Nathan Laurenz – Beekeeping SAE Lesson Plan
This National FFA quick lesson plan uses a video about an FFA member’s beekeeping SAE to help students explore how supervised agricultural experience (SAE) programs can address agricultural needs. Students research bees and their importance, then design their own SAE plan to make a difference in agriculture.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Create an inventory of resources and connections to develop a supervised agricultural experience (SAE) program.
- Plan opportunities for SAEs.
- Understand the importance of bees in our world.
- Time required
- 30 minutes
- Materials
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- A copy of the "How Can Your Chapter Help?" worksheet for each student
- Internet access to play the video in real time or embed it in a PowerPoint ahead of time
- FFA.org
- Video: "Nathan Laurenz-SAE-Beekeeping," https://vimeo.com/190777162
- This Quick Lesson Plan Would Work Well As
- 1. Part of an SAE lesson/unit. 2. A lesson on career preparation.
- Partnership for 21st Century Skills
- Communication; Initiative and Self-direction; Leadership and Responsibility
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Aligned Standards
AFNR Career Ready Practices
- 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.10Plan education and career path aligned to personal goals. Career-ready individuals take personal ownership of their own educational and career goals, and they regularly act on a plan to attain these goals.
AFNR Cluster Skills
- CS.05Describe career opportunities and means to achieve those opportunities in each of the Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources career pathways.
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.9-10.2Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) evaluating the credibility and accuracy of each source.
Common Core – Writing
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.2Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
FFA Precept
- FFA-CS-M.CommunicationEffectively interact with others in personal and professional settings.
- FFA.PL-A.ActionAssume responsibility and take the necessary steps to achieve the desired results, no matter what the goal or task at hand.