animal science

This guide includes different one-, three-, and five-day options for curated and cohesive activities to leave for students when you need to be away from your classroom for a varying number of days. The theme of this guide is animal systems and all selected activities are related to learning more about small animals, large animals and careers within animal systems.

FFA alumni share their career journeys and offer advice to help students find theirs too.

Lucy Barney shares the inspiration behind her passion for horses and the daily routines that shaped her award-winning FFA project.

Introduce careers and career focus areas in the agriculture industry through this team-based competitive quiz.

An FFA member from Georgia recently placed second in his age bracket at the 2020 Junior National Finals Rodeo. In this lesson, students will read about this FFA member’s accomplishment as well as gain insight into the bucking bull industry.

Being able to experience the farm-to-fork process for foods that we consume is a valuable learning experience. In this lesson,we will explore what one FFA chapter does to make this experience a reality while learning what part of the animaldifferent cuts of beef, pork and lambcome from.

Recently, schools and FFA chapters have been faced with new challenges, including FFA and school events being canceled or conducted differently, virtual learning, etc. The Waupun FFA Chapter in Wisconsin faced similar challenges when their FFA and school events were changed and/or canceled. Members also recognized the impact the COVID-19 pandemic had on the community. Read this article to learn how the chapter members worked together to make a positive impact in their community.

Career and leadership development events (CDEs/LDEs) and agriscience research help develop college and career readiness skills. Through this resource, students will be challenged to learn about and explore different events offered by National FFA.