Week 2: Plant Science and Agricultural Communication

Week at a glance

Students investigate three ways people improve plant and food systems. They diagnose a fictional hydroponic problem in Grow System Rescue, respond to the fictional Sunny Fields Farm client brief, build and test a Farm-to-Table infographic, evaluate how technology is changing established agriculture occupations, and complete the required Xello Biases and career choices lesson.

Canvas is the instructional environment. H&L browsing is optional. Students do not need an open web search, a working H&L account, or a premium design tool to complete any graded evidence.

Learning target: I can use evidence to explain a plant-system problem, communicate a farm-to-table process for a client, and evaluate how technology changes agriculture work.

Success criteria:

I defend a first hydroponic repair with at least two supplied clues.
My infographic has four ordered steps, one visual per step, two client facts, and a clear reading path.
I explain how one technology changes a plant-career task, use two dated facts, and state one limit of the data.
I complete Xello Biases and career choices and use a career fact to test one assumption privately.

Standards

d(1)(C): Explore and describe career opportunities in a cluster.
d(1)(D): Research and evaluate emerging occupations.
d(2)(A): Research academic, certification, and training requirements.
d(4)(B): Identify transferable skills among a variety of careers.
d(5)(C): Analyze how changing trends affect career choices.

Day 5 consolidates the week. The Xello lesson itself is not treated as an initial career-assessment analysis under d(1)(A).

Five-day sequence

Day	Core experience	Durable evidence
1	Plant careers + Grow System Rescue	FYF first-repair decision, two clues, and labeled improvement; private role-duty-preparation check
2	Read the Farm-to-Table client brief and plan	Four-step content plan, full-page sketch, and Agricultural Communications Specialist role connection
3	Build, reader-test, and revise	Farm-to-Table infographic draft plus private formative skill-transfer check
4	Evaluate emerging plant-tech work	Individual technology-to-task evaluation and practice quiz
5	Xello Biases and career choices	Completion Standards record and private reflection

Canvas package

Five coordinated Teacher Facilitator Guides and five Student Guides
Locked licensed FYF pp. 88-92 screenshots
Plant Systems Career Evidence Guide
Two-page Farm-to-Table Infographic Planner with a full-page sketch area; FYF p. 92 remains the interview-question surface
Emerging Plant-Tech Evidence Guide and two-page evaluation
Student-visible 16-point rubric
Retryable Canvas practice quiz with misconception feedback
Private 0-point Day 1 Plant Career Connection text check; no additional worksheet or packet
Private Canvas evidence-packet and Xello-reflection assignments
Licensed Xello 80-minute facilitator package, original seven-slide template for teacher reference, and optional extension handouts; Canvas supplies the corrected ClassLink launch and lesson-aligned exit

All module items remain unpublished until review. The Xello facilitator package is broader than the district task: Activity 2 is the assigned 30-minute lesson. Career Trailblazers and Non-traditional Career Matches are optional extensions, not required completion evidence.

Grading recommendation

Use the Farm-to-Table infographic plus Emerging Plant-Tech Evaluation as one 16-point major evidence packet. Score client/process accuracy, visual communication, emerging-work evaluation, and evidence/boundaries/revision. Canva, Adobe Express, paper, or another approved route is equal. Do not grade Xello clicks, platform access, drawing skill, public speaking, or H&L favorites.

The Canvas Major assignment is already configured in the 60% Major group at 100 points. It remains unpublished for teacher cloning. The 16-point rubric is an evidence profile that Canvas scales to the assignment value; it is not a separate grade.

Evidence boundaries

Career pay is May 2024 U.S. median, not starting or DFW-local pay.
An emerging specialty may use a broader BLS parent occupation. Students must keep that limitation visible.
The Find Your Future workbook and aligned H&L/Xello materials are the student-facing HQIM. Use their Plant Science program names and activity details as written so Canvas does not contradict the materials in students' hands.
Current district and labor-market pages are teacher cross-checks. Label them by source, measure, and date; do not silently use them to rewrite the student-facing curriculum.
Sunny Fields Farm is fictional. Students do not add real contact information or convert scenario facts into claims about a real business.