Chapter Activity That Is a Trick and a Treat

Chapter Activity That Is a Trick and a Treat

November 07, 2019

What looks like regular ground beef labeled as roadkill, including meat trays from the local grocery store and plastic rap, is actually rice crispy treats shaped like hamburger patties with some red food coloring to make them all too real.

 

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Design Your Own Desktop Greenhouse Activity

Design Your Own Desktop Greenhouse Activity

November 06, 2019

Teachers are always look for another way to reinforce principles covered in class. To understand how a greenhouse works, students must understand the critical factors that go into play to make a greenhouse function. The problem is that this topic is super boring to learn.

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How to Get the Most Out of Your CDE Practices

How to Get the Most Out of Your CDE Practices

November 06, 2019

Do you want to master one CDE and go for the trip to Indy? Or do you just make sure your kids have a positive experience at the contest and come out eager for more? Either way, the process is the same.

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Mini Jacket Chapter Activity for Recruiting

Mini Jacket Chapter Activity for Recruiting

October 18, 2019

For teachers who always need another idea for their students here's a quick post on simple recruiting tool for your officers or an activity for your students.

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Land Judging Activity for Topsoil Evaluation

Land Judging Activity for Topsoil Evaluation

October 10, 2019

Advisors are always looking for different ways to help students understand land judging and soil science. This example demonstrates the variability of types of topsoil where students can see first hand how each can differ from the others.

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Meat Preparation Activity for Agriculture Students

Meat Preparation Activity for Agriculture Students

October 10, 2019

What you teach in the classroom has a much greater impact on your students when they have a chance to put it into practice with not only an hands-on lab. Take the time to introduce your students to the world of cooking meat and you'll have them hooked for life.

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Apple Related Labs for Food Science

Apple Related Labs for Food Science

October 10, 2019

Whether you have extra after your fruit sale or you are in apple country, having extra apples provides a great opportunity to teach food science skills for high school students.

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Managing Student Behavior: Where's Your High Water Mark?

September 26, 2019

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Not All Gifts are For the Officers

Not All Gifts are For the Officers

May 03, 2019

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Unique Plant Display for Spring Plant Sale

Unique Plant Display for Spring Plant Sale

May 02, 2019

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Meats Judging Activity and Bulletin Board

Meats Judging Activity and Bulletin Board

May 01, 2019

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Greenhouse Plant Babysitting and 9 Ways to Say No by Saying Yes

Greenhouse Plant Babysitting and 9 Ways to Say No by Saying Yes

August 01, 2018

Sometimes, when the right person comes along and they are connected well enough, you can not in your right mind refuse to babysit their little darling plant. So arm yourself with these helpful hints to convince them to say No for you.

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