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Link to download pdf: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BBSR8ZYFlC_g7FLtD2auVYrxXnR6dMUZh63ey91I3yo/edit?usp=sharing

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Soil Texture Activity

• What was your groups soil texture ? ​
• Was it what you expected ?​
• What clues did you see or feel from the dry soil that helped you guess right ?

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The Development of Agriculture

How would humans get food in the past before agriculture ?

• Hunter-gatherer (Foraging): a member of a culture in which food is obtained by hunting, fishing, and gathering plants to eat rather than by growing crops and raising animals
• Domestication: to breed and select animals and plants so that they are adapted to living with human beings and serving their purposes
• Technology: the use of science and the application of knowledge to invent useful things or to solve problems
  • Tillage
  • Nutrients/pesiticides
  • Irrigation

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Branches of Agriculture

Agronomy: crops which occupy a large area and form the bases of the food production systems of the world, which are often mechanized (rice, wheat, corn, alfalfa, soybean, and forage crops).​

Horticulture: production of plants for the restoration of a landscape, conservation of plants, management of soil, construction of landscape, maintenance.​

Animal Husbandry: animals that are raised for meat, fiber, milk, eggs, or other product.​

Hydroponics: a method of growing plants without soil, by instead using mineral nutrient solutions in a water solvent.​

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Different types of farms worldwide

• Visit fascinating farms around the world
  • https://www.fbd.ie/CreativeContentHub/fascinating-farms-around-the-world/​

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Crop Practice

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Other Agriculture Practices

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Steps of the Scientific Method

Problem: What are we testing

Research: Look at the past work of others to see if this problem has already been tested

Formulate a hypothesis: identify variables and explain the expected outcome using an if/then statement

Design the experiment: Detail the materials and procedures that will be used. Identify the control variables.

Test the hypothesis: Follow the experimental design. make observation and collect data

Organize / Summarize the data: Make charts and graphs that explain the collected data summarize all observation

Conclusions: Share what was learned by the experiment. state any potential improvements that could be made.

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Rhizotron Project: Weekly Observations

1. Define our problem ​
2. Make a hypothesis ​
3. Measure the total growth of roots and above ground biomass ​
4. Sketch pictures of what you see ​
5. Write down any observations

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Next Time…

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