Preparation for teaching science concepts using agriculture as a
context in secondary and post-secondary agricultural education.
Emphasis will be placed on providing students with engaging
activities and laboratory exercises that can be used in their own
agriculture or science classrooms upon graduation.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students: Students will be required to submit an additional literature
review and/or research project related to the scientific concepts
presented in the course and related to the individual student's
interest. Students also will be required to review a journal
article as part of their exam.
Athena Title
Agricultural Science for Teach
Undergraduate Prerequisite
BIOL 1107 or BIOL 1107H or BIOL 1107E
Graduate Prerequisite
AGED 7020E
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to manage an agriscience laboratory.
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to teach agriscience laboratory safety.
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to perform agricultural experiments that teach science concepts.
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to teach an array of science concepts using agriculture as the context.
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to teach agricultural topics using science concepts.
Topical Outline
Contextual Learning; Lab Management; Lab Safety; Wet Mount
Slides; An Engaging Classroom; Transpiration in Plants; Osmotic
Turgenscene; AgriScience Textbook Resources; DNA Extraction;
Genetics; Effects of Antibiotics in Bacteria; Protein
Digestion; Starch Digestion; Tropisms; Determining Energy
Values of Feed; Mechanical Power Transmission; Chemical
Properties of Metal & Reactions; The Science of the Internal
Combustion Engine & Alternative Energy Sources; Determining
Acid Buffer Capacity; Using Biotechnology to Improve Crops;
Tissue Culture/Cloning Carrots; Milk Microbiology; Pouring
Plates; Inoculating; Preparing Media; Water Quality; The
Difference in Plant and Animal Cells; Plant Pathology; Food
Science for Teachers; Parts of an Egg; Humidity; Yeast
Fermentation; Agriscience Curriculum
