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Download full textLegacy, Jim; And Others – 1980
This competency-based curriculum unit on maintaining the landscape is one of five developed for classroom use in teaching the landscape/nursery area of horticulture. The five sections are each divided into teaching content (in a question-and-answer format) and student skills that outline steps and factors for consideration. Topics covered include…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Check Lists, Competency Based Education, Grounds Keepers
McMahon, Robert W. – 1992
This student manual provides a basic text for those preparing for greenhouse and floriculture work. At the beginning of each chapter, competencies are listed, along with related math and science concepts, and a list of "terms to know"; figures, tables, and photographs may be included. At the end of each chapter, a self-check can be made…
Descriptors: Floriculture, Greenhouses, Instructional Materials, Mathematics Skills
Clark, Nathan H. – Agr Educ Mag, 1969
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Ornamental Horticulture, Ornamental Horticulture Occupations, Program Descriptions
Ember, Jane – Monday Morning, 1970
Descriptors: Horticulture, Learning Disabilities, Nurseries (Horticulture), Student Attitudes
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Direct linkGrambo, Alan A. – Tech Directions, 2007
In this article, the author describes how electronics students at Central Nine Career Center designed a kill switch circuit to stop a runaway lawnmower. This project is ideal for a career center since the electronics/robotics, small engines and horticulture classes can all work together on their respective parts of the modification, installation…
Descriptors: Engines, Electronics, Career Centers, Robotics
Dillon, Roy Dean – 1965
To determine if separate and specialized courses of agriculture are needed by workers in licensed nurseries and licensed ornamental horticulture businesses, this study utilized questionnaires of 100 items of knowledge in agriculture. Results indicate that: (1) 84 items of knowledge in agriculture are needed by directors of these businesses, (2) 76…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Skills, Business Skills, Comparative Analysis
Carr, Coeli – Community College Journal, 2009
As workers continue to slough their way through a prolonged economic downturn, many are finding hope, and perhaps a little stability, in a new crop of emerging and revitalized industries. Business and all levels of government are making a concerted effort to protect the environment and develop sustainable energies. Community colleges have become…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Programs, Power Technology, Energy Education
Geer, Barbra Farabough – 1981
This learning packet contains teaching suggestions and student learning materials for a course in basic horticulture aimed at preparing students for employment in a number of horticulture areas. The packet includes nine sections and twenty instructional units. Following the standard format established for Oklahoma vocational education materials in…
Descriptors: Horticulture, Learning Activities, Learning Modules, Nurseries (Horticulture)
Jones, Richard D. – Agricultural Education, 1977
Growing interest in conservation and horticulture in New York State has caused the addition of these specialized areas to the annual statewide agricultural education contests. Contest categories in both areas are listed. (MF)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Conservation (Environment), Horticulture, Ornamental Horticulture
Ramsay, Jodie L. – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2008
The purpose of this project is to incorporate a community service component into a Biology course at Northern State University (NSU) in Aberdeen, SD. Students in an upper-level botany course (Plant Structure and Function) provide landscaping services to homeowners who have purchased homes through Habitat for Humanity. Homeowner satisfaction with…
Descriptors: Community Services, Outreach Programs, Biology, Horticulture
Cochrane, Thomas – Research in Learning Technology, 2012
Having implemented and evaluated over 35 mlearning projects in a variety of contexts in higher education over the past 6 years the researcher is ready to share the untold secret: not all mlearning projects succeed! This article critiques three of the researcher's mlearning projects that can be classed as "failures" and compares them to successful…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Action Research, Participatory Research, Program Design
Welch, A. W. – 1984
This teacher's guide is designed for use in a vocational horticulture course designed to prepare students for jobs as nursery workers. Addressed in the individual units of the guide are the following topics: the nursery industry; soils; plant growth; plant nutrition; plant propagation methods; nursery field practices; pest control; techniques for…
Descriptors: Accounting, Agricultural Education, Behavioral Objectives, Botany
Illinois Univ., Urbana. Coll. of Agriculture. – 1967
THIS RESOURCE MATERIAL FOR USE IN HIGH SCHOOL VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE AND ADULT FARMER CLASSES WAS DESIGNED BY SUBJECT MATTER SPECIALISTS, TEACHER EDUCATORS, SUPERVISORS, AND TEACHERS. THE OBJECTIVE IS TO HELP SOLVE PROBLEMS IN TRANSPLANTING SHADE TREES. THE MAJOR SECTION TITLES ARE STATED AS PROBLEMS -- (1) HOW SHOULD I PREPARE A TREE FOR MOVING,…
Descriptors: Adult Farmer Education, Agricultural Education, High Schools, Horticulture
Schuder, Donald L. – 1978
This guide presents information on controlling insect pests of ornamental trees and shrubs. It is organized for easy reference by nurserymen, arborists, and others desirous of controlling insect damage. General information given includes notes on spraying and sprayers, insecticides, general purpose sprays, phytotoxicity, and health precautions.…
Descriptors: Entomology, Environmental Education, Guides, Horticulture
Forest, Herman S. – Conservationist, 1978
A summary of efforts to reestablish the American Chestnut from a few surviving trees in New York state is given. (MDR)
Descriptors: Disease Control, Ecological Factors, Ecology, Forestry
