What is offered at your local Agricultural Education/CTE

The Art & History of Floral Design - Meets Visual & Performing Arts (F) / Visual Arts requirements.   The purpose of this Floral Design class is to give the student a better understanding of the retail flower and horticulture industry.  Units covered will range from an introduction to careers in the horticulture industry and landscaping, to fundamentals of growing and using flowers in retail arrangements.  Students will learn color value, basic design principles, mechanics and supplies used, as well as assorted projects and arrangements.

Ag Skills - elective credit.  Successfully learning how to operate the school farm; using hand tools, electrical tools, plumbing, carpentry, fence building, cement work, heavy equipment, aiding teachers in the classroom, and much more.

Introduction to Viticulture - Meets College-Prep Elective (G)/Science-Biology/Life Sciences credit.  Includes history and development of the wine industry, grape growing, distribution, processes & factors affecting wine quality.  This course covers biology, anatomy, propagation, cultivated varieties, rootstocks, climate, vineyard practices, and common diseases and pests.  Provides knowledge required to establish a vineyard in Lake County.

Vineyard Management - Elective credits-pending College-Prep Elective approval. This course is designed for students already familiar with the basics of viticulture. A student project will be completed using geological survey data, evaluating a real site for its potential as a vineyard. Students will develop an establishment plan and create a water management strategy based on soil properties and climate of a selected site. A task management plan will be developed for a year including specific strategies for management of weeds, vertebrate pests, insects, and diseases. Lecture topics covered will include canopy management, foliar sampling, sustainable management practices, and how cropping systems affect vine vigor. 

Introduction to Entomology & Weed Science - Elective Credits-Pending College Prep Elective approval. Students will develop a cumulative understanding of general entomology (BUGS) principles including, structure, function, taxonomic classification and ecology.  Students will have the opportunity to develop skills necessary to identify and understand implications for economically important insect orders, families, genera and species. 
Students will learn how to identify plants, explain modes of spread and describe population ecology of weeds and other invasive plant species.  Emphasis will be placed on sustainable management utilizing an integration of biological, cultural, mechanical and chemical manipulations of weeds and invasive species.  Methods of crop and vegetation management to manage and reduce weed populations will be discussed.

Entomology in the Field-Elective Credits- This course is developed to bridge the gap between school and the industry sector; introducing students to the local workforce, working side by side with experts in the field.  OR (students will be matched with an internship that will fit their educational needs and where they will prosper)
Organized instruction in written and oral communication will acquaint students with private and public-sector companies and agencies as well as leading professionals from these firms, reinforcing academic instruction, thus preparing students for the transition to employment. 

Students will study independently, being supervised in field experience related to a professional area of interest in entomology.  It will be the student’s responsibility to seek out and identify an internship opportunities from the list of prospective companies participating in this program for their credit. 

Horticulture - College credits/Dual Enrollment - Students will gain understanding of fundamental principles of growth, structure, nomenclature, scientific method, and the use of horticulture plants.  Course includes introduction to ornamental crops, orchards, vegetable gardening propagation and landscaping.

Ag Marketing - College credits/Dual Enrollment - This course is for people who want to add a business management foundation to a technical major from the College of Agricultural Sciences.  The combination of your technical and business management skills is what employers most desire when they look for potential employees.  

Regardless of your major, most people find themselves as business managers some time during their careers managing time, money and people.  When you complete Ag Business Management successfully you will have a solid knowledge of the critical agribusiness skills and their application so you will be able to handle just about any management situation you may encounter.  No prior business experience is required or expected to succeed in this course.

Ag Science  - Meets Science (D) / Earth and Space Sciences requirements.  Introductory course prepares students for subsequent science courses.  Emphasis on Earth and Physical Science.

Agricultural Biology - Meets Science (D) / Biology / Life Sciences requirements.  Life Science Lab class. 

Animal Anatomy/Physiology - Meets College-Preparatory Elective (G) / Science – Biology / Life Sciences requirements.  Exploring anatomical structures and their functions.

Ag Chem  - Meets Science (D) / Chemistry/Earth & Space Science credits - One year, laboratory science course. Using agriculture as the learning vehicle, the course emphasizes the principles, central concepts and inter-relationships among the following topics: Scientific Measurement; Atomic Structure and the Periodic Table; Nuclear Chemistry; Chemical Names and Formulas; Stoichiometry; Chemical Reactions; Thermochemistry; Behavior of Gases; Electrons in Atoms; Chemical Periodicity; Ionic and Covalent bonding; Solutions; Reaction Rates and Equilibrium; Acids and Bases; Neutralization; Hydrocarbon Compounds; Functional Groups and Organic Chemistry; and the Chemistry of Life. This course is centered on extensive laboratory component in order to connect the big ideas of life science with agricultural applications, earth and physical science principles, and other curricular areas, including written and oral reporting skills. Agricultural Chemistry is a science course, which utilizes agricultural examples and principles only as a learning vehicle to reinforce science principles.

Ag Physics - Meets Science (D) / Physics/Earth & Space Sciences Requirements - One year, laboratory science course. Using agriculture as the learning vehicle, students will learn valuable science and engineering skills applicable to topics including scientific methodology, forces and motion, types of interactions, energy, and waves, and electricity and magnetism. Students will experiment, collect data, and draw conclusions based on that data. This course is centered on an extensive laboratory component in order to connect the big ideas of life science with agricultural applications, earth and physical science principles, and other curricular areas, including written and oral reporting skills. Agricultural Physics is a science course, which utilizes agricultural examples and principles only as a learning vehicle to reinforce science principles.

ROP Veterinary Science  - Meets College-Preparatory Elective (G) / Science – Biology / Life Science credit.   This course will provide the student with principles in Veterinary Science focusing on the area of mammalian production, anatomy, physiology, reproduction, nutrition, respiration and genetics. This course is intended to successfully prepare those students who plan on majoring in Agricultural Sciences at a college or university. Frequent opportunities are given to develop and apply rational and creative thinking processes of observing, comparing, organizing, relating, inferring, applying and communicating. Also, there is an emphasis on developing values aspirations and attitudes that promote the student's understanding personal involvement with the scientific discoveries of the future. There are ample opportunities for hands on class participation with animals in this class to enable students to demonstrate their knowledge of restraint, handling, behavior, etc. 

Additional emphasis will be placed on industry practices to include record keeping, public relations and communications.

Ag. Mechanics I - Elective credits.  Exploration of basic skills in metals, woods, and welding manufacturing.

Ag Mechanics II & III - Elective credits.  Welding, machining, cold metal forming of metals.  Manufacturing advanced projects.

Leadership - Only open to chapter officers

all of these can be counted as elective credits as well.

SAE Project Record Book

This record book is a member's key to success in the FFA...that is your FFA degrees & awards,  access to FFA scholarships, demonstrating your entrepreneurial business skill, and keeping track of your involvement in leadership development activities. 
 
http://www.calaged.org/ - this website link is where the SAE Project Electronic Record Book can be found and downloaded. 
 
Note: Once you are at this website, click on the FFA & Students link, then click Record Book under the FFA Info tab.  In this new screen, click the FFA Record Book link and then click the Download Release 2.0b, saving this Excel document to a USB flash drive. 
Get the complete Agricultural Education experience!!

The National FFA Organization - is a dynamic youth organization within agricultural education, that prepares students for leadership, personal growth and career success.  It is a learning tool to strengthen the "Hands-On" part of the high school agricultural education curriculum.

Supervised Agricultural Experience Program - Each student is required to plan and maintain a project related to their agriculture program.  They are also required to keep records on transactions related to their project (i.e. hours, receipts, expenses).   

     "Learning by doing" part of the curriculum.

Advisors and Project Areas ~
       Horticulture, Entomology, Floral, Ag. Mkting, Viticulture    
        ............................        Karen Jones, ext 4029
      Ag Science Courses; Ag Bio, Ag Chem, Ag Physics, Animal Anatomy & Physiology, Vet Science          
       ............................     Patty Espinoza, ext 4040 
                                                      Katelyn Ramos, ext 4003
       Agriculture Mechanics I, II, III
       ...........................     Clayton Croman, ext 4038