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 Illinois FFA website can be found at http://www.illinoisffa.org/.

 

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

Brown County

Unity/Mendon

Payson/Seymour

Camp Point Central

 

March 1-5, 2010

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Sat/Sun

Ag Mech

Start assembly of chairs.

Continue assembling Adirondack chairs.

Continue chair assembly.

Wrap up chair assembly.

Start putting finish on chairs.

 

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.

 

 

BSAA

Guest speaker.

 

 

 

 

 

Wildlife Management

Read and discuss article on fish that are unsafe to consume in Illinois waters.

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. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

January 25-29

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Sat/Sun

Ag Mech

Practice butt welds.

Practice butt welds.

Practice butt welds.

Practice butt welds.

Complete butt weld for grade.

 

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.

 

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.

 

Wildlife Management

Grade homework.  Discuss trapping unit.

Fill birdfeeders, show dvd on Illinois Furbearing Animals.

Discuss trapping history, regulations, controversy  and techniques.  Bring in traps.

Quiz over trapping unit.

TBA

 

FFA Activities

 

 

 

Job Interview CDE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

November 16-20

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Sat/Sun

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.

 

 

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

November 9-13

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Sat/Sun

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

 

Horticulture

Work in Greenhouse

WIU Students

Review floral design principles

WIU Students

Review Floral Design Principles

 

BSAA

Germination of Seeds; the role of the embryo. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

November 2-6

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Sat/Sun

Ag Mech

Introduce electricity concepts- types, sources, amps, volts, watts.

WIU students teach electricity.

 

WIU Students teach electricity.

 

 

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.

 

 

BSAA

Read and discuss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

October 26-30

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Sat/Sun

Ag Mceh

Carry in lumber to dry for resurfacing.

Resurface lumber for Adirondack chairs. Complete trim, ceiling on shed.

Resurface lumber for Adirondack chairs.

Complete trim, ceiling on shed.

Resurface lumber for Adirondack chairs.

Complete trim, ceiling on shed.

Resurface lumber for Adirondack chairs.

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

October 12-16

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Sat/Sun

Ag Mech

No School

Refurbish lumber

Refurbish lumber

Refurbish lumber

Refurbish lumber

 

Horticulture

No School

Make corn candle holders

Finish corn candle holders

Take cuttings in greenhouse

Take cuttings in greenhouse

 

BSAA

 

Finish “Corn” dvd.

Grade corn unit questions.

Review for corn unit exam.

Corn unit exam.

 

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.

 

 

FFA Activities

 

 

FFA Meeting 7:00

Section XI Ag Sales @ WPHS

 

Fall FFA Party @ Mrs. Runner’s farm.

5:00-10:00 p.m.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

October 5-9

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Sat/Sun

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.

 

Horticulture

Integrated Pest Management- discuss biological control.

Integrated Pest Management- discuss mechanical control.

Integrated Pest Management-discuss chemical control and review.

IPM exam.

 

Braid corn shucks for project.

Braid corn shucks for candle holder projects.

 

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.

 

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.

 

FFA Activities

LTS @ Payson. Leave high school at 3:00 sharp!  Dismiss FFA members @ 2:45.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 28- October 2

Monday, Sept. 28

Tuesday, Sept. 29

Wednesday, Sept. 30

Thursday, October 1

Friday, October 2

Sat/Sun

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.

 

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.

 

BSAA

Complete 1 practice problems on the Illinois Land Use Scorecard with teacher guidance.

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.

 

Wildlife Management

Finish Grizzly Man.  Compare and contrast research styles of Dutchers and Treadwell.

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.

 

FFA Activities

 

 

 

Land Use Evaluation @ Camp Point. Bus leaves HS @7:30 a.m.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 21-25

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Sat/Sun

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.

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.

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.

BSAA

Test soil extracts for nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium.

Hand out Illinois Land Use Scorecards.

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.

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