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"Wild About Animals" is a National FFA Organization lesson plan that introduces students to the exotic animal industry through an animal systems supervised agricultural experience (SAE) profiled in a…

"From Farm to Freezer" is a National FFA lesson plan in which students explore poultry processing and food science by following a real student's supervised agricultural experience (SAE) at a poultry…

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 designed to help teachers and advisors incorporate supervised agricultural experiences (SAEs) into their courses in the classroom and at a distance.