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As a final FFA Project the class creates a recruitment video that I use to recruit 8th grade for the next year. It has to show all pathways we offer as well as be duel language since we are higher ESL population.

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Poll Everywhere is great to get students talking without saying a word.

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Poll Everywhere is great to get students talking without saying a word.

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We make rope halters after talking about beef cattle.

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Each student creates a new “species” of ice cream sundae. Then, another student puts the sundae together following a dichotomous key. This suppots biology TEKS for the STAAR test.

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Before starting creed students are to pick a song and come to the front of the room to recite the lyrics. This gets them ready to begin memorizing and reciting the creed. 

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Before starting creed students are to pick a song and come to the front of the room to recite the lyrics. This gets them ready to begin memorizing and reciting the creed. 

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Soil Horizons with Oreos and Chocolate Pudding

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Use wooden paintbrushes to make lures

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Milk  Jug swine breed, each student make a 3D hog breed using a gallon jug. Then inside the jug the have 5 small pieces of paper in 5 different colors of paper. Each paper will have a fact on it about the breed. The jugs will be painted, paper glued, and more.

If you need more information email me cragsdale@hisd.com

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I use the dry pack flower boxes that you would get from a wholesale floral supplier so it is anywhere from 2.5 to 4 foot long with some depth. I have them cover the outsides with white paper and they paint a soil monolith on the inside by mixing paint and using a little detail for structures. On the outside they make 3D cutouts for soil structure on one side. The other side could be any other part that you want to include like the water cycle or different soil components. I then hang these from the walls so they can show off their work. The whole objective for the students is to be able to identify the different soil horizons by the general soil textures or structures that can be found in that horizon.

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Use LEGO’s/ building blocks to teach motions. 1 set per table or group.

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Mother's Day box- create a wooden box during wood shop unit.  Has to have certain dimensions and then add the horticulture aspect by studying flowering plants and they plant one and give it to their mom.

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I print out the creed on card stock really big and cut it up. I have the kids work on it in groups putting it together. Then challenge them no talking, no cheat sheet.  Also, I run string across my boards with clothespins and the kids have to unscramble and pin it in the correct order.

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Journey2050 is a Canada based program that walks students through sustainability and how best management practices effect production in agriculture. Great website, program and online games.

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Officers coming in to speak to classes!

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Last year my PAFNR students took a shop tour lead by our ag mech teacher. The kids really didn’t know what all goes on in the shop since it’s in an annex away from the other ag classes. This was a great way for them to see projects, students working, interact more with our ag mech teacher and really get them excited about taking an advance ag mech course.

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When we are learning the creed I have the students use the FFA magazine to cut out the creed paragraph we are learning.  I think we are going to make songs this year as well.

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Take a plain non iced cake and various candies and have the students create a plant cell as a class. Talk about each organelle and function as that happens. Eat when finished

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Split the class into 2 groups and make them do a contest.

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Buy Brittney B’s teacher pay teacher stuff -Emily Stovall

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Buy Brittney B’s teacher pay teacher stuff -Emily Stovall

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Chapter Officers
Chapter Officer Scavenger Hunt

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Chapter Officers
Chapter Officer Scavenger Hunt

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First full week Freshman have to get Officer signature and interview one thing about FFA they are in.

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Egg foldable, identifying parts of a real egg, bring in different eggs for them to see

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We make wooden chairs.

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mini rotations of CDE contests

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Mini Ag skills presentation- kids get in groups of 3 and create a "how to" video on something in our TEKS. Public speaking and got to recruit for my real skills team.

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Build a simple pvc pipe system. Students learn how to use tools then the system can be used for plant science lessons.

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Cut out 2 (we do 4 in and 6 in)  sets of flowers on plasma table, grind them, then on the smaller flower using a cutting torch bend the petals, tack the small flower and big flower together, then use rebar and weld to the back of the flower. Students can paint or leave them without paint. Great Mother’s Day present!

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Have different types “landscapes” and show how water moves through the land.

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Keep a pencil box with goodies like holiday pencils, erasers, knick-knacks, etc. to give to students for participation.

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We will make butter on Tuesday and on Friday the kids will use the butter they and butter their own bread. Super cheap too!