1.3 Evaluate Current Agricultural Issues
This middle school agricultural literacy lesson (MS.AI.1.3) guides students through evaluating current agriculture issues by interviewing a panel of local agriculture experts about recent technical advancements. Students practice note-taking and questioning skills to identify a technological advancement that has occurred in the last five years and how it has improved agriculture.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- As a result of this unit the student will… Evaluate current agriculture issues.
- As a result of this lesson the student will… Identify a technical advancement in agriculture that has occurred in the last five years.
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 45 minutes.
- Grade level
- Middle School
- Materials
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- Panel of experts, 5-8 individuals from various agriculture backgrounds
- Index cards-one for each panelist
- MS.AI.1.3.ASSESS.A – one copy for teacher records
- MS.AI.1.3.ASSESS.B – one copy per student
- Precepts
- E. Awareness; E1. Address issues important to the community.
- Key Terms
- Advancement
- Lesson Number
- MS.AI.1.3
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Aligned Standards
National Standards
- CS.10.02.01.c.Research emerging technologies and the opportunities they may create within the AFNR systems.
- NL-ENG.K-12.12Applying Language Skills
- NL-ENG.K-12.5Communication Strategies – Students employ a wide range of strategies as they write and use different writing process elements appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes.
- NL-ENG.K-12.8Students use a variety of technological and information resources to gather and synthesize information and to create and communicate knowledge.
- NT.K-12.5Technology Research Tools.