March 16, 2009 Class Review

Groups should've finished their project and emailed their final project to Mr. Straube.

March 13, 2009 Class Review

Continued working on Career Research project. Remember your goal is to be done by the end of clas on Tuesday.

March 12, 2009 Class Review

Did the activity on Introduction to Agriculture and Define Agriculture (http://www.quia.com/ba/244103.html.)

We will start doing ag career research. You can either make a powerpoint or a 1 page report about your selected career. Here are some websites to help you with your career search.http://www.ffa.org/index.cfm?method=c_job.careersearch & http://www.agclassroom.org/teen/index.htm. Make sure you include detail information about the job. Don't forget to include the education required.

March 11, 2009 Class Review

We went over machinary used in Agriculture. Students did a individual brainstorming on different equipment. Than shared with the class and we discussed on items they didn't know.

March 10, 2009 Class Review

Defined Agriculture
Unit A Lesson 1 Objective 1 - Describe how Agriculture supports daily life. Went over on board.
In Groups of two the students brainstormed the uses of animals they then put their answers on the board.
Did math problems on amount of money spent on food (% income) for various countries.

March 9, 2009 Class Review

NEW HEX TODAY - We went over the class rules - this is a short version - 1. Always bring writing utensil and paper to class 2. No cell phones 3. No musical devices (such as ipods) 4. No swearing or offensive language 5. Minimize restroom and drink visits - we are the first period of the day

We started the introduction to Agriculture. Did two short activities on which everyday projects come from Agriculture.

New Hex

New Hex starts on Monday, March 9, 2009. Some guidelines for Ag Hex (we will go over this on Monday) - Always bring writing utensil and paper, no cell phones ever, no musical devices ever, no swearing ever and try to minimize restroom and drink breaks. We are the first class of the day so I expect that the need for drinks or restroom to be non-existent unless you are sick.

Class Review 2/20/09

We finished watching the last five minutes of the Modern Marvels: The Pig movie. We went over the over animal species in class and their importance to Iowa and everday life.

Class Review 2/19/09

Watched Modern Marvels: The Pig - Will finish the last five minutes on Friday.

Class Review 2/18/09

We completed a quiz over the information we had talked about up to the current point in class. Also, class remember there are no cell phones in school!!

Class Review 2/17/09

We did the Swine sub-unit for animal science unit.

Class Review 2/16/09

Finished watching the movies about cattle.

Class Review for 2/13/09

No class today due to Festival of Nations program.

Class Review 2/12/09

Finished watching the video. No class tomorrow due to Festival of Nations.

Class Plans for 2/11/09

We are watching modern marvels movie on Cattle Ranching to wrap up our discussion on cattle.

Class Plans for 2/10/09

Beef Project
Research one breed (Mr. Straube will assign the breed)
Provide breed description (weight, color, height, disposition, unique characteristics, etc.)
Breed Origin
Main Use
Provide Picture
Any other info.
Email to Mr. Straube when done!

Class Plans for 2/9/09

We will retake the quiz on animal classification names to see if you can improve your score!! The link is http://www.quia.com/quiz/1663959.html.

We will start the Exploring the Livestock Industry (Unit B2). We will do the beef sub unit first.
Your assignment will be the beef products scavenger hunt (will explain in more in class).

Class Plans for 2/6/09

No class today. 7th and 8th graders on field trip. Keep working on animal terminology.

Class Plans for 2/5/09

Review for quiz - http://www.quia.com/ba/227072.html take about 15-20 minutes to review for the quiz.

The quiz is available at http://www.quia.com/quiz/1663959.html. You will have to get the secret word from Mr. Straube.

Class Plans for 2/4/09

No quiz due to early out. We will review animal classification names by playing challenge board. If you want to review some more the link is http://www.quia.com/cb/394193.html.

Remember 12:30 early dismissal today. Class is from 8:20 - 8:45.
Quiz next time over animal classification.

Class Review for 2/3/09

We went over animal terminology. We will have a quiz tomorrow (2/4/09) first thing.

Class Plans for 2/2/09

You will need to finish your short resource project on an Ag Career today. When you are done you should email it to Mr. Straube. After you are done you can work on the following activities until everyone gets finished.
http://www.quia.com/hm/463175.html (AG Careers - Science and Research Careers)
http://www.quia.com/hm/463174.html (AG Careers - Production Careers)
http://www.quia.com/hm/463202.html (AG Careers - Business and Industry Careers)

Class Plans for 1/30/09

We will be doing ag career research. You can either make a powerpoint or a 1 page report about your selected career. Here are some websites to help you with your career search.
http://www.ffa.org/index.cfm?method=c_job.careersearch
http://www.agclassroom.org/teen/index.htm

Make sure you include detail information about the job. Don't forget to include the education required.

Class Plans for 1/29/09

We will finish review of define agriculture unit. We will do a quick income spent on food worksheet (http://www.quia.com/quiz/1654137.html). We will complete the activities on the history of agriculture (http://www.quia.com/rd/146587.html). Next time we should be starting the ag careers unit.

Class Plans for 1/28/09

We will finish up from yesterday and get started on the history of agriculture.

Class Plans for 1/27/09

Students - Mr. Straube will be gone. Make sure you are on your best behavior for the sub.
The following items need to be done today.

1. Do the following activity @ http://www.quia.com/ba/244103.html. Make sure you select medium difficulty and read the questions carefully. You do not have to sign in with a username or password. Just click play this activity.
2. When you are done reviewing with the above activity. You need to do the following worksheet @ http://www.quia.com/quiz/1650471.html. Make sure you put your first and last name in otherwise you may not get credit.
3. If you get the first two items done you should do the following activity on the history of agriculture. Make sure you do it more than once because it will randomly choose items and there are 50 items total. http://www.quia.com/rd/146587.html.

Class Review 1/26/09

If you were gone for this class period you missed the following. We did about you sheet and what agriculture means to you. We started the Introduction to Agriculture unit and the sub-unit Defining Agriculture. The class completed a sheet of matching by-products with the correct agriculture commodity. The second activity the students looked for five by-products for cattle, pigs, corn and soybeans.

New Hex

New 7th Grade Exploratory Hex starts on 1/26/09.