AGRICULTURE BIOLOGY

COURSE DESCRIPTION Agri/Bio

I. Intro Course
A. Much of work - online
1. Attendance
a. Both online
(1) each student should log-in and contribute
(2) at lease 5 times a week.
b. and in classroom
B. Weight of assignments
1. Assignments= 35
a. Assignments on Soft-Chalk
b. Group Projects
(1) presentations
(2) essays
c. Individual Assignments
2. Lab= 35
a. SOEP=
(1) Supervised Occupational Experience Program
(2) student to have a project
i.e. steer, heifer, pig, sheep, chickens, mowing lawns,
agriculture related volunteer and/or paid work, etc.
(3) FFA record book
Students keep record of project online
3. Forums= 20
4. Periodicals (RSS) = 10
a. Extra Credit of ten points a month
(1) additional Periodical
(2) must be non-video.
C. COURSE DESCRIPTION
1. one-year, laboratory science course
2. designed for the college bound student with career
interests in agriculture
3. topics:
a. the molecular and cellular aspects of life
b. the chemical and structural basis of life, energetics
of life
c. growth and reproduction in plants and animals
d. evolution of modern plants and domestic livestock
species, plant and animal genetics
e. taxonomy of modern agricultural plants and
animals
f. animal behavior
g. ecological relationships among plants, animals,
humans and the environment,
 h. nutrition in animals, health and diseases in
animals
i. similarities between animals and humans

GRADING SCALE
90-100% = A
80-89% = B
70-79% = C
60-69% = D
Below 60 = F

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