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.