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Drinking Water-Protecting the Source

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

By Larry Downes|2018-08-13T14:42:19-04:00August 13th, 2018|

Bell Ringers for the Agricultural Science Classroom

This document serves as a resource to agricultural educators and advisors to incorporate quick ways in which to engage students at the beginning of each scheduled time block (i.e. class, FFA meetings, etc.).

By Larry Downes|2022-09-06T15:41:05-04:00August 13th, 2018|

SAE Idea Cards

The purpose of the SAE Idea Cards is to assist students with coming up with ideas for SAEs. There are 360 SAE ideas in nine different focus areas that can be downloaded or used online. Each career area provides ideas for all six SAE types, which are Entrepreneurship/Ownership, Placement, Research, School-Based Enterprise, Service-Learning and Exploratory.

By Larry Downes|2018-08-23T15:50:28-04:00August 13th, 2018|

Middle School Food and Agricultural Literacy Curriculum

This middle school curriculum includes more than 150 free lesson plans-that's a year's worth of introductory agriculture content bundled into one location. These lessons are great for building your students' agricultural literacy and awareness and their appreciation for it.

By Larry Downes|2018-09-11T16:13:40-04:00August 13th, 2018|

SAE Idea Cards-Natural Resources Systems

SAE Idea Cards

By Larry Downes|2018-08-13T16:08:24-04:00August 13th, 2018|