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as well as those students who plan on majoring in principles will be identified with agricultural principles
Agriculture Sciences at a post-secondary institution. and practices guiding the acquisition of this knowledge,
= culminating in the development of a sustainable farm
Agriculture Welding – 404672 model and portfolio of supporting student research.
10 Credits Earn College
UC Requirement Units Agriculture and Soil Chemistry 407300, 407341, 407310
CSU Requirement 10 credits Grade(s) 10 - 12
Location: Lodi High 1 Year Course
Grades: 11-12 UC Requirement d
Prerequisites: Ag Welding/Instructor Approval CSU Requirement Science
Description: An advanced class designed to prepare School Site(s) BCHS, LHS, THS
students for entry level positions utilizing various Description: This course explores the physical and
welding processes, Oxyacetylene, Electrode, MIG and chemical nature of soil as well as the relationships
TIG. Curriculum includes: measurement and layout, between soil, plants, animals and agricultural practices.
project design and fabrication, machine ID and Students will examine properties of soil and land and
maintenance. Other tools incorporated into class; their connections to plant and animal production.
plasma cutter, oxyacetylene cutting, metal shear, Using knowledge of scientific protocols as well as course
grinder, metal band saw. Students will design and content, students will develop an Agriscience research
fabricate their own projects. To earn 15 College units program to be conducted throughout the first semester
students must: of the course. To complete that whole project each
 Take this course AND student will investigate and test an Agriscience
 Take Intro Ag Mechanics AND research question by formulating a scientific question
 Earn a Grade B or better in both courses related to the course content, formulating a hypothesis
based on related research, conducting an experiment to
Introduction to Applied Agriculture Science – 407600, test the hypothesis, collecting quantitative data, and
407610, 407641 forming a conclusion based on analysis of the data. The
10 Credits Grade(s) 9-12 result of this research program will be an in depth
1 Year Course research and experimentation paper that is technically
UC Requirement g written, based on scientific a protocol, and cited using
CSU Requirement Elective APA formatting. Additionally, students will develop
School Site(s) BCHS, LHS, THS and present a capstone soil management plan for
Description: This course has been designed as an agricultural producers, using the content learned
introduction to Applied Science. The course will include throughout the course. Throughout the course, student
a basic study of Plant Science, Animal Science, and will be graded on participation in intra-curricular FFA
Earth and Environmental Sciences. This course will activities as well as the development and maintenance
focus on the functions, interactions and the importance of an ongoing Supervised Agricultural Experience
of plants, animals, and the earth’s processes and (SAE) program. These requirements may vary by site.
natural resources. The course includes instruction in
the scientific method, laboratory techniques and Agricultural Economics – 406210, 406241
practices, and employability skills required of 5 credits Grade 12
technicians in the fields of science and agriculture. Semester Course
UC Requirement g
Sustainable Agriculture Biology 407200, 407241, CSU Requirement Economics
407210 School Site(s) BCHS, THS
10 Credits Grade(s) 9-10 Description: This is a college preparatory course for
1 Year Course students interested in pursuing agricultural studies in
UC Requirement d college with an emphasis on the application of
CSU Requirement Science democratic, civic and economic principles to agricultural
School Site(s) BCHS, LHS, THS practice. This course is designed for the student
Description: Sustainable Agriculture is a one year interested in understanding the operations and
course designed to integrate biological science practices institutions of economic systems as applied to our
and knowledge into the practice of sustainable nation’s largest industry-agriculture. Unites of
agriculture. The course is organized into four major instruction include basic economic concepts,
section, or unites, each with a guiding question. Unit comparative systems, individual and aggregate
one addresses the questions, what is sustainable economic behavior and international trade and policy.
agriculture? Unit two, how sustainable agriculture fits Instruction is also given in leadership, citizenship, and
into our environment? Unit three, what molecular career education. This course will meet the economic
biology principles guide sustainable agriculture? Unit graduation requirements.
four, How do we make decisions to maximize
sustainable agricultural practices within a functioning
ecosystem? Within each unit specific life science
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