Great Ideas,
Lesson Plans & Classroom Tools:
USDA Lesson Plans (updated
for 2009)
Metal Rose Project (pdf files)
Created by Kevin Amsden, ag instructor at Manson HS, Manson WA
2006 Ideas Unlimited winner Region I
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Agtivity
Book online -- quick, easy, meaningful lessons created by ag teachers
submitted by Ellen Thompson, ag instructor at Sauk Center
HS, Sauk Center, MN
SAE
Record book for non-traditional projects (pdf file)
Created by Nina Crutchfield, FFA LPS Specialist & former ag
instructor at Searcy HS, Searcy, AR -- 2006 Ideas Unlimited winner
Region II
Useful Websites:
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NOTE:
The National Association of Agricultural Educators is pleased
to provide a list of related links where useful information
relating to agricultural education may be obtained. However,
by providing these links, NAAE makes no representation or warranty
as to the quality or accuracy of any of the information contained
on any of the related links. Thus, individuals accessing these
links should make their own assessment of quality and accuracy
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Ag in the Classroom
www.agclassroom.org
Agricultural Education Learning Center
www.agedlearning.com
This pilot site is about exploring new electronic instructional resources
for Agricultural Education Teachers. The Council for Agricultural
Education, The National FFA Foundation and other partners created
this site to eventually provide a one-stop shop for instructional
materials, tools and other resources.
Agricultural Education Magazine
http://www.naae.org/links/agedmagazine/
AgrowKnowledge - The National Center for Agriscience and Technology
Education
www.agrowknowledge.org
All-Weather Educational Materials
www.allweathermarker.com/reEducational.aspx
Free brochures that cover the health and reproductive management of swine & bovine animals. In English & Spanish. Also find a video that talks about the correct application of tail paint for heat detection in dairy herds. Companion brochures explain application of tail pain as well as economic reasons why proper heat detection is important to any dairy herd in today's economy.
American Association for Agricultural Education
www.aaaeonline.org
Animal Agriculture Alliance
www.animalagalliance.org
The Animal Agriculture Alliance is a positive and informed voice communicating
reliable, science-based information on key agricultural topics ranging
from animal welfare to biotechnology to environmental impacts. The
Alliance provides a united voice for those involved in the animal
agriculture and food industries to communicate science-based information
to a broad-based audience of consumers and media.
APSnet Education Center (Plant Pathology Instructional Materials)
www.apsnet.org/education
- Sponsored by the American Phytopathological Society. Included at
this site are plant disease lessons, labs, illustrated glossary, resource
catalogs, feature articles, and more targeted to varied levels of
instruction including K-12, introductory and advanced plant pathology.
Association for Career and Technical Education
www.acteonline.org
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Briggs and Stratton
Small Engine Training Materials
Are you trying to institute a Small Engine Repair Course, and don’t know where to start? Are you looking for Teardown and Reassembly scripts for your classroom along with videos and easy to follow Power Point presentations? Training materials like these and many other supporting educational tools can now be downloaded free of charge from the industry’s leading manufacturer of small engines. Briggs and Stratton® had created “The Power Portal” web site that is specifically designed to assist Vocational Education Instructors in the development of quality programs in engine technology.
For superior educational materials visit: www.thepowerportal.com and use the following log-in information: User ID: voed_schools Password: briggs
Then select the “Training Resources” tab for Tear Down Scripts, Training Videos, Presentations, Instructor Support Materials and more!
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Career Cluster Pathway Plans of Study
www.careerclusters.org
-- This site contains information about all career clusters, including
agriculture. The Agriculture Cluster Pathway/Model can be found here,
along with an Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources brochure and
Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Skill Standards booklet.
Center for Global Food Issues -- Dr. Dennis Avery, Director
www.cgfi.org --
The Center for Global Food Issues conducts research and analysis of
agriculture and the environmental concerns surrounding food and fiber
production. The Center, based in Churchville, Virginia, is a project
of the Hudson Institute. Regular articles, written by Dr. Avery and
staff, related to global food issues are posted to this website.
Chapter Start-Up
http://www.ffa.org/index.cfm?method=c_aged.ChapterStartUp
This resource from National FFA is a good place to start if you want to start an ag program in your school.
Curriculum Materials Service -- Will Waidelich, Director
http://www-cms.ag.ohio-state.edu/ --CMS carries many types of items including student manuals,
teacher guides, kits, CDs, videos, and slide sets. In addition to
developing and producing many of their own items, they also review
and sell items from outside vendors. These vendors are other agricultural
education instructional materials services, state extension services,
commercial sources, or trade associations.
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Desert Roses
ag.arizona.edu/desert_roses/index.htm
- Desert Roses is a proactive support letter for women involved in
agricultural education. It is produced by Dr. Billye Foster from the
Department of Agricultural Education at the University of Arizona.
To subscribe, contact Dr. Foster at the Department of Agricultural
Education, University of Arizona, P. O. Box 210036, Tucson, Arizona
85721-0036. E-mail: billye@ag.arizona.edu.
DTN-Price Risk Management Curriculum
The DTN Price-Risk Management Curriculum was developed for agriculture
students to supplement their current curriculum. The current curriculum
is desigend to teach studetns the basics of what a market is, who
the players are, what affects a market, and how to take advantage
of market movements. The curriculum is divided three modules:
What is a Market
How to Take Advantage of Market Opportunities
What to Watch for in a Market
DTN is agriculture's most trusted resource for market-leading agricultural
information, extensive news coverage, market advice and recommendations,
production information and weather.
To download the curriculum and register for a free 90-day subscription
to DTN online, visit www.dtn.com/promo/curriculum
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FFA
See National FFA Organization
Food, Land and People
www.foodlandpeople.org
FREE -- Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
www.free.ed.gov
Newly redesigned for 2007, this website was created to make it easy
for teachers to find more than 1500 teaching and learning resources
available from the federal government
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Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM)
http://www.thegateway.org
- The Gateway to Educational Materials is a Consortium effort to provide
educators with quick and easy access to thousands of educational resources
found on various federal, state, university, non-profit, and commercial
Internet sites.
Glen Rose FFA website
www.glenrosearkansasffa.org
After being down for a few months, the Glen Rose FFA site is back
up and running! Lots of lesson plans.
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Ideas 4 Ag Ed
http://www.ideas4ag-ed.com/
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Local Program Success -- National FFA Organization
http://www.ffa.org/index.cfm?method=c_aged.contactlps
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Marketplace for the Mind: An Agricultural
Education Resource (PA Department of Agriculture)
www.marketplaceforthemind.com
Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Related Sciences
www.manrrs.org
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National Agriculture Library
www.nal.usda.gov
National Association of Supervisors of Agricultural Education
http://www.teamaged.org/stateleaders/index.html
National Board on Professional Teaching Standards
www.nbpts.org
National Council for Agricultural Education
http://www.teamaged.org/council/
2006
Annual Report
National Farm and Ranch Business Management Education Association
www.nfrbmea.org
National FFA Organization
www.ffa.org
National Rural Education Association
www.nrea.net
North American Association of Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) Journal
nacta.fp.expressacademic.org
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Parliamentary Procedure Instructional Materials
Center
www.northwest.net/parli-pro
Parliamentary procedure teaching materials for agriculture education
students in grades 7-12.
Portaportal
www.portaportal.com
a mobile bookmarking site with links to resources and lessons on tons
of ag topics, from Ag. Issues, to Animal Science, to GIS.
Username: Nationalaged
Password: FFA 1928
Promote National Teach Ag Day
http://www.squidoo.com/Teach-Agriculture
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Teach Ag
http://www.naae.org/TeachAg/teachagday.php
Ag teachers never have the same day twice. One day they might be in a classroom or laboratory, the next visiting students in the field, preparing teams for a FFA Career Development Event, or leading a community service activity with their FFA Chapter.
teched101.com -- Student Aware's free website for
technology education teachers
www.teched101.com
For over 21 years, StudentAware has been providing technology education
teachers with free shop-safety and other free supplemental classroom
materials. This website has been especially designed for high school
teachers and their vocational education, shop or technology education
students.
Together Green
http://www.togethergreen.org/People/fellows.aspx
http://www.togethergreen.org/PDFs/Conservation%20Leadership%20brochure.pdf
This Conservation Leadership program offers professional development opportunities as well as some sizeable grants for local environmental projects.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
www.usda.gov
U. S. Department of Education
www.ed.gov
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World of Agriculture
worldofagriculture.org
Hundreds of great technical agriculture links to help teachers. The
links include great resources on greenhouse management, precision
agriculture, wildlife management, animal science, fundraising, CDEs
and much more.
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Article Reprints,
Studies, and other Printed Information
2007 NAAE Electronic Newsletter Survey
http://www.keysurvey.com/report/170347/207406/3877fdd4?afterVoting=bc03082755db
2006-2007 Team Ag Ed Annual Report
Dr. Adam Kantrovich, Morehead State University
2007
National Study of the Supply and Demand for Teachers of Agricultural
Education
Dr. Ann Benson
Dr. Ann Benson's Presentation at the 2004
NAAE Convention
Many of you heard Dr. Ann Benson speak at the 2004 NAAE Convention.
Dr. Benson's presentation was quite thought provoking for the future
of agricultural education. Dr. Benson also presented to the National
Council of Agricultural Education earlier in 2004. Her message is
quite clear ... agricultural education must take a serious look within
to determine how we can best deliver our education programs to accomplish
our goals of career preparation and academic success through classroom/laboratory
instruction, work-based learning (via SAE), and leadership development
(via FFA). View PowerPoint
presentation. View Dr. Benson's
biographical sketch.
Dr. Richard M. Joerger
Ideas for Keeping Beginning
Agricultural Education Teachers in the Profession! - Dr.
Richard M. Joerger, University of Minnesota
Current teachers can have a major influence on beginning teachers’
choices to stay in the teaching profession! Here are some things all
of us can do to help keep effective beginning and/or returning teachers
in the profession. View article reprint.
PDF file requires Adobe
Acrobat Reader.
Dr. Wm. Jay Jackman
We Can Care Enough! -
Dr. Wm. Jay Jackman, NAAE Executive Director
Acts of violence are not happening somewhere else and to someone else
- they are happening at home and to us. Where does agricultural education
come in? Click here to view the article. View
article reprint. PDF file requires Adobe
Acrobat Reader.
"Interest = Motivation" Presentation by Jacquelyn Deeds
at the 2005 NAAE Convention in Kansas City, Missorui
This workshop gives brief description of motivation theory as it relates
to Agriscience Education. This was followed by a discussion on interest
approaches and how to use them in class to motivate students. Participants
will be involved in developing interest approaches on various subjects.
Those approaches will put in to electronic format and can be put on
the NAAE website or other site as deemed appropriate. View Interest
Approaches in Word format. Click here
to view Interest Approaches in PDF format. PDF file requires
Adobe
Acrobat Reader.
What in the World Does Integral Mean Anyway? Is FFA Optional?
- Bernie Staller, National FFA Organization and National FFA
Foundation
We as teachers must make "integral" happen locally if it is to happen
at all. No one else can shoulder this responsibility for us. We are
it! View this new alternative graphic model of a truly integrated
program. View article reprint. PDF
file requires Adobe
Acrobat Reader.
U. S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Employment Opportunities Forecast
2005-2010 Study
Employment opportunities for U.S. College graduates with expertise
in the food, agricultural, and natural resources system are expected
to remain strong during the next five years according to the sixth
five-year employment opportunities projections study initiated by
CSREES. The latest study covers the years 2005 through 2010 and is
conducted as a result of Congressional action taken in 1977 when Congress
designated the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) as the lead federal
agency for higher education in the food and agricultural sciences.
The Congress identified graduates in the fields of science and business
as those with baccalaureate or higher degrees in agriculture, natural
resources, veterinary medicine, or closely allied specializations.
This study examines those graduates who qualify for and generally
enter scientific and professional occupations This year’s study
identifies 52,000 annual job openings for new graduates during 2005-2010,
and some 49,300 qualified graduates available each year for these
positions. View study findings.
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NAAE
FFA Ringtones
These are the ringtones we were giving away at the 80th National FFA
Convention. Put one on your phone, and don't forget -- Your
Future is Calling -- Teach Ag!
To save the ringtone, right click on the link, select "Save
Target As" and save it to your computer or device.
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Download the Classroom
Version of "Are You Smarter Than Your Ag. Teacher?"
To save the game to your computer, right click on the link, select
"Save Target As" and save it to your computer.
"Are
You Smarter Than Your Ag. Teacher?" Classroom Version (PowerPoint
file)
Classroom
Version Instructions (PDF file)
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Use this PowerPoint to talk about Communities of Practice at your summer meetings or wherever the opportunity arises. Can be used without an internet connection, but optimally should be presented in conjunction with showing examples on the live Communities of Practice website. 
