- Student will identify the steps in planning an SAE program.
- Student will identify the parts of an annual SAE program plan.
- Student will discuss the function of a training plan and/or agreement in an SAE program.
Objective 030111-0205
Students will implement SAE programs.
- Students will discuss the importance of keeping records on an SAE program.
- Students will explain the types of financial records needed to support a chosen SAE program.
- Students will identify standards to follow in keeping records on an SAE program.
Standard 030111-03
Students will appraise career opportunities in Natural Resources Science and Management
Objective 030111-0301
Students will explore career opportunities in natural resources.
Objective 030111-0302
Students will use available handbooks, career information, and computerized career information delivery systems to aid career exploration or to formulate tentative career choices.
Objective 030111-0303
Students will develop goals related to future employment.
Objective 030111-0304
Students will obtain education needed for a job.
Objective 030111-0305
Students will identify occupational competencies.
Objective 030111-0306
Students will match interests and aptitudes to an occupational area.
Objective 030111-0307
Students will interview prospective employers.
Standard 030111-04
Students will explore natural resources.
Objective 030111-0401
Students will identify types of natural resources.
Objective 030111-0402
Students will distinguish between renewable and nonrenewable resources.
Objective 030111-0403
Students will explain the difference between inexhaustible and exhaustible resources.
Objective 030111-0404
Students will explain the concept of interdependent relationships.
Standard 030111-05
Students will examine the relationship between natural resources and society, including conflict management.
Objective 030111-0501
Students will define natural resource management.
Objective 030111-0502
Students will identify and compare major natural resource management agencies and companies.
Objective 030111-0503
Students will describe human demands on natural resources.
Objective 030111-0504
Students will explain natural resource conservation.
Objective 030111-0505
Students will participate in a conflict management activity.
Standard 030111-06
Students will understand ecology, ecosystems, and biomes.
Objective 030111-0601
Students will define concepts (i.e. communities, ecosystems, population ecology, food web, homeostasis, and succession).
Objective 030111-0602
Students will explain natural selection and succession.
Objective 030111-0603
Students will identify communities found in nature.
Objective 030111-0604
Students will explain population ecology.
Objective 030111-0605
Students will describe food relationships found in nature.
Objective 030111-0606
Students will identify biomes and explain ecosystem diversity.
Objective 030111-0607
Students will use taxonomy keys to identify common plants and animals.
- Identifying and classifying game birds.
- Identifying and classifying game animals.
Objective 030111-0608
Students will use research methodologies to investigate an ecological problem.
Standard 030111-07
Students will demonstrate an understanding of water resources, watersheds, and management.
Objective 030111-0701
Students will investigate the water cycle.
Objective 030111-0702
Students will survey local area for pollution sources.
Objective 030111-0703
Students will calculate the potential water holding/runoff capacity of a watershed.
Objective 030111-0704
Students will describe the impact of watershed management on local communities.
Objective 030111-0705
Students will calculate the potential water holding/runoff capacity of a watershed.
Objective 030111-0706
Students will explain water distribution for an irrigation district.
Objective 030111-0707
Students will identify local drinking water sources and measures, which may be taken to protect the quality of the drinking water.
Objective 030111-0708
Students will discuss current regulations associated with water quality and water pollution (surface and ground water).
Standard 030111-08
Students will demonstrate an understanding of air resources and management.
Objective 030111-0801
Students will describe the effects of air pollution on people and their environment.
Objective 030111-0802
Students will assess methods of controlling air pollution.
Objective 030111-0803
Students will demonstrate air-monitoring techniques
Objective 030111-0804
Students will collect and interpret weather data.
Objective 030111-0805
Students will design an air quality management plan as it relates to federal and state laws.
Standard 030111-09
Students will demonstrate an understanding of range resources and management.
Objective 030111-0901
Students will analyze the interrelationships between range management and other natural resource activities.
Objective 030111-0902
Students will evaluate range management systems, economics, and improvement techniques including fire.
Objective 030111-0903
Students will determine
- Livestock use on rangeland.
- Wildlife use on rangeland.
Objective 030111-0904
Students will describe plant environment interactions.
Objective 030111-0905
Students will establish a range transect and use it to evaluate a specific location.
Standard 030111-10
Students will analyze waste generation, waste reduction, disposal and impacts.
Objective 030111-1001
Students will discuss recycling and its relationship to the environment.
Objective 030111-1002
Students will compare off-site disposal methods for waste disposal.
Objective 030111-1003
Students will compare and contrast the following as waste disposal methods:
- Septic systems.
- Municipal wastewater treatment.
Standard 030111-11
Students will demonstrate understanding of land classification, planning, inventory, and monitoring methods.
Objective 030111-1101
Students will describe the interrelationships between land use planning and natural sources.
Objective 030111-1102
Students will demonstrate in public how GIS applies to land use planning.
Objective 030111-1103
Students will survey a site to determine potential land use.
Objective 030111-1104
Students will identify the components of a monitoring plan.
Objective 030111-1105
Students will compare and contrast the various inventory/sampling methodologies (i.e., population estimation).
Objective 030111-1106
Students will analyze a current, local Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and determine the preferred alternative.
Objective 030111-1107
Students will develop a basic plan for monitoring a natural resource project.
Objective 030111-1108
Students will participate in public involvement processes in land use planning.
Standard 030111-12
Students will use computer technologies to solve environmental problems.
Objective 030111-1201
Students will use computer technologies in natural resource business and management.
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