COURSE TITLE: Intro to the Ag Education
COURSE NUMBER: Ag
110
TEXT USED: FFA Student Hand Book, FFA Official Manual,
Agriscience and Technology,
GRADE LEVEL: 8th
SCHOOL DAY: Red Day—1st period
INSTRUCTOR: Roger Wells
Month Unit,
Topic, or Chapter
January 15, 17, 21, 23 Record Books—Journals and Livestock Records pgs. 25-38
January 25, 29 Record Books—End of year closing—pgs. 7&8, 9&10, back of book
Finish Journal Entries Example Record Book
January 31, Feb. 4 Start Personal Record books
February 6 Introduction to agriculture mechanics
February 8, 12 Shop Safety
February 14 Design/Draw to scale shop planter project
February 19, 21, 25, 27, 29 Build planter project (work in Greenhouse 1 day as needed)
Mar. 4, 6, 10
Mar. 12, 14 Paint planter projects
Mar. 18, 20 Plant Planter Boxes
*No IPSI State Standard Developed Yet
COURSE TITLE: Zoology/Fish and Wildlife
COURSE NUMBER: Ag
536
TEXT USED:
GRADE LEVEL: 9th-12th
SCHOOL DAY: Blue Day—2nd Period
INSTRUCTOR: Roger Wells
Month Unit,
Topic, or Chapter
January 16, 18 Introduction to Class
Ecological and Economic Benefits of Wildlife
January 22, 24 Aesthetic benefits of Wildlife
January 28 History of Wildlife Management
January 30 History of Fish Management
February 1 Ecosystems
February 5 Carrying capacity and Population Effects
February 7, 11, 13 Differences in animal species
Fur Bearing Identification and information
February 15, 20 Fish Species Identification
February 22, 26 Fowl Species Identification
February 28, March 3 Exotic Game Identification
March 3 Record Books
March 5, 7, 11 Environmental Needs for wildlife
March 13, 17 Habitat necessary for wildlife and Habitat Development
March 19, 21 Wildlife
and Fish Population Management
COURSE TITLE: Ag Welding
COURSE NUMBER: Ag 210
TEXT USED: Modern Ag Mechanics
GRADE LEVEL: 10th, 11th, and 12th
SCHOOL DAY: Blue Day—8th Period
INSTRUCTOR: Roger Wells
Month Unit, Topic,
or Chapter
January 16, 18, 22,
24 Introduction
and Safety for Welding
Welding Safety and Principles Discussion
January 28, 30 Welding safety and
principles test
Demo
first welds:
Arc—single beads
Oxy-Acet.—single
beads
February 1 Work on first
welds
February 5 Work on first
welds—due end of hour
Demo
second welds:
Arc—flat butt
Oxy-Acet—Fusion
w/out rod
February 7 Work on second
welds
February 11 Work
on second welds—due end of hour
Demo
third welds
Arc--T-Fillet
Oxy-Acet—flat
butt w/ rod
February 13 Work
on third welds
February 15 Work on third
welds—due end of hour
Demo
fourth welds
Arc—weave
Oxy-Acet—T-Fillet
w/ rod
February 20 Work on fourth
welds
February 22 Work on fourth welds—due
end of hour
Demo
fifth welds
Arc—pad weld
Oxy-Acet—Braze
lap
February 26 Work on fifth welds
February 28 Work on fifth
welds—due end of hour
Demo
6th welds
Arc—vertical up
Oxy-Acet—Pipe
weld
March 3 Record Books
March 5 Work on sixth welds
March 7 Demo seventh
welds
Arc—Overhead
Oxy-Acet.—Pipe Braze
March 11 Work on 7th
welds
March 13 Demo 8th
welds
Arc—overhead
Oxy-Acet—vertical up
Seventh
welds due end of hour
March 17 Work on Final
Welds—Due end of hour
March 19, 21 Re-Do and Make-up
Welds
*Meets IPSI goals as linked to
COURSE TITLE: Agriculture Fabrication
COURSE NUMBER: Ag 240
GRADE LEVEL: 11th -12th
SCHOOL DAY: Red 2nd and Blue 3rd Periods
INSTRUCTOR: Roger Wells
Month Unit,
Topic, or Chapter
February/March Project
work with daily grades and project weekly grades
Design
and Build Trailers
Design
and Build Panels
Design
and Re-Build Squeeze Chutes
Design
and Build Flat Bed
Design
and Build Horseshoe Projects
Install
Dust Collection System
Design
and Build Personal Projects
**Every students will be required to complete 1 Major or 2 Minor
projects in the class in order to receive full points
--Projects will be drawn before starting, bill of materials submitted, list of help required and who will help, overview of project plans and daily grades will be given in addition to completion of project
March 3 Record Books
*Meets IPSI goals as linked to
COURSE TITLE: Horticulture/Plant Science
COURSE NUMBER: Ag 514
TEXT USED: Introductory Horticulture; Floriculture: From Greenhouse Production to Floral Design
GRADE LEVEL: 10th, 11th and 12th
SCHOOL DAY: Blue Day—7th Period
INSTRUCTOR: Roger Wells
Month Unit,
Topic, or Chapter
January 16 Field Trip to
Monsanto Trailer
January 18 Quiz from field
trip
Greenhouse
clean-up
January 22 Read Chapter #2
& #3—Floriculture
Questions
Chapter #2, #3--Selective
Greenhouse
watering and maintenance (every class period)
January 24 Transplant
Scented Geraniums
January 28 Floral Design
projects—corsages/boutonničres
January 30 Worker
Safety Video and Worksheet
Research starting days of vegetables and flower seeds (will add planting
dates based on student research)
February 1 Quiz Chapter’s #2
and #3
Read Chapter #5—Life Processes and Growth
Regulators
February 5, 7 Growth Regulators Lab
Start
some seeds
Discuss Growth Regulators
February 11 Plant hanging baskets—waves and
ivy-geraniums
February 13 Finish
hanging baskets
Research projects on when to start seedlings
Cultural Practices—Read Chapter #7
Questions
Chapter #7
February 15 Transplant
Geraniums/Petunias
February 20 Discuss Chapter #7
Prep
pots and soil for transplanting
Prep
watering system
February 22 Discuss Plant Marketing—make sale signs and
table markers
Prepare
pots and soil for transplanting
Prep
watering system
February 26, 28 Prepare pots and soil for transplanting
Prep
watering system
Start seeds as needed
March 3 Record Books
March
5, 7 Transplant
plugs
Start
seeds
March 11 Make Plant I.D. signs for Marketing
Make
price list/purchase sheets
March 13, 17, 19, 21 Transplant flowers
*Will be working in greenhouse every day watering, fertilizing, transplanting, planting as needed and plants/situations develop
*Meets IPSI goals as linked to Idaho State Standards for
Botany/Horticultural Plant Science 514
COURSE TITLE: Personal Skill Development
COURSE NUMBER: Ag
410
TEXT USED: Official FFA Manual, FFA Handbook, Robert’s Rules of Order Handbook
GRADE LEVEL: 10th -12th
SCHOOL DAY: Red 2nd Period
INSTRUCTOR: Roger Wells
Month Unit,
Topic, or Chapter
January 15-February
23 FFA Week Planning and FFA
Week Activities
January 15-22 Prepare
for State Degree Sifting
February 26/27 Clean-up/Assess FFA Week
Activities
February 28-April 24 Plan Chapter Banquet
Order Banquet Supplies
January 15-March 8 Prepare for Sales, Interview, Public,
Extemporaneous, Parliamentary Procedures CDE’s—February 20 and March 13