Lesson Plans-Curriculum

Food and Agricultural Literacy Curriculum-Help your students fine tune their awareness about the issues that impact agriculture. In 18 lessons you?ll explore the instruments that can cause unnecessary frenzy. From exploring the role of the media to the effects of the economy, your students will orchestrate the know-how to become informed advocates for agriculture.

Food and Agricultural Literacy Curriculum-A crucial step towards appreciating agriculture is understanding how much it has evolved. Take a walk through time as you explore the role of research and technology in agriculture. This unit, consisting of 17 lessons, forms a pathway of understanding the impact that progress has on the way we feed ourselves, our family, our country and our world.

Food and Agricultural Literacy Curriculum-Consisting of 21 lessons, this unit focuses on the animal industry through the lens of awareness and consumerism. Watch the learning curve fly off the charts when you study the vocabulary used in the animal industry. Then move into why and how the animal industry functions the way it does, and conclude with empowering students' decision-making skills.

Food and Agricultural Literacy Curriculum-Explore what Confucius meant when he said, ?Find a job that you love and you?ll never work a day in your life? in this unit consisting of 11 lessons. Through independent research students will learn about the eight pathways of the Agriculture, Food and Natural Resource (AFNR) career cluster and learn how to turn passion into profit.

Food and Agricultural Literacy Curriculum-Do your students know where their food comes from? This unit is sure to clear up any misconceptions they might have! Trace the pathway from processing to the global food chain in 26 lessons to illustrate its impact on consumers.

The Drinking Water: Protecting the Source instructional materials will assist teachers who seek to enhance the consciousness of their students about where their drinking water comes from and how sources of drinking water can be protected. The teaching materials are designed to supplement existing instruction in agriculture, food and natural resources courses. The instructional materials are related to water characteristics and contaminants, water regulations, drainage, and reducing the flow of nutrients into groundwater and surface water

The Renewable Fuels instructional materials were created for educators to use with students to develop a solid foundational understanding of renewable fuels. The six units of curriculum include information ranging from definitions of ethanol and processes within the ethanol industry to the exploration of career opportunities in renewable fuels.

People with disabilities rely on assistive technology. Various tools, machinery, and other devices can provide vital assistance with work, mobility, and many other aspects of life. AgrAbility recognizes the immense potential for rural youth to excel individually and contribute to their communities. Teach your students about assistive technology. In addition to increasing awareness, it may have direct impact for them, their families, or others in their communities.

Twelve lessons were developed to assist educators in teaching entrepreneurial concepts. The lesson plans are available below and include all handouts needed for the classroom. The lessons have been developed incorporating National Standards and can be used singularly or as a complete educational experience.

Financial planning and management lesson plans and PowerPoints designed to teach aboutÿgoal setting, budgeting, cash flow, credit ratings, loans, interest, investments, taxes and insurance.

Turn-key resources to help teach the content of the CDE/LDE in the classroom at the basic level. (This is not a how-to win the national contest).

Turn-key resources to help teach the content of the CDE/LDE in the classroom at the basic level. (This is not a how-to win the national contest).