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Crop Science PAC Objectives Activity 1 1-1. Test your pre-existing knowledge of the course material. 1-2. Recognize how little money, comparatively, Americans spend on food. 1-3. Define agriscience and identify the percentage of jobs related to production agriculture. 1-4. Identify examples of renewable natural resources. 1-5. Identify for how many people today’s farmers produce food. 1-6. Explore the career of agricultural and food science technicians. 1-7. Analyze how agriscience impacts your everyday life and how it helps you and your community. Activity 2 2-1. Identify the major field crops in the United States. 2-2 Design a Field Crop trivia game. 2-3. Assess which category of crop (grain, oilseed, and specialty) you would prefer to grow and why. Activity 3 3-1. Explore the changes which occur between harvesting a crop and processing the same crop. 3-2. Identify various types of flour. 3-3. Discover various ways to prepare rice for eating. 3-4. Investigate the factors to be considered when selecting a crop to grow in a particular area. 3-5. Explore the career of plant scientists. 3-6. Compare and contrast white and whole wheat flours as it relates to health and taste. Activity 4 4-1. Recognize the differences in seedbed preparation for field crops. 4-2. Differentiate between the three types of seed planters. 4-3. Explore the career of farm equipment mechanics. 4-4. Analyze your interest in agriculture without machines to help lessen the amount of hard, physical labor required to prepare and plant crops. Activity 5 5-1. Explore different methods of harvesting crops. 5-2. Investigate forage and pasture crops, particularly hay. 5-3. Evaluate some of the ways hay is harvested, what methods would be advantageous in your area, and which techniques might be disadvantageous. Activity 6 6-1. Explore the classification of insects. 6-2. Investigate the differences between helpful and harmful insects. 6-3. Identify the stages of metamorphosis. 6-4. Explore the career of entomologists. 6-5. Write about your level of comfort when it comes to dealing with insects as an agriculturist and consider if you’d be interested in being an entomologist. Activity 7 7-1. Identify the classification of weeds based on life span. 7-2. Explore the characteristics of weeds which make them hard to control. 7-3. Investigate plant diseases. 7-4. Assess whether pests or weeds is a bigger problem to a farmer and which is more expensive and difficult to get rid of. Activity 8 8-1. Differentiate among the six types of pest control. 8-2. Investigate integrated pest management. 8-3. Use a chart to recommend spraying, based on economic threshold level. 8-4. Consider the debate between economic damage to the farmer and environmental damage to the Earth and analyze which you think is the most important consideration and why. Activity 9 9-1. Investigate the problems with chemical pesticides. 9-2. Identify and distinguish between the three types of pesticides. 9-3. Realize the importance of the safe use of pesticides. 9-4. Explore the career of pesticide handlers. 9-5. Evaluate what you have learned about pesticides and what makes DDT and other pesticides like it so harmful to the environment, justify why you think DDT should or should not have been banned. Activity 10 10-1. Investigate soil conservation. 10-2. Identify some places where you’ve seen land and soil erosion in your area and discuss what could be done to fix the problems. Activity 11 11-1. Begin challenges to meet several high-level problem-solving objectives. 11-2. Assess your thoughts about the challenge you worked on during the activity. Activity 12 12-1. Continue working on challenges to meet several high-level problem-solving objectives 12-2. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of a career in the field of crop science. Activity 13 13-1. Continue working on challenges to meet several high-level problem-solving objectives 13-2. Evaluate your impressions of crop science as a vocation. Activity 14 14-1. Continue working on challenges to meet several high-level problem-solving objectives 14-2. Describe which challenge has interested you most and why and explain what you would do differently if you could complete the challenge again. Activity 15 15-1. Select appropriate vocabulary terms based on the definitions provided. 15-2.Test your comprehension of concepts gained during this course. 15-3.State and explain your opinion of the Crop Science PAC. The objectives for the challenges in Activity 11 through Activity 15 of this PAC include: Challenge 1 You will conduct research on a career of your choice in the crop science field. You will share your findings in a presentation. Challenge 2 You will research composting from several sources and design an information sheet on how to make a compost pile. Challenge 3 You will design a pest control poster for the pests common to your area. Challenge 4 You will collect seeds from row crop plants, then display and label them on a poster or create a seed booklet. Challenge 5 You will conduct research on crop production in the global, national, state, and local economies. |
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