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WEEKLY CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES
WEEK Of September 6-10, 2010
Agricultural Mechanics
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Learning Target |
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| Monday |
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Labor Day
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| Tuesday |
Career Material and securing a job |
Interview questions, wrap Cpt 2 Careers- DVD on Careers in Agriculture; Computer lab 702 to complete resumes and letter of application
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Lab- resumes and letter of application to be completed |
| Wednesday |
Shop space requirements and safety |
Chpt 3- Basic shop layouts; Space untilization in planning a shop
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Design a shop laying out important tools |
| Thursday |
Tool safety and use |
Chpt 4, 5, 6 text- Tool safety and review of tools; Shop work on cleaning and inventoring tools |
Text review; Shop time to inventory tools, know location |
| Friday |
Tool safety and use |
Chpt 7-8- Proper tool use and safety; partners demo tool use as assigned
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Text review; Shop time for tool demo |
Wildlife
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Date
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Learning Target |
Class Activity
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Comments/Work
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| Monday |
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Labor Day
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Tuesday
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Conservation of Natural Resources |
Computer lab start of period- finish Wanted Posters; Conservation attitudes- present ideas and complete assignment
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Wanted Poster completed; Start Conservation Attitude assignment |
| Wednesday |
Conservation and Preservation history and beliefs |
Present Wanted Posters- notes on famous conservationists; Finish conservation attitude work |
Wanted Posters due; Conservation attitude work time |
| Thursday |
Understand Basic soil ID technigues- texturing and sampling |
Intro Soils- Chpt 4- basic soil terms and materials; Soil texturing and lab work on soil ID |
Text- terms and definitions; Soils and jars lab |
| Friday |
Understand Basic soil ID technigues- texturing and sampling |
Soil ID lab using jars and various soil samples; Outside soil samples using soil probe |
Lab- soil samples, soil probe, soil texturing |
Dairy Production
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Date
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Learning Target |
Class Activity
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Comments/Work
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Monday
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Labor Day
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| Tuesday |
Understand the basic dairy industry |
Review Cpt 1 information; Future of Dairy; Breeds of Dairy Cattle, Chpt 2- Computers 12:50-1:27
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Oral review of Chpt 1; Computer research on Dairy Breeds |
| Wednesday |
Understand the major dairy breeds and data of each |
Dairy Breeds- present data collected on six major dairy breeds- photos and notes
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Students report on breeds, notes and photos |
| Thursday |
Understand the parts of a dairy animal; ID and importance of parts |
Parts of a Dairy Animal- handout and ID of parts; terms and understanding of parts; create basic cow
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Text terms and parts ID; handout and table work |
| Friday |
Understand the parts of a dairy animal; ID and importance of parts |
Complete dairy cow assembly; parts ID quiz; Intro to judging dairy cattle
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Text and student oral ID of parts |
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***Note: Plans are subject to change.***
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