Agriculture & Natural Resources

Course: 0650 Grade: 11-12
Agricultural businesses were the original start-up companies, and any successful business comes down to economic decision-making. In this hands-on class, you'll learn how to anticipate market trends, secure resources, and make rational, data-based decisions through market simulations and interactive group collaboration. We'll also touch on supply and demand, price-setting, the globalization of trade, public policy, commodity markets and food safety, and how they impact everyday business. You'll walk out of this class confident about making healthy day-to-day economic decisions while saving and investing for the future. If you're an FFA member, you'll get added leadership and career development training, too. *This course meets the required economics credit for graduation.

Course:
Grades: 9-12

Culinary Science will focus on food, food selection, health and food safety. We will discuss dietary needs across one’s lifespan, the processing, storage, preparation, and consumption of food for the consumer. You will learn how to read a food label and make wise food choices. We will learn culinary techniques and how to safely handle food. You will also have the opportunity to earn the ServSafe Certification.

Course: 0550
Grades: 10-12

Apply scientific concepts and procedures through a variety of laboratory activities and experiments focused on food and nutrition. Understand how the physical and chemical properties of food products are related to elements, chemical bonds, and molecular structures. Evaluate the chemical reactions that occur in processing and storage of food products and analyze the factors affecting the rate of reactions.  Explore the relationships between energy, molecules, and states of matter in the development and improvement of food products and packaging. **This course meets the state chemistry standards and the graduation requirement for Chemistry.

Course:
Grades: 9-12

In this course you will develop the knowledge and skills needed to produce and manufacture food products for the consumer market. This course focuses on food products while covering a variety of topics, such as quality selection and preservation, equipment care and sanitation, government regulations, marketing, consumer and cultural trends, and product research and development.

Course: 0306 Grade: 9-12 Dogs and hamsters and parrots - oh my! Learn how to take care of your favorite pets, from their nutrition and safety, to training and setting the up for long-term health. The course will focus on dogs, cats, rabbits, birds, reptiles, guinea pigs, rodents, and fish - with lots of hands-on and problem-solving - so it's great for any pet owner or aspiring animal-related professional. You'll also participate in a Supervised Agricultural Experience Program (AKA a hands-on, out-of-class experience) in this course. If you're an FFA member, you'll get added leadership and career development training, too.

Course: 0001 Grade: 9-12
Are you a captain on your sports team? Dreaming of owning or leading a business someday? Do you wish you could convince everyone to take an Ag. course, because you just can't get enough? Even if leading comes naturally to you, you won't get far without effective communication, team building, citizenship and organizational skills. So take some time to discover how you're wired and how your unique skills will help those around you thrive. You"ll learn how to communicate effectively and persuasively through public speaking opportunities, serve in the community, help educate your peers about issues and options in agriculture, and coordinate events that will impact your school for the better. You'll also participate in a required Supervised Agricultural Experience Program (AKA a hands-on, out-of-class experience) in this course. If you're an FFA member, you'll get added leadership and career development training, too. Students do not need to follow this course with Youth Leadership B.

Course: 0004 Grade: 9-12 Students do NOT need to complete Youth Leadership A to take this course Do you want to make your community a better place?  In this class, you'll learn to see your community - your school, your neighborhood, your family, your church, your lunch table - as a learning laboratory. You'll take an honest look at your community, describe the needs you see, and then go to work putting together a plan for addressing those needs. You'll get to take part in the Agricultural Education Open House, community landscaping projects, banquet planning, National Chapter Award, and Agriculture in the Classroom activities. In short, you'll have practical opportunities to become an invested, informed student leader within the agricultural department. You'll also participate in a required Supervised Agricultural Experience Program (AKA a hands-on, out-of-class experience) in this course. If you're an FFA member, you'll get added leadership and career development training, too.