Horticulture – 9/1/11

Horticulture – 9/1/11

• Write your first and last name on the front of the card.

• On the back, answer these questions. One sentence each:1. LIKE - What do you like about horticulture?2. STRUGGLE - What do you struggle with in science?3. LEARNER - Do you think you are a visual, verbal, or

kinesthetic (learning by doing) type of learner?4. GRADE - What grade do you hope to get?

Rules Role Play

• Example or Non-example• Must be school appropriate and short (2-3

minutes)• I can play myself, or you can be teacher.• Brainstorm, notes, design, rehearse – TIME.• Each group will present.

Rules Role Play

• Example or Non-example• Must be school appropriate and short (2-3

minutes)• I can play myself, or you can be teacher.• Brainstorm, notes, design, rehearse – TIME.• Each group will present.

On your Entry Task Answer Sheet, under “FRIDAY”

• What other ideas will add to this class besides science stuff?

• List 3 topics, from the tree, you know the least about. • Describe Oakville’s RESPECT policy. Who does it affect?

• When finished, wait for Ms. Maring to get your paper.• Look at the words on your class tree. Choose TWO things

you are curious about.


Grow your learning goals…

• On your leaf/acorn, write your name.• Write one topic you are interested in learning

on the front. • When you have reached that learning goal,

you will “harvest” these and answer 5 questions (worth 5 points)

• Repeat process on another leaf/acorn. • When finished, hold up both leaves/acorns.

Community…

• “Say Something Nice”• Write 3 things about yourself other people may

not know but you would not mind sharing…• Stand up, share your 3 things with someone

you do not know very well. • Listen to theirs. • Move on to the next person. • When I say, “STOP,” you will share something

you learned about someone else.

Design your T-shirt

• Include drawings or cut-out photos which describe “Who you are.”

• These can be favorite things to do, family, music, sports, books, pets, etc.

• Your T-shirt will be displayed – make it nice!

• RESPECT PROPERTY – lids on markers, conserve glue, pick up scraps, share supplies.


• Fill out top of Entry Task Sheet – • week 9/6-9/9 • Keep until Friday in binder.• TUESDAY –Complete your T-shirt. For 3 of the images

or words on your T-shirt, explain how this shows who you are. Be ready to share out at the end of 5 minutes.

• When finished, get out materials for this class – notebook, folder or binder, good attitude.

Being a Leader

• Watch FISH! Philosophy• On the back of your entry task sheet, list all the

positive attributes of the team players in the video. What are they doing which helps their work?

• Communication and following directions activity – no talking or helping your neighbor.

• Try again – you are allowed to ask questions and help your neighbor.

• When were you most successful? Why?

Horticulture 9/7/11

• Entry Task – WEDNESDAY• List 3 attitudes of a good leader. For each,

explain why you think it is important.• List 3 attitudes of a team player. Were any the

same as a good leader? • Can you be a leader without the team?

Explain.

Set up notebooks

• Notebook – name and grade inside front cover.

• Number pages front and back.• Page 1 – fold hotdog. Top – TABLE OF

CONTENTS. Number down column on left. Number down column on right.

• Page 2 – classroom matrix• Page 3 – Top – Tools. Number 1-14.

Leadership

• Be a leader, at all times, all settings = RESPECT• In the hallways…• In the classroom…• In the greenhouse…• In the community… (let me share a little story).• How do you feel when you are around a good

leader? How do you feel when you are around someone being disrespectful?

Safety in Horticulture

• Tools and settings scavenger hunt – search with a partner (remember to be a leader wherever you are…)

• Start in the classroom with #1-5. • Write down each item in your notebook on

PAGE 3.• We will go as a group to the next location.

Horticulture 9/8/11

• Entry Task – THURSDAY

• What are two tools you found in the scavenger hunt?

• What are they used for?• What are the safety issues with those tools?

• When finished, be sure all your neighbors have the answers. Help someone…be a leader

Your cubby

• First, check your notebook to be sure it is numbered pages 1-55 and has a table of contents.

• Bring notebook to show Ms. Maring and choose a cubby.

• Sit back down and paste “Controlling the Hazards” to page 4.

• Read “Controlling the Hazards.”

Your glove size

• Pass the clipboard with instructions and the measuring tape.

• Record your name and glove size at the bottom.

• Review answers to the scavenger hunt while you are waiting.

On page 4…

• Fill in definitions.– First choice - Remove the hazard - – Next choice - Improve work policies/procedures - – Last choice - Use protective clothing/equipment -

• Fill in chart for each scenario and how to control the hazards. Always start with “remove the hazard” as top priority!

• Work with your table group to finish the chart.

Horticulture 9/9/11

• Entry Task – FRIDAY

• Fill in any entry task answers you are missing from the week. Help each other

• List the 3 ways to control hazards—in order of first to last priority.

• Define “remove the hazard” in your own words.

• When finished, be sure all your neighbors have the answers. Help someone…be a leader

• TURN IN YOUR SYLLABUS!!!

On page 4…

• Fill in definitions.– First choice - Remove the hazard - – Next choice - Improve work policies/procedures - – Last choice - Use protective clothing/equipment -

• Fill in chart for each scenario and how to control the hazards. Always start with “remove the hazard” as top priority!

• Work with your table group to finish the chart.

Horticulture 9/12/11

• Entry Task – MONDAY (keep the sheet all week)

• Describe how you would “improve work policies” if your employees were leaving messes at the end of the day. (2 sentences = 2 points)

• What 3 things do you think makes someone most hirable?

• When finished, guess the plant Ms. Maring passes around.

On page 5…

• With your table group, make up a scenario in which someone gets hurt in a horticulture situation.

• Trade with a table near you and have them fill in:– First choice - Remove the hazard - – Next choice - Improve work policies/procedures - – Last choice - Use protective clothing/equipment -

Guess this plant…

• Video. Which plant is it? What product is made from it?

• A tree whose bark is ground up and used for snickerdoodle cookies!

• Heart medicine…

Guess this plant…

https://www.heavenly-products.com/cart/cinnamomum-zeylanicum-ceylon-cinnamon-tree-rooted-p-1819.html




Horticulture 9/13/11• Entry Task – TUESDAY• For 3 points, demonstrate safe lifting procedure for a partner or Ms. Maring

(Write down who you demonstrated lifting for).

• Proper Lifting Technique 1. Prepare for safe lifting. 2. Stand with feet shoulder width apart. 3. Bend with the knees, keeping the natural curves of your back in alignment. 4. Grip the object, pulling it in close to your body. 5. Tighten your stomach muscles. 6. Keeping your back in alignment, lift with the legs in a slow, smooth motion

while exhaling. 7. While carrying a load, keep it close to your body, and do not twist or bend

at the waist. 8. Put the object down the same way in which you picked it up. 9. Rest in between lifting tasks.

On page 6

• Brainstorm steps or tasks for clean-up in the greenhouse. Each person should have at least 5 – we will compile a class list.

• Return to COMPUTER LAB• Take survey while computers warm up.

Jobs…

• Take the “would you hire yourself survey.”• If you answered “always” or “usually” on all of

them, you are probably a good student and would make a good employee.

• Review the “how to get and keep a job page.”• Bottom of page 6 - all the jobs you can think of

which might involve horticulture.

Horticulture 9/14/11• Entry Task – Wednesday

• Look at the “would you hire yourself” and “how to get and keep a job.”

• Circle the 3 you think are MOST important. • On your entry task sheet, explain WHY you think

those are the most important.

• When finished, BRAINSTORM at the Bottom of page 6 - all the jobs you can think of which might involve horticulture.

Résumés

• You will enter the example onto page 7.• Your Résumé will be a work in progress this year. • For today, I would like you to enter some

information in each category.• Put your information in the “header” section.• Start modifying format so it looks nice. • Save to my USB flashdrive!! Save as FIRST LAST

NAME - Résumé


• Entry Task – Thursday

• Is your homework finished?• Share and write down horticulture job ideas.• What might you use a résumé for?

• When finished, glue the résumé example page onto page 7.

• Have your greenhouse clean-up list (page 6) available.

Horticulture Jobs – bottom page 6• Gardener• Logging• Hort Teacher• Hybridizing• Farmer• Landscaper• Ecosystem Manager• Fish and Wildlife• Nursery Production Manager• Garden Center Manager• Head Grower/Manager

• Tree Specialist• Botanical Gardens• Floriculture

Greenhouse Clean-up – class list page 8

• Remove the weeds.(sidney Cole,dakota,jordan bird)• Take plants to greenhouse.(zach ,krista)• Put equipment away.(zach)• Level gravel.(krista)• Stack bales of soil – in potting shed.(, sidney sanders) • Coil hose (cheyenne)• Re-plastic• Organize tools(geraldine)• Sweep the tables off(cheyenne, sidney sanders)

Pick your job…

• Let’s go get busy Be on task and helping!!


• Entry Task – Friday

• Please fill in any items you are missing from the week. Help each other

• List the job you chose for your greenhouse clean-up effort.

Horticulture 9/19/11• Entry Task – Monday

• CHOOSE ONE of the following issues, use your knowledge of controlling hazards and write down what should change.– Soil bales are too heavy even for two people to lift. We would

like them moved to the potting shed.– Unsafe chemicals are in the area. The chemicals, for example

rubber cement, appear unrelated to greenhouse work. – Piles of wood may cause a tripping hazard.– Tools left with tines facing the walkway.

• When finished, we will refine our clean-up list on page 8.

Greenhouse Clean-up – continue class list on page 8.

• Reorganize the pots and flats by size under the benches in potting shed. Hang the size signs. Two people -

• Move soil bales with hand truck – place under benches in potting shed. Two people -

• Pump up wheelbarrow tire. One person - • Connect hoses to water line. One person - • Remove weeds from behind benches. Bag weeds for Ms. M to

take to Olympia composting. Two people - • Set up heating mats and test if functioning. One person - • Sweep floors and walkways. One person - • Place garbage can in potting shed. Pick up any garbage in entire

area. One person – • Level gravel – two people (when weeding is complete)• Reorganize benches – outdoor benches? Measure!

Horticulture 9/20/11• Entry Task – Tuesday

• Write a name for each of the 6 kinds of containers on the lab stations.

• How well did you work on your assigned task yesterday?

• What will you improve on today?

• When finished, open notebooks to page 8.

Horticulture 9/20/11• Reorganize the pots and flats by size under the benches in

potting shed. Hang the size signs. 4 people –

• Remove weeds from behind benches. Bag weeds for Ms. M to take to Olympia composting. 4 people –

• Pick up any garbage in entire area. 2 people

• Level gravel – (when weeding is complete). 2 people

• Reorganize benches – outdoor benches? Measure! 2 people

• HOMEWORK – find out GPA, list any work experience or special skills.


• Entry Task – Wednesday

• What does dependability look like when “on the job”? List 3 qualities of a dependable worker and explain.

• Should you be “dependable” in horticulture class? What would that look like?

• When finished, read through the example résumés. Could you model one of these for yours?

High School Résumé Examples

• HS – no work experience• Teen seeking PT work or internship• Teen seeking retail job

• Choose best example to model and work on your own résumé. Save to one of Ms. M’s flash drives AND hard drive.

http://jobsearch.about.com/library/samples/blhsresume2.htm

http://jobsearch.about.com/od/resumesandcoverletters/a/teenresume.htm?p=1

http://jobsearch.about.com/od/resumesandcoverletters/l/blhighschool.htm

Horticulture 9/22/11• Entry Task – Thursday

• Organize your notebook:• Page 1 table of contents – add items• Page 2 – Matrix• Page 3 – Scavenger hunt answers• Page 4 – “Controlling Hazards”• Page 5 – a safety scenario you made up.• Page 6 - your 5 steps for the greenhouse and jobs brainstorm• Page 7 – example resume• Page 8 – our class list of greenhouse clean-up.• When finished, paste your favorite resume example to page

9.

Propagation – Increasing your Stock

• Read pages 237-240 together. • Circle unfamiliar words. • Take notes on each of the types of

propagation: layering, (skip offsets), plantlets, stem cuttings, leaf cuttings, (skip cane cuttings), division, (skip air layering), and seed sowing, (skip spore sowing).

• Please set up your notes like a T-chart.


• Entry Task – Monday

• What is propagation? • Of the plants you carried from my car, which

one had plantlets? • Which of the plants might be good for

layering? Why?

• When finished, please put your name on your houseplant packet and finish reading.

Gloves…

• I purchased the correct sizes for the class. • You may use the gloves this year. Leave them

in good condition for next year’s students. • Assign gloves with numbers (sharpie).• Please leave your gloves in your horticulture

cubby.

On page 10…Propagation Techniques

• How is layering done?

• How do you propagate plantlets?

• Climbers or trailers – pick a vigorous stem, pin it down in compost in a small pot (nick the stem first). After rooting, cut the stem.

• Take the miniature plants and press it down into moist soil. After rooting, cut the stem.

Propagation, continued• How are stem cuttings

taken?

• What about leaf cuttings?

• How are divisions completed?

• Choose a non-flowering shoot and cut it 3-6” long. Take leaves off bottom half. Slice bottom with razor blade. Dip in rooting hormone. Put in hole in soil and firm.

• Similar to stem cuttings but use a leaf stem instead.

• Knock plant gently out of container. Pull apart sections of the plant, leaving each with plenty of root.

Horticulture 9/27/11• Entry Task – Tuesday

• Please look at your grade sheet. List any assignments your are missing.

• What was your goal for a grade on Day 1?• Are you meeting your goal? If not, what could you change to

improve?• TOUR of Ms. M’s Website

• When finished, take out your gloves. Remember, your gloves should be with you EVERDAY. If that is a problem, leave them with Ms. M or in cubbies.

https://kmaring.wikispaces.com/

Continue on page 10 or 11…(last Q/A!)

• What do I need to know about seed sowing?

• Timing to germination.• Depth• Temperature for

germination.• Light or dark• Pre-treatment –

example: chilling or soaking

Today’s Goals – Stay at station to completion!! Be dependable

• Station 1 – bag weeds – FINISH GREENHOUSE

• Station 2 – Organize containers FINISH POTTING SHED

• Station 3 – Harvest Cabbages and set up hoses WATCH DEMO!

• If you finish your project, join another team!!

• 5 people

• 4 people

• 2 people

• If we finish early, we will set up 4” flats for plantlet propagation


• Entry Task – Wednesday

• Consider this bumper sticker quote:• “Get involved. The world is run by those who show

up.”• Do you think it is completely true? Explain. 2

sentences minimum.

• When finished, get your gloves out.

Today’s Goals – Stay at station to completion!! Be dependable

• Station 1 – MOVE TABLES and bag weeds – FINISH GREENHOUSE

• Station 2 – Organize containers - FINISH POTTING SHED. Make 5 flats with 16 square 4” pots each.

• Station 3 – Harvest Cabbages and set up hoses WATCH DEMO!

• If you finish your project, join another team!!

• 5 people

• 4 people

• 2 people

• If we finish early, we will set up 4” flats for plantlet propagation


• Entry Task – Thursday

• Evaluate your work ethic in the greenhouse or potting shed on a scale of 1 to 3.

• Three – stayed at station, worked the entire time on project, acted as a team player.

• Two – missed one of the above – which one?• One – missed two of the above – which two?

• NEW POLICY – participation points on “work site”• Portion of Hort grade will be for participation.

Spider Plant and Plantlets• Paste Spider Plant information to page 12. • Read.• In greenhouse, watch plantlet planting demo.• Select 4 plantlets with roots. Cut carefully from main

plant. • Work with your partner to plant your plantlets. • Follow the steps in your notes on page 10. • Put your names on the tags. • Ask Ms. Maring to check your work. • Clean up any messes.


• Entry Task – Friday

• Evaluate your work performance during plantlet planting yesterday (scale of 1 to 3 – 3 means you listened to demo, carefully tried it yourself, checked with Ms. M at end).

• MUSIC – You may listen to music while we work in the greenhouse IF you are also working at a “3” level

SAFETY!!! Page 14

• Today you will be using a sharp blade to create a clean cut on the bottom of shoots.

• THERE WILL BE ZERO TOLERANCE FOR HORSEPLAY (of any kind, no matter how minor). You will be excused from class immediately.

• Wear your gloves. • Cut onto the wood blocks.• Put the scalpel in case as soon as finished

Tradescantia Cuttings page 14• Select four 4” shoots. Cut carefully with a scissors between

two leaf nodes. Place shoots in bags so that they do not dehydrate.

• WEAR YOUR GLOVES. Very near the scissor cut, carefully cut with scalpel at a 45 degree angle down towards the bench. Place in bags.

• Bring to Ms. M. Dip in rooting hormone for 3-5 seconds. Place back in bag.

• Poke a 1.5” hole with your finger. • Firm in cutting. Repeat with other 3 shoots. • Place in class flat to be covered with plastic. • EXTRA TIME? Make 2 more spider plantlet pots.


• Entry Task – Monday

• List the steps of stem cuttings used in Friday’s class.

• MUSIC – You may listen to music while we work in the greenhouse IF you are also working at a “3” level

SAFETY!!! Page 16

• Today you will be using a sharp blade to create a clean cut on the bottom of shoots.

• THERE WILL BE ZERO TOLERANCE FOR HORSEPLAY (of any kind, no matter how minor). You will be excused from class immediately.

• Wear your gloves. • Cut onto the wood blocks.• Put the scalpel in case as soon as finished

Begonia Leaf Cuttings page 16

• Select a healthy medium to small size leaf. • Cut the leaf stalk 2 inches from the base of the

leaf. • Cut four leaves and place in bag. • At station, carefully use scalpel to cut straight

across leaf stalk very near original cut. • Bring to Ms. M. Dip in rooting hormone for 3-5

seconds. Place back in bag. • Make a 2” hole with a pencil at a 45 degree angle. • Firm in leaf.


• Entry Task – Tuesday

• List the steps of leaf cuttings used in Monday’s class.

• When finished, glue “Sanseveria” text to page 17.

• Glue the “Division and Potting Up” to page 18. • There will be a notebook check soon!!

Division and Potting Up• Watch Ms. Maring’s demonstration of Sanseveria divisions.• Gently work at the roots of the plant. • Be sure to identify the leaves which will be part of your division. • Keep plenty of roots on your division. The root mass should be

at least 2 hands around.• Pot up into half gallon round containers. Your container should

start with approximately 3-4” of soil in it. • Center your division so that the base of the leaves or crown will

end up 1” below the soil surface. • Add soil all around gently firming until nearly full. • Show Ms. M your first attempt. If successful, you may do

another. • We will line up the divisions under the bench and water them at

the end.

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Horticulture – 9/1/11