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Louisiana State Dept. of Education, Baton Rouge. Div. of Vocational Education. – 1983
This document is the first volume of a state curriculum guide on vocational agriculture for use in the 9th and 10th grades in Louisiana. Three instructional areas are profiled in this volume: orientation to vocational agriculture, agricultural leadership, and soil science. The three units of the orientation area cover introducing beginning…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Behavioral Objectives, Competence, Competency Based Education
Biondo, Ron; And Others – 1983
This second volume of a two-volume curriculum guide contains 11 problem areas selected for study to be included in a core curriculum for 11th grade or third-year students enrolled in a metropolitan agricultural program. The 11 problem areas are divided into four units: Soil Science and Conservation of Natural Resources (Understanding Soils,…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Production, Behavioral Objectives, Conservation (Environment)
Cheek, Jimmy G.; McGhee, Max B. – 1983
An activity was undertaken to develop written criterion-referenced tests for the agricultural resources component of Applied Principles of Agribusiness and Natural Resources. Intended for tenth grade students who have completed Fundamentals of Agribusiness and Natural Resources Occupations, applied principles were designed to consist of three…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Occupations
Biondo, Ron; And Others – 1982
This second volume of a 2-volume curriculum guide contains 12 problem areas selected as suggested areas of study to be included in a core curriculum for 10th-grade or second-year students enrolled in a metropolitan agriculture program. The 12 problem areas are divided into 5 units: Growing and Managing Horticultural Crops (4 problem areas),…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Production, Behavioral Objectives, Conservation (Environment)
Blough, Glenn O.; Blackwood, Paul E. – Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1949
Every child today is in contact with the results of scientific discovery and should have at least some understanding of the principles of modern science. The increasing complexities of the age in which we live make this imperative. For this reason, the study of science has become an essential part of the curriculum of every elementary rural and…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Science Activities, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Robinson, C. A.; Schafer, J. – Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education, 1993
Describes a problem-solving teaching method used in the Introductory Soils course at Iowa State University whereby students are assigned to groups and asked to serve as an advisor to a landowner. Using a computerized database for most data acquisition, students recommend farm usage and urban/alternate development plans. Includes the program…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agronomy, Biological Sciences, Computer Assisted Instruction
Reneau, Fred; And Others – 1988
This curriculum guide contains guidesheets for the ornamental horticulture production occupations. Each guidesheet provides a job-relevant task; performance objective, with task, performance standard, source of standard, and conditions for performance of task; enabling objectives; a list of resources; teaching activities; a criterion-referenced…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Behavioral Objectives, Business Administration, Competency Based Education
Alexander, Phyllis, Ed.; And Others – 1991
Through direct experience within natural settings, outdoor education allows students to learn about environmental concerns such as migration of birds, weather systems, wildlife habitats, watersheds, soil erosion, geological formations, food chains, and community resources. All subject areas in the present curriculum can be enriched through outdoor…
Descriptors: Conservation Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Enrichment, Elementary Education
Garbutt, Barbara; And Others – 1980
A guide on instructional program planning for outdoor education, prepared for Oakland County (Michigan) teachers, contains suggestions for program planning and lists information sources on suitable outdoor activities. The purpose of outdoor education is defined as being: "to enrich, vitalize and complement content areas of the school…
Descriptors: Camping, Discovery Learning, Ecology, Educational Objectives
Fillion, Jacob; Weeks, Julius – 1984
The Forestry/Natural Resources Sector in the Office of Training and Program Support of the Peace Corps conducted an agroforestry inservice training workshop in Honiara, Solomon Islands, in 1983. Participants included Peace Corps volunteers and their host country national counterparts from six countries of the Pacific Islands and Asia (Western…
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, Community Education, Conservation Education, Conservation (Environment)
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Polak, Julia – OAH Magazine of History, 1996
Presents a lesson plan that investigates social aspects of the land and soil and how people use these resources. Following an introduction by the teacher on land and soil use, students answer related questions on handouts. Later handouts direct the students to group research projects and class presentations. (MJP)
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, Conservation (Environment), Context Effect, Ecology
Leonard, David; And Others – 1982
This training manual, the third volume in a four-volume series of curriculum guides for use in training Peace Corps agricultural development workers, deals with crops. The first chapter provides suggested guidelines for setting up and carrying out the crops component of the agricultural development worker training series. Included in the second…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Production, Agricultural Skills, Agronomy
Ortleb, Edward P.; And Others – 1990
The world is faced with a variety of environmental problems. No country has escaped pollution and resource depletion. Basic ecological principles are often ignored and sometimes this contributes to ecological disasters. This volume is designed to provide basic information about the quality of the earth's land resources. The visual aids,…
Descriptors: Acid Rain, Conservation (Environment), Depleted Resources, Drinking Water
Stewart, Bob R.; And Others – 1987
This instructor's guide contains eight lesson plans for teaching soil conservation in accordance with the Missouri State Board of Education's Vocational Instructional Management System. To make the unit easier for teachers to use, the following materials are provided in the front of the unit: objectives and competencies for each lesson, a…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Production, Agronomy, Competence
Cole, Wallace H.; Gilfillan, Warren C. – 1981
A source of ideas and direction for follow-up to the Multnomah County Outdoor School program, the guide identifies concepts generally common to all outdoor school sites from year to year: the water cycle; watershed; water as a habitat for plants and animals, an oxygen supplier, and a producer of usable power; sun energy; plants as producers and…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Environmental Education, Environmental Influences, Experiential Learning
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