Middle School

Students will leap into the world of raising and showing livestock by learning about a sheep focused ownership/entrepreneurship SAE and explore options for their own version of one FFA member's project.

Students will explore the benefits of therapeutic gardening by learning about one FFA member's service learning SAE and how they could create their own version.

In this lesson, students will explore how an FFA chapter turned a dairy goat SAE into a successful school-based enterprise by processing and selling by-products from their goats.

Lily Carriker’s SAE involves the website she created for a local agribusiness in her community. Students will watch a video on Lily’s agricultural communications SAE, spend time exploring different websites and think about how they would design their own websites.

It is never too early for students to start learning about how their interests and skills can lead to a future career. At Mount Pleasant Middle School in North Carolina, every student has an SAE that aligns with their interests and helps them prepare for their futures. Students will watch a video about middle school SAEs and complete a scavenger hunt using the SAE Idea Cards.

Mary Kate and Reyna manage their school’s hydroponics program, “Jackets for the Future,” which provides fresh lettuce to their school community. Students will watch a video on this SAE and then brainstorm their own ideas and plans for a possible school-based enterprise SAE on their campus using the resources of their agricultural education department.

This guide is a resource for agriculture educators, advisors, chapter FFA officers, state FFA officers, state FFA staff, alumni and supporters to assist in planning and executing an engaging National FFA Week experience for the FFA chapter, school and community.