Types of SAEs Mr Stacy An SAE is

Types of SAEs Mr. Stacy

An SAE is… ®Supervised Agricultural Experience ® Cognitive approach (purpose is to learn) ® Hands on learning experience ® Students learn, practice, expand, and enhance the agricultural and natural resources skills

Me, my SAE, & my FFA Chapter ® Necessary to advance in the FFA program ® Necessary to obtain most of your degrees ® Needed to be ® National FFA officer ® State FFA officer ® Helps with proficiency awards and money at many different FFA levels

My SAE and my Life ® Allows the opportunity to learn new skills and make money ® Teaches responsibility and management skills ® Prepares you to own a business and improves decision making skills

Types of SAEs ® Entrepreneurship ® Exploratory ® Placement ® Research ® Experimental ® Non-Experimental ® Improvement ® Supplemental

Entrepreneurship ® “In charge” of almost anything ® Plans and operates an enterprise relating to agriculture and natural resources ® Owns all the materials ® Keeps fiscal records ® Assumes all of the financial risks concerned with their SAE ® Major SAE that takes TIME

Entrepreneurship SAE Examples ® Owning and operating a lawn care business ® Owning and operating a hen house & selling the eggs ® Raising a crop of roses for local florist ® Growing an acre (or more) of corn, wheat, soy, etc. ® Owning and operating a small community greenhouse

Exploratory ® Research based ® Primarily for beginners ® Designed for students to better understand agriculture and become aware of careers in the agriculture industry

Exploratory SAE Examples ® Assisting on a livestock farm for a week ® Observing a veterinarian at work ® Take an agriculture class in high school or at a local college ® Interview an agriscience teacher about their experiences in agriculture ® Attend an FFA National Convention’s Job Fair

Placement ® “Placed” in a variety of situations ® Creates a “learning by doing” environment ® Job shadowing ® Similar to Exploratory, but more in depth

Placement SAE Examples ® Working on a livestock/crop farm ® Interning at a local agribusiness ® Being placed at an outdoors recreation park/camping grounds ® Caring for the plants in the local greenhouse

Experimental Research ® Research based learning ® Plan and carry out a major experiment in agriculture an natural resources using the scientific method ® Allows for “hands-on” in: ® Learning new knowledge ® Using the scientific method ® Showing scientific ideals in agriculture

Experimental SAE Examples ® Analyzing the effectiveness of different fertilizers on plant growth ® Comparing three different plant foods on plant development ® Determining which of three weed controls are most effective ® Determining what diet for a calf will result in the best growth and optimum strength

Non-Experimental Research ® Select a problem in the agriculture community that does not require experimentation ® Make plans to investigate the problem to find a solution ® Must research data from many sources and then present some sort of a finished product

Non-Experimental SAE Examples ® An area-use plan for the school greenhouse ® Working out an advertising campaign for the county fair ® Forming a recycling plan for your community

Improvement ® Purpose is to improve the value and/or appearance of Workplace ® School ® Home ® Community ® ® Increase the efficiency of a business or the condition of the home life ® Cannot be done in one day due to the number of steps it takes to complete the project

Improvement SAE Examples ® Building a school or community greenhouse ® Landscaping a community center ® Overhauling a tractor or lawn mower ® Rebuilding a car or truck to run on ethanol ® Reorganizing a garage ® Building and whitewashing a fence

Supplementary ® Always accomplished in one day ® Requires very few steps ® Perform one specific agriculture skill at a time outside of class ® Skill is not a major S. A. E. ® Involves practical learning ® Contributes to the development of agricultural skills and knowledge

Supplementary SAE Examples ® Mowing the lawn of neighbors ® Artificial inseminating a cow ® Pruning a tree or bush ® Planting a tree ® Picking vegetables from a garden

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Part of the FFA motto is “learning by doing”, so let’s go DO!!!