During this single day lesson plan, students will be hypothesizing, preparing and comparing the usage of fats within baked products. Students will be asked to hypothesize the potential results of saturated versus unsaturated fats within a chocolate chip cookie recipe. Throughout the lesson, students will be completing a follow along lab packet. Said packet contains the following: lab plan/hypothesis sheet, recipe, lab notes sheet, and reflection sheet. This lesson may be completed within a single 55 minute class period or spread across two days to allow for extended preparation and reflection time (2 days suggested). Image Credit: OER Title Image Provided by Sorin Gheorghita | Unsplash

Students will explore the steps in conducting scientific investigation in Agriculture and discuss safety precautions that should be followed in conducting agricultural research. Lesson plan from the New Mexico Animal, Plant, and Soil Science Lesson Plan Library.

This video describes the history of cooperatives as a business structure, history of cooperatives in Nebraska, what a co-op is in terms of business structure, defines patronage, defines equity redemption, and interviews members and employees of cooperatives to demonstrate the value of the cooperative corporation business structure.

Could I be an Entrepreneur? Is a lesson for students to identify characterisitcs of an entrepreneur. Then complete self assessments to identify personal characteristics that match those of entrepreneurs.

Define and compare the core elements of the hospitality and event planning industries.

The goal of this activity is to demystify the science behind Punnett Squares and explore data and statistical representations in genetics and heredity. Begin by breeding two parent mice and observe the ratios in the pie chart as more offspring are bred in each litter. Compare the ratios between different pairs of parents and identify how they are different or similar. Finally, use the simulation controls to show gametes and reveal how each offspring obtained its genotype from its parents.

What do you need to know to diagnose parasites? These slides introduce methods for identifying parasites by shape and size, number of legs, sex, and where found in the host animal or environment. Accessed 2022 from Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences PEER Program site.

This lesson explains directional terminology used to describe the positions of structures relative to other structures or locations in the body. Learners will apply directional terminology by dissecting a three-dimensional object. Lesson developed from original resource by Bobbi D. Dittmer.

This FFA Chapter Leadership Training document introduces the concept of bias awareness in a presentation prepared for the Omaha Bryan FFA chapter in the 2010s. Shown in the presentation are makeup of FFA students by race & ethnicity, approaching the topic with intent for all to grow in awareness and provide a more welcoming environment to anyone, student testimonials (names removed). Adapted from a presentation by Tyler Schindler and Taylor Wilton-Cooper, Omaha Bryan High School

This is a project based course designed to help middle school students explore career options using the Nebraska Career Education Model and understand the Nebraska Career Readiness Standards. The course is organized by three themes – Making it My Choice, A World of Options and Charting a Direction – with culminating individual and group projects. Students will define career clusters and pathways, describe examples of career readiness, utilize self-assessments to better understand interests, establish a career portfolio and create a personal learning plan to provide direction to high school and post-high school activities. This course is aligned to American School Counselor Association Standards for Students, uses Nebraska Career Connections an online career information system and integrates EducationQuest tools and resources for middle school students.Recommended Level: Grades 7-8Course Code:  320300

Explore personal finance principles through the lens of agricultural life, work, and money management. Students begin with creating an ideal rural life vision board, then learn and discuss the financial management that would be required to work toward that lifestyle. Budgeting, tracking income and expenses, banking and investments are covered in slides and end in a project to reimagine the board game Life in an agricultural setting, with careers, properties, achievements, and events rewritten to be ag-related.

These FarmFood360° tours will allow students to visit farms across Canada, hear from real farmers, and test their knowledge at the end of each tour.

Students will compare and contrast different types of feed milling. Students will demonstrate different types of feed milling by using cereal. 

Journey 2050 is a virtual farming app with interactive activities and hands-on lessons that students will use to explore important concepts like:  The simple planting of a seed starts a RIPPLE EFFECT that helps farm families, communities, countries and the world. Agriculture is the foundation for life. SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE balances economic, social and environmental factors for long term success. To FEED THE WORLD in 2050, we will need to grow over 60% more food on the same amount of land. Journey 2050 was developed by teachers, industry experts and professional game developers. It takes 7 hours to complete the program developed by Nutrien.

This lesson presents an overview of the major food commodity groups, different operations, and careers within the food industry.

Students will develop a food product, as well as prepare and present about various aspects of the product, its marketing, and logistics. Written by Abby Knobbe

Students will research food oils from beans and seeds in this activity developed from CASE Food Science curricula.

This lesson introduces students to measuring food ingredients, provides a lab opportunity to experiment with measuring tools, and assesses students' knowledge on all content.

Students will compare plant-based milks in this activity adapted from CASE Food Science curricula.

This lesson plan serves as a final project for a food science class. This project incorporates everything students learned throughout a year long food science class. Students will develop and make their own original food product complete with a nutrition label, marketing plan, and science behind how it's made.