Intro to Ag Mechanics Model
Units:
- FFA Issues and Opportunities
- Supervised Agricultural Experiences
- The California Agricultural Record Book
- Careers in Agricultural Mechanics
- Personal and Group Safety
- Rope Work & Load Securing
- Basic Agricultural Woodworking
- Calculating Board Feet
- Fasteners Used in Woodworking
- Cutting and Shaping Wood
- Redwood Planter Box Project
- Anticipatory Sets or Hooks
- What do these projects have in common?
- Laying out the planter box project.
- Demonstration- Cutting Down the 1"X12" with the table saw and radial arm saw
- Students cutting down their 1" X 12" with the table saw and radial arm saw
- Demonstration- Making their Dado and rabbet joint
- Students making their dado and rabbet joints
- Demonstration- Assembling your Redwood Planter Box
- Students assembling their Redwood Planter Boxes
- Demonstration- Drilling your Drainage Holes
- Student drilling their drainage holes
- Demonstration- Finishing your project
- Students finishing their redwood planter boxes
- Closure-Summary
- Push Stick Project
- Book End Project
- Basic Agricultural Electricity and Wiring
- Plumbing Systems in Agriculture
- Agricultural Cold/Hot Metal Processes
- Agricultural Concrete and Masonry Practices
- Oxy-fuel Cutting and Welding
- Electric Arc Welding Processes
- Small Engines
- Land Measurement
- Projects
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Activity Originally Created By:
Jake Dunn
Need a 2 Foot Board
Part of Lesson Plan: Calculating Board Feet
Activity Overview / Details
Have laid out in class several boards that all measure 2 board feet.(See Handout for examples) Begin class like an episode of a home improvement show, "Extreme Makeover Home Edition". Say someting like "We are ready for the big reveal of the house for the Smith family, I just have one small part of the special project I have been working on all week before we can MOVE THAT BUS! I need two board feet to complete the project." (For this demo I have a small project that is missing a piece that measures 2 feet in length. The project can be someting simple like a chair or step stool) I have a twenty dollar bill (waiving the bill in the air) for any of you that can give me the right piece of material. (None of the boards will match the need of the project but they will all be 2 Board Feet in Measurement.) Select boards from the students and check to see if any of them fit the two foot need. Then explain that all the boards do actually measure 2 board feet and the difference between board feet and linear measurement. Thus unfortunately no one will get the cash!
