Saturday, February 21, 2009

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!!

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

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.

Friday, February 13, 2009

Class Review for 2/13/09

No class today due to Festival of Nations program.

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Class Review 2/12/09

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

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Class Plans for 2/11/09

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

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

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!

Monday, February 9, 2009

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).

Thursday, February 5, 2009

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.

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

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.

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Class Review for 2/3/09

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

Monday, February 2, 2009

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)