REACCH Secondary Agronomy & Climate Science Curriculum
Document Type
Other
Publication Date
1-1-2016
Keywords
agriculture, science, education, secondary
Description
Units in the curriculum provide material for introducing Science and Agriculture students in Grades 9-12 to agriculture, climate change, related issues such as soils, water, carbon, and nitrogen cycling, and STEM careers.
Recommended Citation
White, P. Troy; Wolf, Kattlyn; Johnson-Maynard, Jodi; Eigenbrode, Sanford; and Velez, Johnathan, "REACCH Secondary Agronomy & Climate Science Curriculum" (2016). STEM & Agricultural Education Curriculum Resources. 4.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/tll_cr/4
Comments
Each unit includes a PowerPoint for guiding classroom discussion, lab activities, and a series of readings.
- Each PowerPoint includes hidden slides with embedded Microsoft Word Documents. These documents provide the additional resources needed to deliver the unit. Lab activities are embedded on the last slide.
- Teacher notes are included on most slides to help guide classroom discussion.
- Readings associated with each unit are in a separate zipped PDF file. A variety of readings are included so teachers can select those most appropriate for their classrooms.
A standards document is provided with Next Generation Science Standards, Common Core State Standards for Math and ELA, and Agriculture, Food, & Natural Resources Standards. Teachers can decide to what level they want to augment the provided instruction in relation to these standards.