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Tiffany Heishman – Goats SAE (Lesson Plan)


Lesson Plans & Curriculum
30 minutes

“SAEs: Check It Out!” is a quick FFA lesson plan that introduces students to supervised agricultural experience (SAE) projects through a video about Tiffany Heishman’s goat SAE. Students complete a worksheet while watching, inventory their own resources and connections that could lead to an SAE, and optionally develop a planning timeline for an SAE project.

At a glance

Learning objectives
  • Create an inventory of resources and connections to develop an supervised agricultural experience (SAE) project.
  • Plan a timeline for SAE development, implementation and evaluation.
Time required
30 minutes
Materials
  • A copy of the "Goats SAE with Tiffany" 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: "Tiffany Heishman – SAE – Goats," https://vimeo.com/161986994
This Quick Lesson Plan Would Work Well As
Part of an SAE lesson/unit.

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Goats SAE

Tiffany Heishman, a 10th grader from Strassburg High School, shares her Supervised Agricultural Experience project focused on breeding goats. She takes care of the goats by providing resources like clipping and vaccinations. Tiffany enjoys selling the goats to children for fairs and highlights the skills she gains, such as responsibility and time management. She encourages other students to participate in SAE projects for personal growth.

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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.

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.

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.

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