Learning the Creed How do you have your students learn the FFA Creed? 
Horse Information Community and Site I received this information in an email and thought I would post it on here too! "A new site has launched recently providing a network for information for folks interested in horses and training and showing. The... 
Greenhouses in summer What do you to with your greenhouse during the summer months? Popular Greenhouse Plants What is your favorite or most popular plant crop for your school greenhouse? Greenhouse structure model activity When discussing different types of greenhouse structures, I have my students build a small model of each type (A-frame, uneven span, even span, connected) using spaghetti and marshmallows. Its cheap, not too messy an... Determining Slope For our soils unit, we spend a day outside determine slope of a site. This is a very rudimentary activity, but it is outside and uses math. I bought a pack of surveyor's flags and wrote on them the distance between ... Modern Marvels on hulu.com Hulu.com is a website that you can watch some tv shows for free (with minimal advertising). Today I realized that it has Modern Marvels too! http://www.hulu.com/modern-marvels You can watch whole shows or just spec... Whiteboard animals My school is big into using the white bathroom board for cheap dry-erase boards or signs. Since my shop is the dumping place for all school projects, I had a bunch of the scraps stuck in the trashcan. I took them ou... Damaged Greenhouse Back in June, we had severe weather nearly every other day! Well, maybe not that much, but we did have a lot of storms, several of which left their mark. In Oregon, MO we got hit hard with hail during one of these s... Campbell's tomato seeds After reading the post: http://naae.ca.uky.edu:8080/clearspace_community/message/3038#3038 I am wondering how everyone else is using their tomato seeds received from Campbell's? We planted them in peat pots and a... Landscape Design Project I have decided to try out the new "project" option in Communities of Practice. If you go to the Horticulture and Greenhouse Community, you may help with our project. If you do a landscape design project in your clas... Greenhouse Responsibilities chart Sample chart to organize tasks in the greenhouse, this will give each student a job for the day. Economics class resource I found this resource when trying to find some activities that would add life to my Ag Econ class. I have used many of the games or activites and wanted to share it. Enjoy! http://www.econoclass.com/index.html Student Response Systems A new gadget for the classroom is a student response system, or "clickers". What brands are most popular? How do you use them in your classroom? What are some of the pitfalls you have found in using them (possib... Marketing poinsettias I am about through with selling my class-grown poinsettias! Here is how we sell them at my school: Set up a table at a basketball game to sell them - make sure they don't put them in the car until after the game if i... Room Organization ideas I am looking for good organization ideas for my classroom. I enjoy visiting other schools to see what their classrooms look like and hopefully to get a good idea on organizing/decorating my own room. Ag teachers ... Grass Guy activity This is a fun activity for younger ages (JH). The final project sort of looks like a chia pet once completed and growing. I stole this idea from the Agtivity book. Adult Ag programs I am wanting to start an Adult agriculture program at my school. I have asked around locally to see what they do, but would like to know what Adult Ag Ed looks like in other parts of the nation. Please let me know, ... Spring Plant Sales What are some plants you take cuttings from for your greenhouse plant sale? What are some plants you have had success with starting from seed? ANy ideas for greenhouse plant sales in the Spring? I have had s... Design a Greenhouse Business Activity for students to demonstrate understanding of greenhouses and facility management.