Month

Content/Topic

Skills

Assessment

Standards

September

•  What is Agriculture?/

Careers in Ag.

• WI Commodities

• Define Agriculture and All That it Incorporates
• Be Aware of Various Careers in Ag.

• Be aware of the Various WI Commodities Produced in Each County

• Activity Sheets
• Bulletin Board Activity

• Wisconsin Puzzlemania Commodity Activity

• A.12.2
• D.12.1, D.12.4

• D.8.1

October

• Careers in Ag.

• Dairy Production

• Beef Production

• Outside Projects

• Be Aware of Various Careers in Ag.

• Identify the Career Clusters in Ag.

• Identify Dairy Breeds & Parts
• Define Dairy Terms
• Understand the Dairy Industry

• Identify Beef Breeds & Parts
• Define Beef Terms
• Understand the Beef Industry

• Outside Projects

• Activity Sheets

• Activity Sheets
• Know Books
• Nursery Rhyme

      E-moment

• Eye Witness News – Breeds

• Activity Sheets
• Hieroglyphics Activity
• Beef Breeds Characteristics Sheets

• Quality & Quantity of Work

• D.12.4

• D.12.1

• D.12.1

• E.12.2

November

• Outside Projects

• Swine Production

• Whitetail Deer

• Outside Projects

• Identify Swine Breeds & Parts
• Define Swine Terms

• Understand the Swine Industry
• Proper Ear Notching Techniques

• Understand the History and Life of the Whitetail Deer

• Quality & Quantity of Work

• Activity Sheets
• Know Books
• Swine Breeds Characteristics Sheets

• History & Seasons Activity Sheets

• E.12.2

• D.12.1

• E.12.2

December

• Sheep Production

• Goat Production

• Housing Designs

• Identify Sheep Breeds & Parts
• Define Sheep Terms

• Understand the Sheep Industry

• Identify Goat Breeds & Parts
• Define Goat Terms
• Understand the Goat Industry

• Discuss the Different Types of Housing Systems for Livestock
• Design a Housing Facility for Beef, Sheep, Swine, Horses, or Dairy

• Activity Sheets
• Sheep Breeds Characteristics Sheets

• Activity Sheets

• Housing Design Project

• D.12.1

• D.12.1

• D.12.1

January

• Leadership Characteristics & Aptitudes

• FFA

• Define the Characteristics of a Leader and Opportunities to Develop Leadership Skills

• Understand the Benefits to FFA Members, History of FFA, and Today’s FFA

• Leadership Aptitude Assessment
• Activity Sheets

• Activity Sheets
• Class Activities

• C.12.1

• C.12.3, C.12.4

February

• Parliamentary Procedure

• FFA

• Demonstrate the Proper Way to Run a Meeting, Use the Gavel, be the Chairperson, and be an Active Member of Meetings

• Discuss Opportunities Beyond the Local Chapter
• Understand Relationships between FFA & SAE Opportunities and Careers in Agriculture
• Identify Skills Learned through SAE’s and Proficiency Award Applications

• Class Participation and Demonstrations

• Activity Sheets
• Class Activities

• C.12.3, C.12.4

• C.12.3, C.12.4, D.12.4

March

• Wildlife Trophic Levels, Food Chains, & Webs

• Wildlife Management, Relationships, and Classifications

·        Aquaculture:  Aquatic Food Chain, Adaptations of Fish

• Wildlife Habitats

• Define the Trophic Level Terms
• Explain the Parts of a Food Chain
• Differentiate Between a Food Chain and a Food Web

• Define Wildlife Terms
• Differentiate between the Different Wildlife Relationships
• Discuss the Different Types of Wildlife Classifications

• Describe the Parts of the Aquatic Food Chain
• Discuss the Adaptations of Fish and their Importance

• Discuss Habitat Components for Various Types of Wildlife.

• Activity Sheets
• Food Web Drawing

• Activity Sheets
• Classifications of Wildlife Poster Project
• Quiz

• Aquatic Food Chain Poster Project
• Fashion a Fish Drawing & Presentation

• Habitat Rummy Project

April

Forestry (March & April)

• Forests & Their Products

• Woodland Management

• Careers in Forestry

• Define Forests and Terms Relating to Forests
• List the Parts of a Tree, the Parts of the Forest Canopy, and Products that Come from Forests

• Discuss the Methods of Harvesting Trees
• Describe the Types of Intermediate Cuttings
• Calculate Board Feet
• Discuss Ways to Reproduce the Forest and Forest Management Steps

• Discuss Career Opportunities in Forestry and the Education Needed for Them

• Activity Sheets

• Activity Sheets
• Drawings

• Activity Sheets
• Review
• Quiz

• E.12.2

• E.12.2

• D.12.4

April

• Measuring Techniques

• Demonstrate Proper Use of a Ruler.
• Explain the Difference Between 1’ and 1”, Ft. and Feet, In. and Inches.
• Explain what the Different Markings on a Ruler Represent.
• Measure different Lengths Using a Ruler.

• Reading a Ruler Activity Sheet.

• B.12.2

May

• Toolbox Construction

• Introduction to Biotechnology

• School Forest Work

• Prairie Restoration Project Work.

• Draw a Plan of a Toolbox.
• Properly Construct a Paper Toolbox.
• Properly Construct a Metal Toolbox.
• Properly use a Metal Bender, Tin Snips, Drill, and Riveter.
• Demonstrate proper Spray Painting Procedures.

• Discuss the Impacts Biotechnology has made on Modern Agriculture.
• Discuss the ways Biotechnology is Currently being Used.

• Demonstrate and Apply Proper Pruning Techniques.

• Demonstrate and Apply Proper Construction Techniques.

• Construction of Paper Toolbox and Metal Toolbox

• Biotechnology Crossword Puzzle
• Biotechnology Newsletter and Presentation

• Work in School Forest.
• Work with Prairie Restoration Project.

• B.12.2

• B.12.2

• E. 12.1

June