Lesson Objectives
- Understand career opportunities within the Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources Career Cluster
Assignment 1.1
- Navigate to My Drive within your Google Drive account.
- Within My Drive, create a new folder titled Careers.
- Click the Share button and share this folder with your instructor.
- Inside of your new Careers folder, create a new folder titled Agriculture, Food, & Natural Resources.
Assignment 1.2
- Go through this presentation to become familiar with the Agriculture, Food, & Natural Resources career cluster.
- Make a copy of this Google Document, rename it Pathways1-(Your Initials), and move it into your Agriculture, Food, & Natural Resources folder.
- Utilize the following links to get a stronger understanding of the Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources Career Cluster and to complete your document:
- Using the information you have obtained, provide feedback in this Google Form.
Assignment 1.3
- After researching the Agriculture, Food, & Natural Resources career cluster, you need to select a career within that career cluster to research. Confirm with your instructor, via email or in person, what career you chose.
- You can use the resources below, but you will need to find FIVE additional credible resources to enhance your understanding of the career chosen.
- Make a copy of this Google Document, rename it Career Questions-(Your Initials), and move it into your Agriculture, Food, & Natural Resources folder. As you research your chosen career, you need to gather information and answer the questions posed in the document.
- Once you have compiled your information about your chosen career within the Agriculture, Food, & Natural Resources career cluster, you will be required to create a Google Slide presentation to showcase your results. Name the presentation My Agriculture Career-(Your Initials) and move it into your Agriculture, Food, & Natural Resources folder. Here are the requirements for your presentation:
- 13 slides at a MINIMUM
- A title slide
- A slide for each question posed above (10)
- Explain why would you like or dislike this career
- A work cited slide
- Images, graphics, and objects pertinent to the topics being presented
- 1 video at a minimum showcasing information about your career
- Backgrounds, slide transitions, and animation to keep the audience’s attention
- Utilize hyperlinks on your slides to help direct the viewer to more information as needed
- 13 slides at a MINIMUM
Assignment 1.4
- On Day 6, you will have your presentation evaluated by your classmates while you do the same for them. Your presentation will be evaluated based on this Scoring Rubric. Make a copy of this Scoring Rubric, rename it Agriculture, Food, & Natural Resources Scoring Rubric-(Your Initials), and move it into your Agriculture, Food, & Natural Resources folder. When instructed, use this form to evaluate your assigned classmates.
- Share your Agriculture, Food, & Natural Resources folder with your instructor. Your folder should include the following files:
- Pathways1
- Career Questions
- My Agriculture Career
- Agriculture, Food, & Natural Resources Scoring Rubric