3.3 Equipment ID and Floral Crops (PowerPoint)
This is Lesson Three of the National FFA Organization’s Unit 3: Floral Design, focused on equipment identification and floral crops. Students learn to identify equipment used in the retail floriculture industry and to categorize floral crops (flowers and foliage) used in floral design through a PowerPoint lecture, an introduction “shopping list” activity, and a reflection activity.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Identify equipment used in the retail floriculture industry.
- Categorize floral crops commonly used in floral design.
- Time required
- 90 minutes
- Materials
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- “Equipment Identification and Floral Crops” PowerPoint
- Resources
- 1. Floriculture CDE Handbook. 2. Norah T. Hunter (2013) The Art of Floral Design (3rd Edition) Clifton Park, NY: Delmar Cengage Learning.
- Previous Knowledge Recommended For This Lesson
- None
- Partnership for 21st Century Skills
- Implement Innovations; Information Literacy; Think Creatively; Work Creatively with Others
- Unit
- Unit 3: Floral Design
- Created
- 05/2017 by the National FFA Organization
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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.
AFNR Performance Element
- PS.04Apply principles of design in plant systems to enhance an environment (e.g., floral, forest, landscape and farm).
Common Career Technical Core
- AG-PL4Apply principles of design in plant systems to enhance an environment (e.g., floral, forest, landscape and farm).
Common Core – Math Practices
- CCSS.MP5Use appropriate tools strategically.
FFA Precept
- FFA.PG-JMental Growth: Embrace cognitive and intellectual development relative to reasoning, thinking and coping.
NASDCTEc
- AGPB01.04Exercise elements of design common to professionals in plant systems to enhance an environment for a variety of purposes (e.g., floral, forest, landscape, farm).