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Jeremiah Hager – Agricultural Mechanics


Lesson Plans & Curriculum
90 minutes

This FFA lesson plan on Agricultural Mechanics centers on FFA member Jeremiah Hager’s supervised agricultural experience (SAE) working on tractors, trucks, trailers and other equipment. Through a video, worksheets, and an optional career-research activity, students learn to identify and explain the parts and operation of a diesel engine and explore careers in agricultural mechanics.

At a glance

Learning objectives
  • Label the most important parts of a diesel engine.
  • Describe the function of the main parts of a diesel engine.
  • Explain how a diesel engine works.
Time required
90 minutes
Materials
  • A copy of the "Tractors, Trailers and Trucks … Oh My!" worksheet for each student
  • A copy of the "Engine Breakdown" worksheet for each student
  • Internet access to play the video in real time or embed it in a PowerPoint ahead of time
Cross-Curricular Connections
Engineering: Describe the function of the main parts of a diesel engine. Explain how a diesel engine works.
Resources/References
Video: "Agricultural Mechanics SAE | Jeremiah Hager," https://vimeo.com/377379103; Glossary: "Definition of Terms — Diesel Engines," https://www.swtc.edu/Ag_Power/diesel_engines/terms.htm; Image: "Diagram of Diesel Engine," https://engineeringworkshop.blogspot.com/2009/09/label-diagram-of-dieselengine.html; Website: "Diesel Engine," https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_engine

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Agricultural Mechanics in SAE

Jeremiah Hager, a recent McMan Central High School graduate, shares his journey in agricultural mechanics. Growing up in an agricultural family, he gained hands-on experience with tractors and trucks. He highlights the significance of skills like welding and fabricating, which he honed over the years. Support from family, friends, and mentors has been vital in providing him with the knowledge and tools needed for his success.

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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.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.

AFNR Performance Element

  • PST.04Plan, build and maintain AFNR structures.

Common Career Technical Core

  • AG-PST4Plan, build and maintain AFNR structures.

Common Core – Reading: Informational Text

  • CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.1Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

Common Core – Science & Technical Subjects

  • CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.9-10.2Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; trace the text's explanation or depiction of a complex process, phenomenon, or concept; provide an accurate summary of the text.
  • 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.
  • CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.9-10.9Compare and contrast findings presented in a text to those from other sources (including their own experiments), noting when the findings support or contradict previous explanations or accounts.

Common Core – Speaking and Listening

  • CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.1Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 9-10 topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
  • 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.PG-J.Mental GrowthEmbrace cognitive and intellectual development relative to reasoning, thinking and coping.
  • FFA.PL-A.ActionAssume responsibility and take the necessary steps to achieve the desired results, no matter what the goal or task at hand.

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