1. SAE Objective: Implement an SAE.

2. SAE Supervised Agriculture Experience Primary Purpose: To gain work experience & build life skills outside of class

3. Types of SAE 1.Entrepreneurship 2.Experimental 3.Analytical 4.Placement 5.Exploratory 6.Improvement 7.Supplementary

4. Entrepreneurship Planning, implementing, operating and assuming financial risks in an agricultural business or farming activity Example Raising plants Owning a lawn maintenance business

5. Experimental Planning and conducting an agricultural experiment using the scientific process Example Comparing different fertilizer rates on plants

6. Analytical Identify an agricultural problem that cannot be solved by experiments and design a plan to investigate and analyze the problem Example Make a marketing display

7. Placement Placing students in jobs outside of regular classroom hours that may be paid or unpaid work Example Work at a farm supply store Work at a greenhouse Work with a landscaping company

8. Exploratory Helps students learn about agriculture and become aware of possible agricultural careers through short times spent observing, shadowing, or helping Example Attend career day Interview a veterinarian Assist a horse owner

9. Improvement Series of activities that improves the value or appearance of the place of employment, school, home or community; the efficiency of a business or an enterprise; or the living conditions of the family Example Building a fence Computerizing records Remodeling a building Repairing equipment

10. Supplementary Preforming one specific agricultural skill outside of normal class time This skill is not related to the major SAE but is normally taught in an agricultural program Involves experiential learning and contributes to the development of agricultural skills and knowledge on the part of the student Accomplished in less than a day Example Pruning a tree Staking tomatoes Changing oil

11. SAE Record Keeping Objective: Correctly record entries in the SAE Record.

12. SAE Records Entrepreneurship Type of enterprise Amount bought or sold Expenses Income Efficiency factors, etc. Experimental Review of literature Hypothesis Data log Findings Recommendations, etc.

13. SAE Records Analytical Title of activity Identification of problem Background information Steps to solve problem Project log of what was done Results Recommendations Placement Training agreement signed by student, teacher, employer and parent States what each will do Record of work Hours Compensation

14. SAE Records Exploratory Date Activity Observation Comments Hours Supplementary Date Activity Comments Hours Improvement Date started Date completed Improvement activity Steps involved Hours Cost

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