Climate Smart Agriculture
A quick FFA lesson plan in which students watch the video “Climate-Smart Agriculture: Helping the World Produce More Food” and complete an accompanying worksheet to explore how climate change impacts global agriculture and what practices make farming more sustainable. It works as a supplemental lesson for plant science/agronomy or introductory agriculture courses and as a primer for FFA CDEs, with follow-up research activities on country-specific climate impacts and the World Bank’s role.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Understand how changes in climate can effect agriculture globally.
- Identify best practices that help farmers improve conditions and become more sustainable.
- Use what they learn to develop a plan to integrate climate smart agriculture.
- Time required
- 60 minutes
- Materials
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- A copy of the "Climate Smart Agriculture" worksheet for each student.
- Internet access to play the video in real time or embed it in a PowerPoint ahead of time.
- Resources
- FFA.org; Video: Climate-Smart Agriculture: Helping the World Produce More Food https://youtu.be/i0V2xzEw44Y
- This Quick Lesson Plan Would Work Well As
- 1. Supplemental lesson for a plant science or agronomy course; 2. Introduction to agriculture course; 3. Primer for FFA CDEs
- Partnership for 21st Century Skills
- Global Awareness; Communication; Critical Thinking and Problem Solving; Information, Communications, and Technology Literacy
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Aligned Standards
AFNR Career Ready Practices
- CRP.02Apply appropriate academic and technical skills. Career-ready individuals readily access and use the knowledge and skills acquired through experience and education to be more productive.
- 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 Cluster Skills
- CS.02Evaluate the nature and scope of the Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources Career Cluster and the role of agriculture, food and natural resources (AFNR) in society and the economy.
- CS.04Demonstrate stewardship of natural resources in AFNR activities.
- CS.06Analyze the interaction among AFNR systems in the production, processing and management of food, fiber and fuel and the sustainable use of natural resources.
AFNR Performance Element
- CS.01Analyze how issues, trends, technologies and public policies impact systems in the agriculture, food & natural resources career cluster.
Common Career Technical Core
- AG1Analyze how issues, trends, technologies and public policies impact systems in the Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources Career Cluster.
Common Core – Math Practices
FFA Precept
- FFA.PG-JMental Growth: Embrace cognitive and intellectual development relative to reasoning, thinking and coping.
NASDCTEc
- AGC10.04Envision emerging technology and globalization and project its influence on widespread markets to demonstrate an understanding of technologies and trends that will impact the AFNR industry.