General Horticulture & Plant Science
Teacher: Mr. Townson
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Period: 6th
Course Length: Year Long
Course Description:
Provides methods to produce, process and market plants, shrubs and trees used principally for ornamental, recreational, and aesthetic purposes and to establish, maintain, and manage, horticultural enterprises. Classroom and laboratory activities are supplemented through supervised agricultural experiences and leadership programs and activities.
Students will have the chance to make up work with a slight deduction for late work, during the 9 weeks grading term that the work is assigned. After the nine weeks is over no work from that term will be accepted. Students need to be prepared for supplemental laboratory work which will entail work outside and in a greenhouse. There is a possibility for getting dirty so students need to be prepared. Items such as aprons as well as safety glasses will be provided when they are needed. The excuse “I don’t want to get dirty” will not suffice to keep from working.
SAE (Supervised Agricultural Experience):
A SAE program is the actual, hands-on application of concepts and principles learned in the agricultural education classroom. Students are supervised by agricultural education teachers in cooperation with parents, employers and other adults who assist them in the development and achievement of their educational and career goals. Students may use any job that they have, paid or unpaid, that relates, in any way, to Agriculture. They may also have a project at school that is their responsibility. The final SAE grade will be based on a one page report single space typed, two pages double spaced, two pages handwritten, as well as a ten slide PowerPoint presentation or a Poster created by the students that shows captioned photos of the project and at least one with the student working, as well as a record book. Record books for logging hours will be provided. Students are required to have 30 hours of work for a semester class and 45 hours for a year long class. If students SAE is exceptional they have the option of applying for a Proficiency Award through the FFA. This award is based on the students SAE and has the opportunity to reach the national level with prizes awarded such as money and college scholarships.
FFA:
FFA is a dynamic youth organization within agricultural education that changes lives and prepares students for premier leadership, personal growth and career success. Although FFA was created in 1928 as Future Farmers of America, the name was changed in 1988 to the National FFA Organization to represent the growing diversity of agriculture. Today, almost half a million student members are engaged in a wide range of agricultural education activities, leading to over 300 career opportunities in the food, fiber and natural resources industry. Student success remains the primary mission of FFA. Dues are $15.
Class Schedule
1. Exploring the Horticulture Field
2. Plant Taxonomy
3. Parts of the Plant
4. Environmental Requirements for Good Growth
5. Growth Stimulants and Hormones
6. Seeds
7. Soft and Semi-softwood cuttings and micro propagation
8. Hardwood Cuttings
9. Separation and Division
10. Grafting
11. Budding
12. Layering
13. Poinsettias
14. Chrysanthemums
15. IPM: Integrated Pest Management
16. Safe Use of Pesticides
17. Insecticides
18. Fungicides
19. Herbicides
20. Wreaths and Door Swags
21. Creating Holiday Centerpieces
22. Floral Designs
23. Terrariums
24. Interior Landscape
25. Shrubs and Trees
26. Annuals
27. Perennials, Ornamental Grasses, Vines
28. Narrowleaf Evergreens
29. Broadleaf Evergreens
30. Deciduous Trees
31. Deciduous Shrubs
32. Ground Covers
33. Bulbs
34. Pruning
35. Principles of Landscaping
36. Establishing the Lawn
37. Maintaining the Lawn
38. Planning/Preparing the Garden Site
39. Planting and Caring for the Vegetable Garden
40. Favorite Garden Vegetables
41. Strawberries and Various Berry Fruits
Times of Material(s) covered in class is subject to change
Plan for Student Mastery
Mastery is the minimal level, or baseline, a student must achieve on an assessment to have successfully met the standard, which is 70%. When students fail to achieve mastery, teachers will do the following to provide students with the opportunity to do so:
· Students must have attempted the assessment; the teacher determines whether or not an attempt was made
· For each incorrect question/section on an assessment, the student must explain why he or she got the question/section wrong. Only honest answers will be accepted; “I don’t know” is NOT an acceptable answer.
· The teacher and student will review the answers, and based on this conversation, the teacher will assign more practice in the weak areas. A copy of the student’s answer explanations will be kept by the teacher as documentation.
· After the student completes the additional practice, the teacher will contact the parents indicating that their student is ready to be reassessed.
· Within TWO WEEKS, the teacher will only reassess the student over those portions of the assessment they failed to master. The reassessment may not be the original assessment, but it will be of similar rigor as the original as determined by the teacher.
· After the student is reassessed, the MAXIMUM score a student may earn is a 70% even if the reassessment score is higher.
· This plan is for summative assessments; however, teachers may not accept or ask the student to redo formative assessments that do not meet the assessment’s criteria.
Intercession
· Students who are earning between a 60 and a 69 will be invited to attend.
· The teacher will teach students the standards they are failing to master and offer them an assessment over those standards.
· If the teacher feels they have mastered the standard, the student will receive a MAXIMUM grade of 70 for the course.
· Merely attending intercession does not guarantee a student will receive a 70 in the course.