Course Standards

2026-2027 Academic Year

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AY20 Exploring Environmental and Natural Resources

Course Type: Developed

Course Outcomes:

Understand the importance of environmental stewardship.
Understand how different natural resources (like water, soil, forests, and air) are important for a healthy environment.
Understand the relationship between alternative energy and sustainable agriculture.
Understand how positive character traits foster employability skills.
Understand careers in agriculture, energy, and natural resources.

Standard/Objective Number	Standard/Objective	Course Weight	RBT Designation
1.00	Understand components of career readiness for the agriculture industry.	15%	B2 Understand Conceptual
1.01	Understand employability and leadership skills valued by the agriculture industry.	7%	B2 Understand Conceptual
1.02	Understand career areas in the natural resources industry.	8%	B2 Understand Conceptual
2.00	Understand the relationship between natural resources and the production of food and fiber products.	45%	B2 Understand Conceptual
2.01	Understand the importance of natural resources in the agriculture industry.	25%	B2 Understand Conceptual
2.02	Understand the role of alternative energy as it relates to the agriculture industry.	20%	B2 Understand Conceptual
3.00	Understand how environmental stewardship within the agricultural industry relates to natural resource stewardship.	40%	B2 Understand Conceptual
3.01	Understand the environmental impact of plant and animal production.	20%	B2 Understand Conceptual
3.02	Understand strategies for effectively using resources in the agriculture industry.	20%	B2 Understand Conceptual

Essential standards (highlighted in gray 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 gray 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.

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

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Standard/Objective Number: The essential standard is denoted by the digits before the dot; objectives/indicators are indicated by the final 2 digits.
Standard/Objective: 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.