Welcome to Mrs. Runner’s
Website
Room 17 WPHS
Biological Science
Application in Agriculture
Wildlife Management
Ag Orientation
Agricultural Mechanics
Horticulture
FFA Co-Advisor
Welcome to my website for the 2009-10
school year. I encourage you to use this
site to keep abreast of your students’ assignments and FFA activities. I will make every effort to keep this site
updated and accurate however, lessons are subject to change.
The National FFA organization website can
be found at http://www.ffa.org/. You will find an online FFA shopping mall,
FFA history, press releases and scholarship information on this site.
The
The West Prairie FFA Chapter is a member of
Section XI which includes the following schools: 
Bushnell/Prairie City
Warsaw-Nauvoo/Colusa
Illini
West
Southeastern
Rushville/Industry
Unity/Mendon
Payson/Seymour
Camp Point Central
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March 1-5, 2010 |
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Friday |
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Ag Mech |
Start assembly of chairs. |
Continue assembling |
Continue chair assembly. |
Wrap up chair assembly. |
Start putting finish on chairs. |
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Horticulture |
Guest speaker from WIU to talk about
community gardens. |
Go to greenhouse to transplant tomato seedlings. |
Continue seedling transplanting. |
Assign final landscaping project- design
your dream home and landscape. |
Work on landscapes in class. Make sure to select varieties of trees,
shrubs, and flowers that will grow in zone 5. |
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BSAA |
Guest speaker. |
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Wildlife Management |
Read and discuss article on fish that are
unsafe to consume in |
Read section on pond management. Answer
questions- due Wednesday. |
Go over questions. Discuss pond management. |
Read section on fishing and answer
questions. Hand out knot-tying
pamphlet. |
Practice knot-tying in class. |
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January 25-29 |
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Friday |
Sat/Sun |
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Ag Mech |
Practice butt welds. |
Practice butt welds. |
Practice butt welds. |
Practice butt welds. |
Complete butt weld for grade. |
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Horticulture |
Read ch. 25,
answer questions @ end of ch. |
Grade ch. 25
homework. Discuss annual bedding
plants. |
Powerpoint
presentation of annual bedding plants. |
Discuss cultural needs of annual bedding
plants. |
Discuss growing annuals in the
greenhouse. Temp, water, fertilizer,
light. |
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BSAA |
Read and discuss protein digestion by
enzyme action experiment. |
Conduct protein digestion by enzyme
action lab. |
Finish protein digestion lab and record
data. Complete lab report for
Thursday. |
Hand in lab reports. Dissect pig stomach. |
Complete dissection of pig stomach and
hand in notes. |
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Wildlife Management |
Grade homework. Discuss trapping unit. |
Fill birdfeeders,
show dvd on |
Discuss trapping history, regulations, controversy and
techniques. Bring in traps. |
Quiz over trapping unit. |
TBA |
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FFA Activities |
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Job Interview CDE |
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November 16-20 |
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Friday |
Sat/Sun |
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Ag Mech |
Review electrical wiring schematic
symbols. Practice wirings a simple
schematic. |
WIU students teach electricity. |
Continue wiring schematic practice. Quiz over schematic symbols. There will be 12 symbols on the quiz. |
WIU students teach electricity. |
Electrical wiring practice. |
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Horticulture |
Floral Design Principles. Read handout, discuss in class, take notes
from board, complete 5 questions at end of handout. |
WIU students teach floral design. |
Demonstrate how to make a corsage. Students will do prep work on corsage
components. Make bows and wire
greenery. |
WIU students will teach 1st
and 2nd hour students how to make corsages. 5th hour students will make
corsages with me. |
Review of floral design principles for
test Monday. |
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BSAA |
Testing foods for sugars lab. |
Testing foods for proteins lab. |
Review of food nutrients and what foods
we tested contained the best combination of nutrients. |
Quiz over food nutrients. |
Introduce Pasteurized Milk as an Environment
for Microbial Growth unit. Define key
terms, discuss objectives. |
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Wildlife Management |
Write 2 test questions from each unit of
peer-generated white-tailed deer unit. |
Complete wild bird feeders in shop. |
Review deer unit by answering questions
from peer generated question sets. |
White-tailed deer exam. |
Hang bird feeders on school campus if
weather permits. |
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November 9-13 |
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Friday |
Sat/Sun |
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Ag Mech |
Electrical Safety- complete worksheet for
Tuesday. |
WIU Students teach electricity
principles. |
Complete Measuring and Calculatin Electricity, Ohm’s Law worksheets. |
WIU Students teach electricity principles. |
Preparing and Using Schematics- complete
worksheet |
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Horticulture |
Work in Greenhouse |
WIU Students |
Review floral design principles |
WIU Students |
Review Floral Design Principles |
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BSAA |
Germination of Seeds; the role of the
embryo. |
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November 2-6 |
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Tuesday |
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Thursday |
Friday |
Sat/Sun |
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Ag Mech |
Introduce electricity concepts- types, sources,
amps, volts, watts. |
WIU students teach electricity. |
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WIU Students teach electricity. |
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Horticulture |
Take cuttings of ivy and spider plants. |
WIU students teach floral design
concepts. Tool and equipment id. |
Complete tool and equipment id powerpoint presentation. |
WIU students teach floral design. |
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BSAA |
Read and discuss |
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October 26-30 |
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Tuesday |
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Friday |
Sat/Sun |
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Ag Mceh |
Carry in lumber to dry for resurfacing. |
Resurface lumber for |
Resurface lumber for Complete trim, ceiling on shed. |
Resurface lumber for Complete trim, ceiling on shed. |
Resurface lumber for |
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Horticulture |
Clean pumpkins for arrangements. |
Clean pumpkins if not done Mon. Rest of students will begin flower
arrangement. |
Complete flower arrangements in pumpkins. |
Peer grading of pumpkin arrangements
using rubric and floral design concepts. |
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October 12-16 |
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Friday |
Sat/Sun |
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Ag Mech |
No School |
Refurbish lumber |
Refurbish lumber |
Refurbish lumber |
Refurbish lumber |
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Horticulture |
No School |
Make corn candle holders |
Finish corn candle holders |
Take cuttings in greenhouse |
Take cuttings in greenhouse |
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BSAA |
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Finish “Corn” dvd. |
Grade corn unit questions. |
Review for corn unit exam. |
Corn unit exam. |
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Wildlife Management |
No School |
Discussion of forest succession. |
Read
chapter 7, define terms. |
Answer questions at end of chapter 7 for
Friday. Class discussion of chapter. |
Grade questions, complete activities @
end of unit. |
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FFA Activities |
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FFA Meeting 7:00 |
Section XI Ag Sales @ WPHS |
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Fall FFA Party @ Mrs. Runner’s farm. 5:00-10:00 p.m. |
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October 5-9 |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Sat/Sun |
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Ag Mech |
Work on storage shed and prep used
lumber. |
Work on storage shed and prep used
lumber. |
Work on storage shed and prep used
lumber. |
Work on storage shed and prep used
lumber. |
Pending due to homecoming activities. |
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Horticulture |
Integrated |
Integrated |
Integrated |
IPM exam. Braid corn shucks for project. |
Braid corn shucks for candle holder
projects. |
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BSAA |
Soils Exam |
Crop Science- Growing Corn. Assign corn questions. Due Thursday. |
Crop Science- finish
discussion on corn production- modified growing degrees, yield check. |
Attend Land Use CDE in Camp Point. |
Grade Corn questions in class. Go to corn field to do yield checks. |
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Wildlife Management |
Continue discussion of chapters 5 &
6. |
Weather permitting, conduct Natural
Selection lab outside. |
Finish Natural Selection lab
outside. Compile data and draw
conclusions about adaptations and species extinction. |
Quiz on chapters 5 & 6. |
Pending due to homecoming activities. |
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FFA Activities |
LTS @ Payson. Leave high school at 3:00
sharp! Dismiss FFA members @ 2:45. |
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September 28- October 2 |
Monday, Sept. 28 |
Tuesday, Sept. 29 |
Wednesday, Sept. 30 |
Thursday, October 1 |
Friday, October 2 |
Sat/Sun |
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Ag Mech |
Rip and plane boards for porch
ceiling. Complete porch ceiling |
Work on porch Ceiling. Trim gable ends of shed. |
Box in front of porch. Trim south gable
end. |
Box in facia on
porch. |
Finish all trim and ceiling on porch. |
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Horticulture |
Go to greenhouse- check and water
poinsettias. Set up siphon meter for
fertilizing. Read and discuss ch.
15, Easter Lillies. |
Complete self evaluation for chapter 15, Easter
Lillies. Grade in class. Hand out Vermicomposting Information Sheets. Read in class. Discuss |
Build Vermicomposting
bins in class. Materials used: plastic tubs, shredded
paper, drill, drill bits, soil, plant waste, composting red worms. |
Hand out composting packet. Read and answer questions for Friday. |
Discuss composting information and grade
questions. |
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BSAA |
Complete 1 practice problems on the Discuss non-ag soil use component. |
Complete Land Use practice problem using
new soil samples & transit outside. |
Final review of Land Use Evaluation. |
Compete in Section XI Land Use Evaluation
CDE at Camp Point Central HS. Bus leaves @ 7:30 a.m! |
Review land use for exam Monday. |
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Wildlife Management |
Finish |
Chapter 5- Wildlife Biology and Ecology Define terms. |
Answer questions on pg. 96. Due at the
end of class. |
Go outside and plant trees in windbreak. |
Finish planting windbreak trees. |
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FFA Activities |
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Land Use Evaluation @ Camp Point. Bus
leaves HS @7:30 a.m. |
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September 21-25 |
Monday |
Tuesday |
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Thursday |
Friday |
Sat/Sun |
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Ag Mech |
Begin finishing storage shed: 1. Put up trim 2. Cut off shingles 3. Finish porch ceiling 4. Screw down siding. 5. Fix mistake on west side of roof. |
Continue working in storage shed.
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Continue working on storage shed. If a group is done with their assignment,
they can begin putting loft inside. |
Continue working on storage shed. |
Continue working on storage shed. |
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Horticulture |
Forestry Exam- Tree ID, General
Knowledge, TSI parts |
Forestry Exam- Map Reading, Timber
Cruising parts. |
Begin Poinsettia unit. History, Lore, Economic Impact, Culture |
Growing Poinsettias in the greenhouse-
notes and discussion. Read Unit
13. Answer Self-evaluation Parts A,B for
Friday |
Grade homework. Go to greenhouse to work with poinsettias. |
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BSAA |
Test soil extracts for nitrogen,
phosphorus, and potassium. |
Hand out Discuss slope. Slope problems for homework. |
Land Use Scorecard, parts II, III. |
Land Use Scorecard, parts IV,V |
Complete Land Use Scorecard, figuring C-value
and non agricultural uses. |
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Wildlife Management |
Introduce Living With Wolves DVD. Show first half of DVD. Answer questions as they watch it. |
Finish Living With Wolves and complete
questions. |
Go to computer lab to look up International Wolf Research site and related sites. Answer quest |
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