3.16 Better Biking for Agriculture
This is Lesson 3.16 (“Better Biking for Agriculture!!!”) from the National FFA Mentoring Program’s Grow Your PALS Program Guide, part of the Exercise unit. In this one-on-one mentoring lesson, the mentor conducts a helmet-protection egg experiment to teach bicycle safety, then leads a bike tour through a local farming area where the PAL identifies and calls out types of local agricultural production.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Demonstrate the use of protective helmets for safety while riding bicycles.
- Identify local agriculture.
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 15 minutes.
- Materials
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- Bicycle helmet
- Duct tape
- Several eggs
- Bike
- Predetermined bike route through farming area
- Precepts
- G Physical Growth — G3. Participate in a fitness program
- Unit
- Exercise
- Lesson Type
- One-on-One
- Resources
- National FFA Organization. (2003). LifeKnowledge Precepts and Signs of Success
- Key Terms
- Helmet
Downloads & Links
Aligned Standards
National Standards
- CS.02.01.02.b.Implement a plan for respecting one's body.
- NL-ENG.K-12.12Applying Language Skills
- NS.K-4.6Science in Personal and Social Perspectives