2023-2024 Course Standards

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Essential standards (highlighted in green below) are big, powerful ideas that are necessary and essential for students to know to be successful in a course. Essential standards identify the appropriate verb and cognitive process intended for the student to accomplish. Essential standards provide value throughout a student's career, in other courses, and translate to the next level of education or world of work.

Objectives/Indicators (rows not highlighted in green below) provide another level of detail for each Essential Standard.

Adapted or Adopted Course includes essential standards and, in many cases, specific objectives/indicators aligned with business and industry standards and/or criteria for credentials or certifications. The course standards are designed using the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy (RBT). If the POL is a CTE State Assessment, the course is written at the level of the ESSENTIAL STANDARD and assesses the intended outcome of the sum of its objectives/indicators.

The six NC Essential Employability Skills are Communication, Ethics, Problem Solving, Professionalism, Resource Management, and Teamwork. These skills are covered among the course essential standards and objectives/indicators as listed beside each. NC CTE curriculum provides and supports career awareness, career exploration, career development, technical skill development, and career readiness where six Essential Employability Skills are included in CTE Curriculum Standards. CTE builds a career and college ready workforce through the K-12 pipeline and provides a consistent and 'common language' for identification of the six Essential Employability Skills.

Career and Technical Education conducts all activities and procedures without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, gender, or disability. The responsibility to adhere to safety standards and best professional practices is the duty of the practitioners, teachers, students, and/or others who apply the contents of this document.

This blueprint has been reviewed by business and industry representatives for technical content and appropriateness for the industry.

Column information
  • Standard/Obj #: The essential standard is denoted by the digits before the dot; objectives/indicators are indicated by the final 2 digits.
  • Standard: Essential standard and specific objective/indicator statements per essential standard. Each essential standard statement or specific objective/indicator begins with an action verb and makes a complete sentence when combined with The learner will be able to... Outcome behavior in each essential standard or objective/indicator statement is denoted by the verb plus its object.
  • Course Weight: Shows the relative importance of each essential standard or objective/indicator. Course weight is used to help determine the percentage of total class time that is spent on each objective/indicator.
  • RBT Designation: Classification of outcome behavior in essential standards and indicator statements in Dimensions according to the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy:
    Cognitive Process Dimension: 1 Remember, 2 Understand, 3 Apply, 4 Analyze, 5 Evaluate, 6 Create.
    Knowledge Dimension: A Factual Knowledge, B Conceptual Knowledge, C Procedural Knowledge.

AN52 Natural Resources II

Course Type: Updated




Standard/Obj #Standard/ObjectiveCourse WeightRBT DesignationEssential Employability Skills
1.00Understand leadership opportunities in natural resources.9%C2 Procedural Knowledge - Understand-
1.01Understand organizations available for students in natural resources and the purpose of communication and public speaking techniques.5%C2 Procedural Knowledge - Understand-
1.02Understand the procedures used to conduct a business meeting and parliamentary abilities.4%C2 Procedural Knowledge - Understand-
2.00Understand financial records and work-based learning opportunities in natural resources.6%C2 Procedural Knowledge - Understand-
2.01Understand skills needed for keeping financial records in the natural resources industry.2%C2 Procedural Knowledge - Understand-
2.02Understand the Supervised Agricultural Experience component of the natural resources class.4%C2 Procedural Knowledge - Understand-
3.00Understand the role of forests, trees, and management techniques and their importance in the environment.17%C2 Procedural Knowledge - Understand-
3.01Remember identifying characteristics of NC trees and common forest pests.7%C1 Procedural Knowledge - Remember-
3.02Understand management practices used in forestry to improve forest quality.7%C2 Procedural Knowledge - Understand-
3.03Understand harvesting skills that reflect management practices as recommended by the NCDFR.3%C2 Procedural Knowledge - Understand-
4.00Understand information related to the quality, properties, and use of soil and water.17%C2 Procedural Knowledge - Understand-
4.01Understand soil conservation management practices and techniques used to properly sample soils and evaluate test results.9%C2 Procedural Knowledge - Understand-
4.02Understand issues related to water pollution, quality, sampling, and identification of indicator species.8%C2 Procedural Knowledge - Understand-
5.00Understand identifying characteristics of wildlife, game management practices, and other factors that affect wildlife species.15%C2 Procedural Knowledge - Understand-
5.01Understand the role of game management practices and the interaction between animals and society.9%C2 Procedural Knowledge - Understand-
5.02Remember wildlife species based on physical characteristics.6%C1 Procedural Knowledge - Remember-
6.00Understand the factors involved in planning and establishing an aquaculture facility.8%C2 Procedural Knowledge - Understand-
6.01Understand the types of aquaculture facilities and potential products produced in an aquaculture operation.3%C2 Procedural Knowledge - Understand-
6.02Understand the operation methods and management considerations used with a variety of aquaculture production systems.5%C2 Procedural Knowledge - Understand-
7.00Understand information related to the principles of natural resources recreational opportunities.18%C2 Procedural Knowledge - Understand-
7.01Understand the basic procedures involved in camping.6%C2 Procedural Knowledge - Understand-
7.02Understand the principles of hunting and firearm safety.6%C2 Procedural Knowledge - Understand-
7.03Understand the basic principles of freshwater fishing.6%C2 Procedural Knowledge - Understand-
8.00Understand the terms and concepts related to energy production, usage, and conservation.10%C2 Procedural Knowledge - Understand-
8.01Remember terms related to energy.3%C1 Procedural Knowledge - Remember-
8.02Understand the major sources of energy, ways to conserve energy, and emerging technologies.7%C2 Procedural Knowledge - Understand-