Floral Shop SAE
“Floral Fun” is a National FFA lesson plan that introduces students to a floral shop supervised agricultural experience (SAE) and the floriculture career development event (CDE). Through a video, worksheet activities, sample CDE questions, plant identification, and math-based pricing scenarios, students explore floral shop work and practice real-world skills to spark interest in unique FFA opportunities.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Discover what it is like to work in a floral shop.
- Develop a basic understanding of the floriculture career development event (CDE).
- Utilize mathematics skills in real-world settings.
- Time required
- 60-90 minutes (*Time requirements may vary based upon student understanding and class schedule.)
- Grade level
- Grades 9 and 10
- Materials
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- A copy of the "Floral Shop Flow" worksheet for each student
- Internet access to play the video in real time or embed it in a PowerPoint ahead of time
- Calculator
- Vocabulary
- Cut flowers; Fresh flowers; Florists; Floral design; Commercial grower; Retail florists; Floral preservative; Conditioning; Transpiration; Vase life; Processing; Bent neck; Ethylene
- Resources/References
- Video: "Floral Shop SAE," https://vimeo.com/165364620; Website: National FFA Floriculture CDE, FFA.org/participate/cdes/floriculture/
- Cross-Curricular Connections
- Mathematics: Students will calculate costs and supplies needed in floriculture. Students will calculate taxes into the final costs of goods and services.
- Virtual Instruction Ideas
- This lesson can be used in a virtual setting by providing students with digital copies of worksheets and website addresses to complete the activities.
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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.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.06Demonstrate creativity and innovation.
- CRP.07Employ valid and reliable research strategies. Career-ready individuals are discerning in accepting and using new information to make decisions, change practices or inform strategies.
- 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.
- CRP.11Use technology to enhance productivity. Career-ready individuals find and maximize the productive value of existing and new technology to accomplish workplace tasks and solve workplace problems.
AFNR Performance Element
- PS.02Apply principles of classification, plant anatomy and plant physiology to plant production and management.
Common Career Technical Core
- AG-PL2Apply the principles of classification, plant anatomy and plant physiology to plant production and management.
Common Core – Math (Specific)
- CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSN.Q.A.2Define appropriate quantities for the purpose of descriptive modeling.
- CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSN.Q.A.3Choose a level of accuracy appropriate to limitations on measurement when reporting quantities.
Common Core – Math Practices
- CCSS.Math.Practice.MP1Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
- CCSS.MATH.PRACTICE.MP3Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
- CCSS.MATH.PRACTICE.MP5Use appropriate tools strategically.
- CCSS.MATH.PRACTICE.MP6Attend to precision.
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.
Common Core – Speaking and Listening
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.4Present information, findings, and supporting evidence clearly, concisely, and logically such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, substance, and style are appropriate to purpose, audience, and task.
FFA Precept
- FFA.CS-MCommunication: Effectively interact with others in personal and professional settings.
- 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
- AGPB01.02Examine and explain basic plant anatomy and physiology using taxonomic and other classifications to build a working understanding of functional differences among plant structures.