Wenatchee High School
Agriculture Education Department
Agriscience
and Technology
Course
Outline
Semester 1
Week 1
•Course Guidelines, Teacher Expectations, Course Forms, Permission
Course Syllabus, Course Outline
• Classroom, FFA, SAE Relationship
• Chapter 1- Meeting Human Needs in a Changing World
*Review Questions
*Student Activity #1: 100 Food, Fiber, and Shelter items used daily
*Chapter 1 Worksheet
Week 2
• Chapter 2-Using Applied Science and Technology
Scientific Method
*Agriscience Laboratory and Safety Skills
*Review Questions
*Student Activity #4: Identify an Agriscience problem in the local
community
*Chapter 2 Worksheet: Observations and Scientific Method
*Oobleck lab
Week 3
• Chapter 4-Using the Science of Computation
• Scientific Measurements and Computation Lab and Worksheet
*Student Activities 1 - 4
Week 4
• Metric Conversion Discussion and Worksheets
• Area and Volume Discussion and Worksheets
*Review Questions
Week 5
•Determining Weight, Types of Scales
• What is Physics discussion
Week 6
•Chapter 19 Applying the Principles of Physics
Force
*P.T. Unit 1 Video
*Lab 1M1 & 1M2
Work and Power
Week 7 •Chapter 19 Applying the Principles of Physics (Continued)
Machines and Machinery
Mechanical Advantage
*Lab 2M1 & 2M2
Week 8
•Chapter 19 Applying the Principles of Physics (Continued)
Thermal Energy , Electrical Energy
*Lab 1E1, 1T1, & 1T2
Week 9
•Chapter 19 Applying the Principles of Physics (Continued)
Compression Power and Hydraulics
Physics in the Real World
*Lab 1F2
*Review Questions
* Chapter 19 Worksheet
• Mid-Term Examination
Week 10
• Chapter 18 Applying Principle of Chemistry
*Introduction to Periodic Table and Atomic Structure
*Atom Models
Week 11
• Chapter 18 Applying Principle of Chemistry (Continued)
States of Matter, Properties of Matter, Kinds of Matter
Week 12
• Chapter 18 Applying Principle of Chemistry (Continued)
Chemical Bonding
• Introduce Agriscience Project
Review Scientific Method
Examples
Week 13
• Chapter 18 Applying Principle of Chemistry (Continued)
Chemical Reactions, Solutions and Suspensions
• Agriscience Project Group Work (Research Proposal)
• Creed Paragraph 1
Week 14
• Chapter 18 Applying Principle of Chemistry (Continued)
Acids, Bases, Salts, Chemical changes
*Buffer Lab
• Agriscience Project Group Work (Experiment Preparation)
• Presentation Skills
• Creed Paragraph 2
Week 15
• Chapter 18 Applying Principle of Chemistry (Continued)
Measurements in Chemistry
Chemistry in the Real World
*Review Questions
*Chapter 18 Worksheet
• Agriscience Project Group Work (Experiment Procedure Data Collection)
• Presentation Skills
• Creed Paragraph 3
Week 16
• Agriscience Project Group Work (Data Analysis, Conclusions)
• Presentation Skills, Technology Utilization
• Creed Paragraph 4
Week 17
• Agriscience Group Work (Written Report, Oral Presentation Preparation)
• Presentation Skills
• Creed Final
Week 18
• Agriscience Written Report Evaluation
• Agriscience Oral Presentations Evaluation
• Final Examination
Semester 2
Week 1
•Course Guidelines, Teacher Expectations, Course Permission Forms,
Course Syllabus, Course Outline
• Classroom, FFA, SAE Relationship
• Chapter 3- Using the Earth’s Resources
Ecosystems-Abiotic and Biotic Factors, Food Chain
*Web of Life
Week 2
• Chapter 3- Using the Earth’s Resources (Continued)
Renewable Natural Resources, Water Cycle, Nitrogen Cycle
Carbon Cycle
• Small
Group Dynamics
• Citizenship Paper
Week 3
• Chapter 3- Using the Earth’s Resources (Continued)
Non-renewable Natural Resources
Pollution, Composting, Recycling
*Recycling Project
*Review Questions
*Chapter 3 Worksheet
• Rituals
Week 4
• Chapter 16-Applying Principles of Earth Science
Earth Surface, Earth Interior, Atmosphere
•Rituals
Week 5
•Chapter 16-Applying Principles of Earth Science (Continued)
Earth Movements in Solar System,
•Rituals Final Presentation
Week
6
• Chapter 16-Applying Principles of Earth Science (Continued)
Weather patterns, Temperature, Air Pressure, Wind, Humidity
Precipitation, Climate
*Relative Humidity & Dew Point Lab
*Snow Pack Project
Week 7
• Chapter 16-Applying Principles of Earth Science (Continued)
Primary and Secondary Succession,
*Review Questions
*Student Activity #1
Week 8
• Chapter 17- Applying Principles of Soil Science
Definition of Soil, Soil’s Impact on Agriculture
*Soil Texture: Feel Method Lab
*Shake Lab
Week 9
• Chapter 17- Applying Principles of Soil
Science
Soil
Formation, Soil Taxonomy, Soil Structure, Soil Texture
•
Mid-Term Examination
Week 10
•
Chapter 17- Applying Principles of Soil Science
Soil
Ecosystems, Soil Profile, Soil Water, Soil pH,Soil Erosion-Causes and Control, Land Classification
*Soil
Pit
*Soil
Erosion Lab
*Groundwater
Lab
*Tensiometer
Lab (Emerging Ag Technology Materials)
Week 11
•
Chapter 15- Moving Continents
(Supplemental Material)
Continental
Drift, Sea-floor Spreading, Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes,
Volcanoes
•
Introduce Agriscience Project
Review
Scientific Method
Examples
Week 12
•
Chapter 16-Geologic Time (Supplemental Material)
Fossils,
Rock Layers/Aging, Geologic Time Scale
• Agriscience Project Group Work
(Research Proposal)
Week 13
•
Chapter 19-The Solar System (Supplemental Materials)
Formation,
Motion of Planets, Our Solar System, Comets, Asteroids,
and
Meteorites
•
Agriscience Project Group Work (Experiment Preparation)
•
Presentation Skills
Week
14
•
Chapter 20-Stars and Galaxies
(Supplemental Material)
Origin
of Stars, Energy of Stars, Spectral Analysis, Light Years,
Our
Sun, Galaxies, Constellations
•
Agriscience Project Group Work (Experiment Procedure Data Collection)
•
Presentation Skills
Week 15
•Emerging Agriculture Technology
Global
Posititioning Systems
*Waypoint
Lab
*Innovations
for the future of Ag Paper
Week
16
•
Agriscience Project Group Work (Data Analysis, Conclusions)
•
Presentation Skills, Technology Utilization
Week 17
•
Agriscience Group Work (Written Report, Oral Presentation Preparation)
•
Presentation Skills
Week 18
•
Agriscience Written Report Evaluation
•
Agriscience Oral Presentations Evaluation
•
Final Examination