Fairview High School
Inventing Quality Work For Students

Essential Outcomes

1st Trimester Essential Outcomes

1. Evaluate jobs available in turf-grass maintenance.
2. Interpret the history of turf-grass and its' significance in history.
3. Evaluate the skills needed in the turf-grass industry.
4. Assess the importance the importance of soil fertility to plant growth.
5. Distinguish between the soil components
6. Contrast the characteristics of a good soil with a bad soil.
7. Evaluate ways to improve the quality of a good soil.
8. Assess how pH affects nutrient uptake by plants.
9. Evaluate the use of soil test to improve soil quality.
10. Summarize the major differences between cool season and warm season turf-grasses.
11. Specify the characteristics of a cool season grasses.
12. Specify the characteristics of a warm season grasses.
13. Evaluate the use of specific turf-grass species for a site.
14. Select the planting times depending on the variety of turf.
15. Prescribe methods of establishing turf-grass and its' care.
16. Summarize the site preparation needed before establishing a turf.
17. Evaluate methods and techniques used in mowing turf.
18. Assess the efficiency of different types of mowers.
19. Assess the importance of irrigation for a turf-grass.
20. Analyze the principles of Integrated Pest Management.
21. Assess the types of pesticides available in the turf-grass industry.
22. Evaluate safety procedures to be used for proper pesticide application.
23. Analyze the major insects and diseases that affect turf-grass.
24. Plan a simulated SAEP, Supervised Agricultural Experience Program, using a turf-grass management business.
25. Prepare a six-to-eight-minute presentation on an aspect of turf-grass management.
26. Examine procedures for conducting meetings in professional meetings.
27. Evaluate the use of the Program of Work to include FFA Activities associated with turf-grass management

2^nd Trimester Essential Outcomes

28. Evaluate maintenance programs for turf-grass.
29. Evaluate methods of controlling weeds and insects.
30. Evaluate the basic design and layout features of a golf course.
31. Prescribe the maintenance procedures performed on a golf course.
32. Evaluate the responsibilities of the superintendent and other employees.
33. Evaluate the methods to improve a turf-grass.
34. Construct lawns, athletic fields and other types of turf areas.
35. Debate the role of professional lawn care service companies in the turf industry.
36. Evaluate the how grass seed and sod are produced.
37. Assess the importance of business management skills in the turf-grass industry.
38. Specify personnel management practices for working with unskilled labor.
39. Evaluate the use of a budget and a work schedule in a turf care company.
40. Value appropriate industry-related work ethics.

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