AgriScience Exploration

7th grade

2007-2008

Meet Mrs. Shomo

Instructor – Mrs. Sally W. Shomo

• 26 years of teaching experience• Proud to be a VT Hokie!• Favorite place to visit – Bar Harbor, Maine• Favorite food – crabmeat, shrimp and french fries• Hobbies…VT Football, bicycling, reading, cooking, shopping,

traveling• Favorite thing to teach…the importance of Agriculture!• Family…husband and two sons• This summer I participated in lots of educational conferences

with other agricultural educators across the nation…in Ohio, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Washington, D.C., Alexandria, Warsaw and Blacksburg, VA!

Becoming Oriented to AgriScience Exploration

• What are we going to do for 12 weeks?

• What is expected of me in class?

• Classroom Routines and procedures.

Recognizing the Importance of Agriculture/AgriScience.

• What is Agriculture?• What is AgriScience?• How does it all effect

me?• Will I be involved in

agriculture?• Sustainability…

Exploring the Field of Foresty

• Learn why forestry is so important in Virginia.

• Learn to identify forest trees common to Augusta County!

Exploring Animal Science

• Importance of animals to agriculture

• Agricultural Literacy• Meat Animal Industry• Small Companion

Animals• Animal Rights vs.

Animal Welfare

Introducing Basic Laboratory Skills

• Apply safe practices• Identify and use basic

hand tools• Learn how to measure• Make a project –

* bluebird house * butterfly house

And finally…the FFA!

• Learn more about the best youth organization in the world!

• Get involved in FFA CDE’s and activities…

• Identify the many opportunities in the FFA…

• Learn, learn, learn…

ALL THIS AND MORE

in 60 days… AgriScience Exploration

For more information…

• Visit the BMMS school website• www.augusta.k12.va.us/beverleymanorms• Click on Departments: AgriScience

• Created by: Sally W. Shomo• August 2007