Jordan and Amari – Composting Research SAE
This FFA lesson plan, “Composting Research,” uses a video about Jordan and Amari’s research-based supervised agricultural experience (SAE) studying barriers to urban composting to introduce students to research SAEs. Through the “Asking Questions” and “Research It!” worksheets, students learn to create survey questions, explore research topics on the USDA Agricultural Research Service website, and formulate questions they can answer through research.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Create survey questions to determine what community members know about composting.
- Identify research topics that interest them.
- Formulate questions they can solve through research.
- Time required
- 120 minutes
- Materials
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- A copy of the "Asking Questions" worksheet for each student
- A copy of the "Research It!" worksheet for each student
- Internet access to play the video in real time or embed it in a PowerPoint ahead of time
- Technology access for students to explore research topics
- Cross-Curricular Connections
- Science: Brainstorm research questions and methods to answer those questions. English/Language Arts: Peruse information from multiple places to identify research topics of interest.
- Resources/References
- Video: "Research-Composting SAE | Jordan Butler and Amari Manago," https://vimeo.com/349686476; Website: USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS), https://www.ars.usda.gov/; PDF: Research Independent Learning Guide — Student Edition
Downloads & Links
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
- 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 – Reading: Informational Text
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.4Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language of a court opinion differs from that of a newspaper).
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.8Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is valid and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; identify false statements and fallacious reasoning.
Common Core – Science & Technical Subjects
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.9-10.7Translate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text into visual form (e.g., a table or chart) and translate information expressed visually or mathematically (e.g., in an equation) into words.
- 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.
FFA Precept
- 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.
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.