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T50011 Intro to Food & T50031 Urban Greenhouse Natural Resources (5056) Production (5132) Open to grades 9, 10, 11, 12 Open to grades 9, 10, 11, 12 2 semesters, 1 credit per semester 2 semesters, 1 credit per semester, (2 Approximate cost per semester: TBD semesters required) Meets requirements: THD, AHD, Core 40 Meets requirements: THD, AHD, Core 40 This course prepares students who are interested Approximate cost per semester: TBD in the study of Agriculture. Students complete Recommendation(s): Into to Agriculture projects and learning activities that focus on hands- Food & Natural Resources on real-life situations in the study of animals, plants, Dual Credit Available (3 credits) , food, and horticultural . Other studies Students explore the life cycle of plants. They learn include agricultural business management, landscape how to care for plants, what requirements plants management, natural resources, careers and have for survival, the basics of landscape leadership in agriculture, and supervised agricultural management, and the science behind nutrients experiences. An activity and project-based approach found in plants and soil. Students have the is used along with team-building to enhance the opportunity to design an interior space using plants, effectiveness of the student learning activities. design bouquets and other arrangements, as as adopt a plant of their own to care for. T50021 Management (5002) T50041 Environmental Conservation Open to grades 11, 12 and Forestry (5180) Recommendation (s): Introduction to Open to grades 9, 10, 11, 12 Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources 2 semesters, 1 credit per semester, (2 2 semesters, 1 credit per semester semesters required) Approximate cost per semester: TBD Approximate cost per semester: TBD Meets requirements of: THD, AHD, Core 40 Recommendation(s): Introduction to Note: Qualifies for Quantitative Reasoning Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, Agribusiness Management provides the foundation Horticultural Science concepts in agricultural business and completes the Dual Credit Available agricultural pathway for many students. It is a two Natural Resources provides students with a semester course that introduces students to the foundation in natural resources. Hands-on learning principles of business organization and management activities in addition to leadership development, from a local and global perspective, with the supervised agricultural experience and career utilization of technology. Concepts covered in the exploration encourage students to investigate areas course include; accounting and record keeping, of environmental concern. Students are introduced business planning and management, food and fiber, to the following areas of natural resources; , forms of business finance, management, sales and the water cycle, air quality, outdoor recreation, marketing, careers, leadership development. forestry, rangelands, wetlands, animal wildlife, and Students will demonstrate principles and techniques safety. for planning, development, application and management of agribusiness systems through a supervised agriculture experience.

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T50061 (5008) course stresses the unifying themes of both Open to grades 10, 11, 12 and chemistry as students work with concepts 2 semesters, 1 credit per semester associated with animal taxonomy, life at the cellular Approximate cost per semester: TBD level, organ systems, , evolution, , Meets requirements: THD, AHD, Core 40 and historical and current issues in animal Recommendation(s): Intro to Agriculture agriculture. Students apply the principles of scientific Food & Natural Resources inquiry to solve problems related to biology and Dual Credit Available chemistry in highly advanced agricultural This course is a year-long program that provides applications of animal development. students with an overview of the field of animal science. Students participate in a large variety of T25502 Advanced Life Science: activities and laboratory work including real and Foods(5072) simulated animal science experiments and projects. Open to grades 11, 12 All areas that the students study can be applied to 2 semesters, 1 credit per semester (may both large and small animals. Topics addressed include travel period) include: and , genetics, Approximate cost per semester: TBD reproduction, nutrition, , careers related Meets requirements: THD, AHD, Core 40, to the industry, and management practices for the NCAA Recommendation(s): Two years of care and maintenance of animals. Core 40/AHD Science Note: Qualifies toward Core 40 T25501 Advanced Life Science: Science credits. Animals (5070) Note: Qualifies for Quantitative Reasoning Open to grades 11, 12 This two-semester course provides students with 2 semesters, 1 credit per semester opportunities to participate in a variety of activities Approximate cost per semester: TBD including laboratory work. This is a standards- Meets requirements: THD, AHD, Core 40, based, interdisciplinary science course that NCAA Recommendation(s): Two years of integrates biology, chemistry, and in Core 40/AHD Science Note: Qualifies toward the context of foods and the global food industry. Core 40 Science credits. Students formulate, design, and carry out food- Note: Qualifies for Quantitative Reasoning based laboratory and field investigations. Students Dual Credit Available understand how biology, chemistry and physics This is an interdisciplinary science course that principles apply to thedf composition of foods, the integrates biology, chemistry, and microbiology in nutrition of foods, food product development, food an agricultural context. Students formulate, design, processing, food safety and sanitation, food and carry out animal-based laboratory and field packaging and storage. Students will be able to investigations as an essential course component. apply the principles of scientific inquiry to solve They investigate key concepts that enable them to problems related to biology, physics and chemistry understand animal growth, development, and in the context of highly advanced industry physiology as it pertains to agricultural science. This applications of food.

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