Tyler Hewitt – Irrigation SAE
This FFA lesson plan, “Irrigation,” centers on a featured FFA member’s turfgrass management SAE focused on installing, maintaining, and repairing irrigation systems. Students learn about the responsibilities of irrigation technicians, examine water scarcity in agriculture, and create an infographic showing the relationship between water conservation and technology. The resource includes worksheets, an answer key, a careers extension activity, and an infographic rubric.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Explain the responsibilities of irrigation technicians.
- Examine the topic of water scarcity and agriculture.
- Create an infographic that shows the relationship between water conservation and technology.
- Time required
- 120 minutes
- Materials
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- A copy of the "Smart Irrigation" worksheet for each student
- A copy of the "Water Conservation Through Technology" worksheet for each student
- A copy of the "Infographic Rubric" for each student or group of students
- Internet access to play the video in real time or embed it in a PowerPoint ahead of time
- Internet and device access for students to conduct research
- Colored pens/pencils or technology access to create digital infographics
- Cross-Curricular Connections
- Science: Research the relationship between water conservation and technology. English/Language Arts: Create infographic outlining facts discovered during research
- Created
- 03/2019 by the National FFA Organization
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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.05Consider the environmental, social and economic impact of decisions.
- 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 Cluster Skills
- CS.06Analyze the interaction among AFNR systems in the production, processing and management of food, fiber and fuel and the sustainable use of natural resources.
AFNR Performance Element
- NRS.02Analyze the interrelationships between natural resources and humans.
Common Career Technical Core
- AG-NR2Analyze the interrelationships between natural resources and humans.
Common Core – Literacy in Science & Technical Subjects: Writing
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.9-10.7Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.9-10.8Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess the usefulness of each source in answering the research question; integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.9-10.9Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.9.10.4Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
Common Core – Reading: Informational Text
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.3Analyze how the author unfolds an analysis or series of ideas or events, including the order in which the points are made, how they are introduced and developed, and the connections that are drawn between them.
Common Core – Science & Technical Subjects
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.9-10.1Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts, attending to the precise details of explanations or descriptions.
- 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.9-10.5Analyze the structure of the relationships among concepts in a text, including relationships among key terms (e.g., force, friction, reaction force, energy).
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.9-10.8Assess the extent to which the reasoning and evidence in a text support the author's claim or a recommendation for solving a scientific or technical problem.
FFA Precept
Green/Sustainability Knowledge and Skill Statements
- AFNR Career Cluster, Statement 7Demonstrate an understanding of green and sustainability trends that are impacting processes and markets in AFNR.
NASDCTEc
- AGPE01.03Apply scientific principle and processes when planning and conducting natural resource management activities to determine the need, feasibility and application of logical, reasoned solutions to natural resource system problems and issues.
Next Generation Science
- HS-ESS3-1Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, and changes in climate have influenced human activity.