Lesson Plans-Curriculum

Nick Wulfekuhle has used two different SAEs to continue to expand his knowledge and skills. Encourage your students to do the same with the activities in this lesson.

Follow Joe Lindberg as he explains his minnow trapping SAE. Then dive deep into the various aspects of the aquaculture and fishery industries and careers within those industries.

Caleb Wilkerson’s SAE is tractor restoration. Students will watch a video on the process Caleb went through to restore a 1948 tractor and then will brainstorm and consider what items they could restore or repurpose in their own lives for a potential SAE.

Learn about Trace Ward’s SAE in hatching and raising quail. Then, learn more about one of the five most common types of quail in the United States.

Learn about Mitch Hopkins’s fiber and oil crop production SAE. Research a variety of topics focused on cotton by completing a choice board.

Learn about Lane Drewery’s agricultural research SAE. Explore what happens at the agricultural research company he works at and then discover the agricultural research sites in your own state from land-grant universities.

Through Kristyn Bauer’s SAE, she helps others experience chicken egg incubation and hatching.

This fruit production SAE introduces students to the basics of cultivating and managing fruit crops.

This advertising signs SAE introduces students to the basics of marketing through signage.

Oil seeds and the oil they produce for the agriculture industry play a significant role in the products we have come to utilize and consume every day. Students will discover the importance of soybeans by learning about business, manufacturing, and food science related to this crucial piece of the Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Value Chain.

In life, we all face different battles. The important thing isn’t the battles we face; it’s how we choose to fight them. In her retiring address, 2022-23 National FFA Eastern Region Vice President Gracie Murphy shares stories of battling gracefully.