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Seedlings

Agriculture

Holly Heckendorf

Standard

Standard: CS.01: Analyze how issues,trends, technologies, and public policies impact the systems in agriculture, food and natural resources. 

Big Ideas/Possible Misconceptions

  • Big Ideas/Learning Targets:

    • FORESTRY/ wildlife management

      • Controlled burns, endangered wildlife in CO, wildfires, Introduction of predators

    • WATER CONSERVATION

      • drought-resistant crop creation, how much water we use, water right laws, where CO water comes fro

    • FARMING/ Ranching impacts

      • Slash and burn agriculture, dust bowl, modern-day farming technologies, research on animal pollution, pestisides,

  • Possible Misconceptions: You Ever Plow A Field?

Formative Assessments

The first formative assessment would be research summaries at the end of each class period.

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The second formative assessment would be a reflective assignment in which students reflect on their prior knowledge of the topic as well as how the topic has changed their live over time.

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