All resources in AgriScience

Pipeline AZ

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Explore Careers, Industries, and Education Programs in Arizona. Pipeline AZ is a cloud based workforce ecosystem helping people figure out who they are and what they can do.

Material Type: Interactive, Primary Source, Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: Pipeline AZ

Self-Study Guide for Career Readiness in Secondary Schools

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This self-study guide provides state and local education agencies and schools with a tool to assess the implementation of career readiness practices across a district or secondary school and to plan improvements. It is arranged by implementation areas that have been found to be important to career readiness efforts based on a review of the literature and discussions with stakeholders. Each area includes guiding questions for discussion, potential sources of evidence, and a rating scale for self-assessment of implementation. This process of ongoing discussion, evidence use, and self-assessment can help states, districts, and secondary schools improve the effectiveness of career readiness practices.

Material Type: Case Study, Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: AZCTECC .

AgriScience Curriculum Year 1, AgriScience Curriculum Overview, AgriScience Scope & Sequence and Task Analysis

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A Scope and Sequence document is a tool that provides a brief outline of the standards and recommended teaching order for a particular course. A Scope and Sequence document outlines for each year of the program three crucial learning criteria: the Technical and Professional Skill Standards to be taught in each unit, the suggested order for teaching the content and skills, and the number of units to be included in each grading cycle or quarter.The suggested Task Analysis refers to the suggested flow of each unit to ensure coherence and completeness. Its purpose is to give direction to designing curriculum.  It is aligned to both the Program Blueprint for Instruction & Assessment as well as the Instructional Framework and Scope and Sequence.

Material Type: Student Guide

Author: AZCTECC .

CTE Project Template

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This blank Project Template, along with the Project Components Guidelines, Project Rubric Template, Self & Peer Evaluation Rubric and Project Grouping & Grading Best Practices resources are designed to support the development and integration of projects within CTE courses.

Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: AZCTECC .

Start Strong - Beginning of the School Year, Start Strong Unit, Start Strong Beginning of School Year Career Opportunities

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In this lesson, students will:Describe the procedure for the Four Corners activity.Demonstrate the procedure for using personal electronic devices.Know and correctly pronounce the names of at least a dozen classmates.Explore career opportunities within our industry and create one presentation slide with those facts listed.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Author: AZCTECC .

Keep Calm and Compost On

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Our planet is precious. Connecting to our world and becoming aware of our surroundings and ways we can keep Earth beautiful can be empowering to students and adults alike! Our goal with this project is to encourage and empower students to reduce waste in our classrooms, our school, our community and beyond!

Material Type: Assessment, Lesson Plan, Teaching/Learning Strategy, Unit of Study

The Greenhouse Effect

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How do greenhouse gases affect the climate? Explore the atmosphere during the ice age and today. What happens when you add clouds? Change the greenhouse gas concentration and see how the temperature changes. Then compare to the effect of glass panes. Zoom in and see how light interacts with molecules. Do all atmospheric gases contribute to the greenhouse effect?

Material Type: Simulation

Authors: Carl Wieman, Danielle Harlow, John Blanco, Kathy Perkins, Kelly Lancaster, Robert Parson, Ron LeMaster, Trish Loeblein, Wendy Adams