Lesson Plan: Week 7- September 27th- October 1st

Lesson title: Introduction to Greenhouse Management, continued
Objectives:
– Topics include types and construction features of greenhouses, environmental factors (i.e., light, temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide), irrigation and fertilization, safety and maintenance and other management concerns.
TEKS: §130.3.B.i

Instructional Strategies Used: Google Classroom, PowerPoints and Hands on Activities

Lesson Plan: Week 6- September 20th-24th

Lesson title: Introduction to Greenhouse Management
Objectives:
– Topics include types and construction features of greenhouses, environmental factors (i.e., light, temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide), irrigation and fertilization, safety and maintenance and other management concerns.
TEKS: §130.3.B.i

Instructional Strategies Used: Google Classroom, PowerPoints and Hands on Activities

Lesson Plan: Week 5- September 13th-17th

Lesson title: Container Grown Plants
Objectives:
Learn the steps involved in producing container plants at a large wholesale nursery. First, observe the nursery support facilities, such as administration, marketing and the growing areas. Then, viewers briefly watch plant production procedures including: propagation (seed, cuttings, grafting, tissue culture), misting and indoor/outdoor growing areas, transferring to pots, hardening off, pest control, pruning and preparing for sale.
Instructional Strategies Used: Google Classroom. iCEV presentation and Hands-on Activities in greenhouse.

Lesson Plan: Week 4- September 7th- September 10th

Propagation Part 2 -prepare to transplant plugs in greenhouse

Goal: To learn how plant propagation is an important part of successful gardening and commercial horticulture.

Description: Watch plant specialists demonstrate the four popular methods of propagation- seed, vegetative parts (i.e., bulb, corm, tuber, root), division and micropropagation. Advantages of each type of propagation, use of and composition of growing media, environmental concerns and specific plant parts used in propagation are explained. Watch the methods performed on various types of plants.

Objectives: 1. To learn seed methods of plant propagation.

2. To learn division methods of plant propagation.

3. To learn specialized part methods of plant propagation.

4. To learn micropropagation methods of plant propagation.

TEKs 130.3.C.i; 3.C.ii; 4.C.i; 4.D.i

Instructional Strategies Used: Google Classroom. PowerPoints and Hands on Activities

Lesson Plan: Week 1- August 16th-20th

Lesson title: Welcome to Horticulture
Objectives:
– Students will install cool cells in greenhouse.
– Students will organize seeds.
– Students will review greenhouse safety.
– We will analyze the class syllabus and expectations of the course.
– We will explore the in and outs of the greenhouse.
– We will discover the opportunities for students in extracurricular FFA Organization
TEKS: §130.20 (b) (c)
Instructional Strategies Used: Google Classroom. PowerPoints and Hands on Activities

Lesson Plan: Welcome Back- August 12th-13th

Lesson title: Who are You? Who am I? Welcome to Ag!
Objectives:
– Students will be engaged as a class and develop a relationship with our class.
– Students will connect and engaged on their online platform that will be utilized all year.
– Students will collaborate in team building activities.
– We will analyze the expectations of the course.

Instructional Strategies Used: Google Classroom and Hands on Activities

I am so excited to the 2021 school year to get kicked off on August 12th and to meet each and everyone of you in my classes this year!

Important: Greenhouse lab participation is required.