Texas Content Area Standards

• Principles of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources: 130.2.c.1

  The student demonstrates professional standards/employability skills as required by business and industry. The student is expected to:

  • Principles of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources: 130.2.c.1.B: apply competencies related to resources, information, interpersonal skills, problem solving, critical thinking, and systems of operation in agriculture, food, and natural resources.

• Principles of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources: 130.2.c.4

  The student explains the historical, current, and future significance of the agriculture, food, and natural resources industry. The student is expected to:

  • Principles of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources: 130.2.c.4.B: analyze the scope of agriculture, food, and natural resources and its effect upon society.
  • Principles of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources: 130.2.c.4.F: compare and contrast issues impacting agriculture, food, and natural resources such as biotechnology, employment, safety, environment, and animal welfare issues.
  • Principles, of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources: 130.2.c.4.D: identify potential future scenarios for agriculture, food, and natural resources systems, including global impacts.

• Principles of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources: 130.2.c.6

  The student demonstrates appropriate personal and communication skills. The student is expected to:

  • Principles of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources: 130.2.c.6.A: demonstrate written and oral communication skills appropriate for formal and informal situations such as prepared and extemporaneous presentations.
  • Principles of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources: 130.2.c.6.B: demonstrate effective listening skills appropriate for formal and informal situations.

• Principles of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources: 130.2.c.15

  The student explains the relationship between agriculture, food, and natural resources and the environment. The student is expected to:

  • Principles of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources: 130.2.c.15.A: determine the effects of agriculture, food, and natural resources upon safety, health, and the environment.
  • Principles of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources: 130.2.c.15.B: identify regulations relating to safety, health, and environmental systems in agriculture, food, and natural resources.
  • Principles of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources: 130.2.c.15.C: identify and design methods to maintain and improve safety, health, and environmental systems in agriculture, food, and natural resources.
  • Principles of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources: 130.2.c.15.D: research and analyze alternative energy sources that stem from or impact agriculture, food, and natural resources.
  • Principles of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources: 130.2.c.15.E: evaluate energy and water conservation methods.

• Economics with Emphasis on the Free Enterprise System and Its Benefits: 113.31.c.1

  Economics. The student understands the concepts of scarcity and opportunity costs.

  • Economics with Emphasis on the Free Enterprise System and Its Benefits: 1.A: The student is expected to explain why scarcity and choice are basic economic problems faced by every society.
  • Economics with Emphasis on the Free Enterprise System and Its Benefits: 1.C: The student is expected to describe the economic factors of production: land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship.

• Economics with Emphasis on the Free Enterprise System and Its Benefits: 113.31.c.23

  Social studies skills. The student uses problem-solving and decision-making skills, working independently with others.

  • Economics with Emphasis on the Free Enterprise System and Its Benefits: 23: The student is expected to use problem-solving and decision-making processes to identify a problem, gather information, list and consider options, consider advantages and disadvantages, choose and implement a solution, and evaluate the effectiveness of the solution.

• World Geography Studies: 113.43.c.8

  Geography. The student understands how people, places, and environments are connected and interdependent.

  • World Geography Studies: 8.A: The student is expected to compare ways that humans depend on, adapt to, and modify the physical environment, including the influences of culture and technology.

• United States History Since 1877: 113.41.c.14

  Geography. The student understands the relationship between population growth and the physical environment.

  • United States History Since 1877: 14.A: The student is expected to identify the effects of population growth and distribution on the physical environment.

• English I: 110.36.c.1

  Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, discussion, and thinking--oral language. The student develops oral language through listening, speaking, and discussion.

  • English I: 1.A: The student is expected to engage in meaningful and respectful discourse by listening actively, responding appropriately, and adjusting communication to audiences and purposes.

• English II: 110.37.c.1

  Developing and sustaining foundation language skills: listening, speaking, discussion, and thinking--oral language. The student develops oral language through listening, speaking, and discussion.

  • English II: 1.A: The student is expected to engage in meaningful and respectful discourse by listening actively, responding appropriately, and adjusting communication to audiences and purposes.

• English III: 110.38.c.1

  Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, discussion, and thinking--oral language. The student develops oral language through listening, speaking, and discussion.

  • English III: 1.A: The student is expected to engage in meaningful and respectful discourse when evaluating the clarity and coherence of a speaker's message and critiquing the impact of a speaker's use of diction and syntax.

• English IV: 110.39.c.1

  Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, discussion, and thinking--oral language. The student develops oral language through listening, speaking, and discussion.

  • English IV: 1.A: The student is expected to engage in meaningful and respectful discourse when evaluating the clarity and coherence of a speaker's message and critiquing the impact of a speaker's use of diction, syntax, and rhetorical strategies.

• Environmental Systems: 112.37.c.9

  Science concepts. The student knows the impact of human activities on the environment.

  • Environmental Systems: 9.E: The student is expected to evaluate the effect of human activities, including habitat restoration projects, species preservation efforts, nature conservancy groups, hunting, fishing, ecotourism, all terrain vehicles, and small personal watercraft, on the environment.

• Environmental Systems: 112.37.c.5

  Science concepts. The student knows the interrelationships among the resources within the local environmental system.

  • Environmental Systems: 5.A: The student is expected to summarize methods of land use and management and describe its effects on land fertility.
  • Environmental Systems: 5.C: The student is expected to document the use and conservation of both renewable and non-renewable resources as they pertain to sustainability.

• Advanced Animal Science: 130.10.c.13

  The student demonstrates an understanding of policies and issues in animal science. The student is expected to:

  • Advanced Animal Science: 130.10.c.13.E: analyze the issues surrounding the impact of livestock production on the environment.

• Energy and Natural Resource Technology: 130.11.c.4

  The student discusses the importance and scope of natural resources. The student is expected to:

  • Energy and Natural Resource Technology: 130.11.c.4.C: analyze the impacts of natural resources and their effects on the agricultural economy.

• Earth and Space Science: 112.36.c.1

  Scientific processes. The student conducts laboratory and field investigations, for at least 40% of instructional time, using safe, environmentally appropriate, and ethical practices.

  • Earth and Space Science: 1.B: The student is expected to demonstrate an understanding of the use and conservation of resources and the proper disposal or recycling of materials.

• Earth and Space Science: 112.36.c.12

  Solid Earth. The student knows that Earth contains energy, water, mineral, and rock resources and that use of these resources impacts Earth's subsystems.

  • Earth and Space Science: 12.C: The student is expected to discriminate between renewable and nonrenewable resources based upon rate of formation and use.

• Advanced Energy and Natural Resource Technology: 130.12.c.4

  The student determines and evaluates the importance and scope of energy and natural resources. The student is expected to:

  • Advanced Energy and Natural Resource Technology: 130.12.c.4.C: evaluate the impacts of energy production on natural resources and the agricultural economy.

• Wildlife, Fisheries, and Ecology Management: 130.17.c.3

  The student analyzes the importance of wildlife, with an emphasis on use and management. The student is expected to:

  • Wildlife, Fisheries, and Ecology Management: 130.17.c.3.A: analyze the importance of wildlife, fisheries, and ecology management.

• Range Ecology and Management: 130.19.C.4

  The student develops an understanding of rangeland as a dynamic, living, and changeable system. The student is expected to:

  • Range Ecology and Management: 130.19.C.4.A: explain the relationship of rangeland to the environment.
  • Range Ecology and Management: 130.19.C.4.B: discuss the interrelationships among water, alternative use, carrying capacity, and population.

• Advanced Plant and Soil Science: 130.25.c.10

  The student describes the relationship between resources within environmental systems. The student is expected to:

  • Advanced Plant and Soil Science: 130.25.c.10.A: summarize methods of land use and management.

• Environmental Systems: 112.50.c.6

  Science concepts. The student knows the interrelationships among the resources within the local environmental system. The student is expected to:

  • Environmental Systems: 112.50.c.6.A: compare and contrast land use and management methods and how they affect land attributes such as fertility, productivity, economic value, and ecological stability
  • Environmental Systems: 112.50.c.6.C: document the use and conservation of both renewable and non-renewable resources as they pertain to sustainability

• Environmental Systems: 112.50.c.11

  Science concepts. The student understands how individual and collective actions impact environmental systems. The student is expected to:

  • Environmental Systems: 112.50.c.11.A: evaluate the negative effects of human activities on the environment, including overhunting, overfishing, ecotourism, all-terrain vehicles, and personal watercraft
  • Environmental Systems: 112.50.c.11.B: evaluate the positive effects of human activities on the environment, including habitat restoration projects, species preservation efforts, nature conservancy groups, game and wildlife management, and ecotourism