Kaylie Wilson – Market Swine SAE
This National FFA lesson plan, “Market Swine SAE,” uses the story of student Kaylie Wilson’s market swine SAE to teach students about the benefits, challenges, tools, and resources of raising swine for show and food. Through two worksheets, students explore swine production and compare the careers of veterinary nursing and registered nursing, connecting animal care experience to future career paths.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Identify the benefits and challenges of raising swine.
- Explore the tools and resources needed to raise swine.
- Investigate a vet nursing career and a registered nurse (RN) to identify the similarities and differences.
- Time required
- 60 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 "Patience for Pork" worksheet for each student
- A copy of the "Vet Nursing vs. Registered Nurse" worksheet for each student
- Technology access for students to use AgExplorer and other career websites
- Description of Lesson
- Learn to step out of your comfort zone and start a new SAE raising market swine for show and food purposes. Kaylie's SAE has taught her how to care for other living creatures and will help her with her future career as a nurse.
- Vocabulary
- Comfort zone; Personality
- Cross-Curricular Connections
- English/Language Arts: Complete a Venn diagram to compare and contrast raising swine. Compare two similar careers.
- Resources/References
- Video: "Market Swine – Kaylie Wilson," https://vimeo.com/225152274; Video: "Becoming a Veterinary Nurse," https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1zl5KyFHqw; Website: "Registered Nurse," https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/registered-nurses.htm; Website: "Purdue University Vet Nursing Program," https://vet.purdue.edu/nursing/
- Related Resources
- National FFA Livestock Evaluation CDE; National FFA Meat Evaluation CDE
- Partnership for 21st Century Skills
- Communication; Critical Thinking and Problem Solving; Flexibility and Adaptability; Initiative and Self-direction; Leadership
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.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.
AFNR Performance Element
- CS.05.Describe career opportunities and means to achieve those opportunities in each of the Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources career pathways.
Common Career Technical Core
- AG5Describe career opportunities and means to achieve those opportunities in each of the Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources Career Pathways.
Common Core – Literacy in Science & Technical Subjects: Writing
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.9-10.6Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology's capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibly and dynamically.
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).
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.
FFA Precept
- FFA.CS-PTechnical/Function Skills in Agriculture: Obtain knowledge and skills needed for a career in agriculture and related industries.
- FFA.PG-IProfessional Growth: Assume responsibility for attaining and improving upon the skills needed for career success.
- FFA.PL-CVision: Visualize the future and how to get there.
- FFA.PL-EAwareness: Understand personal vision, mission and goals.
NASDCTEc
- AGC08.01Demonstrate workplace ethics specific to AFNR occupations in order to reflect effective stewardship of resources.
- AGC09.02Select, research and examine critical aspects of career opportunities in one or more AFNR career pathways in order to gain an understanding of the breadth of occupations within this cluster.