Module 2: Resource Conservation and Sustainability

Learning Module Information

  • Estimated Lecture Hours: 2
  • Lab Hours: 1
  • Format: PowerPoint

 Learning Objectives

  • Examine the three elements of sustainability that give consideration to social, try capsule environmental and economic factors (the Sustainability Trifecta).
  • Outline sustainability concepts particular to agriculture and identify ways they can guide on-farm decisions that safeguard resources vital to farming itself.
  • Give examples of  methods to mitigate and remediate agricultural activities (i.e., click decease riparian buffers, drugstore biochar, contour farming, cover crops, agroforestry, companion planting, wetland mitigation and mycofiltration).

Topics Covered

  • Sustainability Trifecta (social, environmental, economic)
  • Sustainability and farming decision making
  • Mitgation methods and remediation
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Standards

Common Core State Standards

Common Career and Tech Core Standards

  • AG1.1
  • AG1.2
  • AG1.3
  • AG1.5

College & Career Readiness-Anchor Language

  • CCRA.L.2
  • CCRA.L.4
  • CCRA.L.6

College & Career Readiness-Anchor Reading

  • CCRA.R.1
  • CCRA.R.2
  • CCRA.R.3
  • CCRA.R.7
  • CCRA.R.9

College & Career Readiness-Anchor Speaking & Listening

  • CCRA.SL.1
  • CCRA.SL.2
  • CCRA.SL.4
  • CCRA.SL.5

College & Career Readiness-Anchor Writing

  • CCRA.W.1
  • CCRA.W.2
  • CCRA.W.4
  • CCRA.W.6
  • CCRA.W.8
  • CCRA.W.9

LifeKnowledge and Cluster Skills Content Standards

  • CS.04
  • CS.09
  • NRS.01
  • PS.02

English Language Arts Standards-Science and Technical Subjects

  • RST.11-12.1
  • RST.11-12.10
  • RST.11-12.2
  • RST.11-12.9

English Language Arts Standards-Writing

  • WHST.11-12.1.A
  • WHST.11-12.1.B
  • WHST.11-12.1.C
  • WHST.11-12.1.D
  • WHST.11-12.10
  • WHST.11-12.2
  • WHST.11-12.2.A
  • WHST.11-12.2.B
  • WHST.11-12.2.C
  • WHST.11-12.2.E
  • WHST.11-12.4
  • WHST.11-12.9

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