1.1 Materials and Equipment (PowerPoint)
This is Lesson One: Materials and Equipment from the National FFA Organization’s Unit 1: Greenhouse Care and Maintenance. The lesson introduces students to plant materials, equipment, growing media, and irrigation systems commonly used in the greenhouse floriculture industry through a PowerPoint lecture, a “shopping list” introduction activity, a reflection activity, and optional identification practice.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Identify plant materials and equipment that are commonly used in the greenhouse industry.
- Examine common growing media and evaluate their use in plant production.
- Discuss the importance of irrigation and the equipment associated with those systems.
- Time required
- 90 minutes
- Materials
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- “Materials and Equipment” PowerPoint
- Sheet of paper for the introduction activity and reflection activity (the same paper can be used for both)
- If available, the items identified in the PowerPoint (optional)
- Resources
- 1. Floriculture CDE Handbook; 2. Consider Rice Hulls as a Media Component, http://www.greenhousemag.com/article/gmpro-1210-rice-hulls-mediacomponent/; 3. Shry, C. L., & Reiley, H. E. (2011). Introductory Horticulture (8th ed.). Clifton Park, NY: Delmar Cengage Learning.
- Previous Knowledge Recommended for This Lesson
- None
- Partnership for 21st Century Skills
- Communication; Critical Thinking and Problem Solving; Information, Communications, and Technology Literacy; Initiative and Self-direction
Downloads & Links
Lesson plan
Presentation
Aligned Standards
AFNR Career Ready Practices
- CRP.04Communicate clearly, effectively, and with reason. Career-ready individuals communicate thoughts, ideas and action plans with clarity, whether using written, verbal and/or visual methods.
- CRP.05Consider the environmental, social and economic impact of decisions.
- CRP.08Utilize critical thinking to make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. Career-ready individuals readily recognize problems in the workplace, understand the nature of the problem, and devise effective plans to solve the problem.
AFNR Performance Element
- PS.01Develop and implement crop management plan for a given production goal that accounts for environmental factors.
Common Career Technical Core
- AG-PL1Develop and implement crop management plan for a given production goal that accounts for environmental factors.
Common Core – Literacy in Science & Technical Subjects: Writing
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.9-10.9Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
Common Core – Math Practices
- CCSS.MP3Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
Common Core – Reading: Informational Text
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.2Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
Common Core – Science & Technical Subjects
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.9-10.4Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 9-10 texts and topics.
FFA Precept
- FFA.CS-NDecision Making: Analyze a situation and execute an appropriate course of action.
- FFA.PG-JMental Growth: Embrace cognitive and intellectual development relative to reasoning, thinking and coping.
- FFA.PL-AAction: Assume responsibility and take the necessary steps to achieve the desired results, no matter what the goal or task at hand.
- FFA.PL-CVision: Visualize the future and how to get there.
NASDCTEc
- AGPB01.01Produce and manage plants in both domesticated and natural environments using application of principles of anatomy and physiology to enhance plant production.
- AGPB01.03Examine and apply fundamentals of production and harvesting when producing plants to demonstrate plant management and production techniques.