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
Tags
Activity Industry Sector
Agriculture & Natural Resources
Activity Originally Created By:
Darrell Hirschler
Slump Test Importance
Part of Lesson Plan: Slump Test
Activity Overview / Details
As the students enter the classroom/shop, I wait for them to take their seats and then call for their attention. Upon taking roll, I'll ask the students to follow me with their notebooks outside the shop. Find a concrete slab, patio, foundation or sidewalk on campus that shows obvious signs of defects (excessive wear, excessive crumbling, excessive cracking, etc) and have the students observe the concrete / project. I'll ask the students to return to the classroom and in groups of two brainstorm for 5 min.over the potential reasons why the concrete is failing and record them on a piece of paper for discussion.
Materials / Resource
Crumbling Concrete
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Example of excessive crumbling - possibly due to improper slump within concrete
