Operation: Creativity!

Today’s lab was AWESOME – really it was.  The topic for our final lab as pre-service teachers was “Creativity Challenge” and my peers and I were supposed to arrive to class with our favorite unit plan in hand.  The unit plan that I chose to bring was my SAE (Supervised Agriculture Experience) plan because even though I am teaching a unit on SAE, it is also a necessary part of every agriculture class.  Our assignment for lab was to go to the Dollar Store and we were permitted to spend $5 on anything that would aid in helping a unit/lesson be more creative.

For SAE I decided to focus on the four different types: Entrepreneurship, Exploratory, Placement, and Research. I came up with the following:

Type of SAE	Item	Reason
Entrepreneurship	Poinsettia	Students can earn money by growing and selling poinsettias
Exploratory	Big Glasses	Students can investigate different options of things they are interested in by attending something like a career fair or creating a report
Placement	Pig Stuffed Animal	Students can have an internship somewhere such as a farm or ranch, or even an ag-based business
Research	Rubber Gloves	Students can plan and conduct a scientific experiment related to the agriculture industry

 

During this lab I learned that simple additions can really help to spice up a lab and it can be on a thrifty budget too!  Additionally the things that I got have multiple purposes and can be transferred to other lessons and areas in the classroom.  For instance, the pig is technically a dog pull toy that has two handles on it and for my classroom it can double as a hall pass!

I am so excited to dive into student teaching!