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Which of the following best describes your availability of time to devote to your SAE?
Help: SAEs involve time. Please estimate your weekly involvement in your experience outside of the classroom.
 
No Time
Very Little Time...Like Maybe 1-2 Hours Per Week
Potentially 3-6 Hours Per Week
Potentially 6-10 Hours Per Week
Potentially 10-20 Hours Per Week
Potentially Over 20 Hours Per Week

The following are areas of interest. Which of the following represent your area of interest?
Help: These areas describe pathways of agricultural education and potentially relate to your interest.
 
Agribusiness Systems
Animal Systems
Environmental Systems
Food Products & Processing
Leadership, Education & Career Planning
Natural Resource Systems
Plant Systems
Power, Structural & Technical Systems

Within Leadership, Education and Career Prep, which of the following represents your area of interest?
Help: The Cluster Skills serve as the foundation for all pathways. They involve skills that apply to all pathways within the AFNR Career Cluster. Such concepts as leadership, communication, teamwork and general safety are included in this area.
 
Careers in Agriculture
General Agriculture
Leadership
Education

Within Animal Systems, which of the following represents your area of interest?
Help: The study of animal systems, including life processes, health, nutrition, genetics, management and processing, through the study of small animals, aquaculture, livestock, dairy, horses and/or poultry
 
General Livestock Animal Systems
Animal Production (Beef, Swine, Dairy, Sheep, Goats, Poultry, Rabbits and Other)
Equine
Aquaculture
Small Animal/Companion Animal
Wildlife
Animal Health

Within Plant Systems, which of the following represents your area of interest?
Help: The study of plant life cycles, classifications, functions, structures, reproduction, media and nutrients, as well as growth and cultural practices, through the study of crops, turf grass, trees and shrubs and/or ornamental plants.
 
Landscape, Turfgrass, Nursery Operations & Floriculture
Forage Crops
Forestry
Vegetable/Fruit Crops
Grain Crops (Corn, Milo, Wheat, Sorghum)
General Crop Systems

Within Agribusiness Systems, which of the following represents your area of interest?
Help: The study of business principles, including management, marketing and finance, and their application to enterprises engaged
in Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources.

 
Sales Business
Service Business

Within Power, Structural & Tech Systems, which of the following represents your area of interest?
Help: The study of agricultural equipment, power systems, alternative fuel sources and precision technology, as well as woodworking, metalworking, welding and project planning for agricultural structures.
 
Machinery & Equipment
Structures
Energy (Power)

Within Natural Resource Systems, which of the following represents your area of interest?
Help: The study of the management of soil, water, wildlife, forests and air as natural resources.
 
Management of Systems
Evaluation of Natural Resources

Within Environmental Systems, which of the following represents your area of interest?
Help: The study of systems, instruments and technology used in waste management and their influence on the environment.
 
Management of Systems
Evaluation of Systems

Within Food Products and Processing, which of the following best represents your area of interest?
Help: The study of product development, quality assurance, food safety, production, sales and service, regulation and compliance, and food service within the food science industry.
 
Management of the Industry
Evaluation of the Industry

Within general livestock animal systems, which of the following represents your area of interest?
Help: This is a general area of animal interest with no solid connection to animal type or area of the industry. Choosing this area represents a wide area of interest and often describes an exploratory project (Learning something new).
 
General Livestock Interest (Mixed animal species and industry area)
Other (Mixed interest of animal systems and another area)

Within animal productions, which of the following represents your area of interest?
Help: This relates to animal production areas such as market (typically for the food system), animal breeding operations or developing breeding age animals.
 
Market Animals
Breeding Animals
Replacement Breeding Animals
Other (Mixed interest production animals)

Within equine, which of the following represents your area of interest?
Help: This represents a specialized interest in the areas of the equine breeding, showing and training of horses or developing breeding animals.
 
Breeding
Show Animals/Training
Replacement Breeding
Other (Mixed equine interest)

Within aquaculture, which of the following represents your area of interest?
Help: This includes interest in the areas of fish farming, shrimp farming, oyster farming, algaculture (such as seaweed farming), and the cultivation of ornamental fish. An "other" area of interest could include aquaponics and integrated multi-trophic aquaculture, both of which integrate fish farming and plant farming.
 
Production of Aquaculture Products
Management of Aquaculture Reproduction Processes
Interest in the aquaculture process
Other (Mixed aquaculture and other interest)

Within small animal/companion animal systems, which of the following represents your area of interest?
Help: This area represents interest in the pet industry or related products.
 
Show/Competition Animals
Breeding Animals
Other (Mixed interest)

Within wildlife systems, which of the following represents your area of interest?
Help: This interest relates to management of natural resources as well as management of wildlife.
 
Habitat Development
Recreation
Reproduction of wildlife animals
Other (Mixed interest)

Within animal health systems, which of the following represents your area of interest?
Help: This area of interest represents all animal species.
 
General Animal Care
Nutrition
Reproduction
Other

Within Landscape, Turf-grass, Nursery Operations and Floriculture, which of the following represents your are of interest?
Help:
 
Production
Sales
Other

Within Forage Crops, which of the following represents your area of interest?
Help:
 
Production
Sales
Other

Within Forestry, which of the following represents your area of interest?
Help:
 
Production
Sales
Other

Within Vegetable/Fruit Crops, which of the following represents your area of interest?
Help:
 
Production
Sales
Other

Within Grain Crops, which of the following represents your area of interest?
Help:
 
Production
Sales
Other

Within General Crop Systems, which of the following represents your area of interest?
Help:
 
General Crop Areas (Various Types)
Other

Within Sales Business, which of the following represents your area of interest?
Help:
 
Retail (Consumer) Products
Wholesale (Producer) Products
Other

Within Service Business, which of the following represents your area of interest?
Help:
 
Processing
Home/Community Development
Recreation
Communications
Education

Within Machinery & equipment, which of the following represents your area of interest?
Help:
 
Fabrication
Repair/Maintenance
Other

Within structures, which of the following represents your area of interest?
Help:
 
Repair/Maintenance
Construction/Building
Other

Within Energy (Power), which of the following represents your area of interest?
Help:
 
Repair/Maintenance
Development
Other

Within Management of Systems, which of the following represents your area of interest?
Help:
 
Protecting Natural Resources
Wildlife Businesses
Other

Within Evaluation of Natioanl Resources, which of the following represents your area of interest?
Help:
 
Policy & Regulations
Scientific Applications
Other

Within Management of Systems, which of the following represents your area of interest?
Help:
 
Environmetal Management
Machinery
Waste/Waste Management
Other

Within Evaluation of systems, which of the following represents your area of interest?
Help:
 
Policy & Regulations
Scientific Applications
Other

Within Management of the industry, which of the following represents your area of interest?
Help:
 
Food Products Management/
Machinery
Safety
Other

Within Evaluation of the industry, which of the following represents your area of interest?
Help:
 
Policy & Regulations
Scientific Applications
Other

Which of the following best answers your use/involvement of money?
Help:
 
I plan to receive additional money above expenses (profit or paycheck) for my efforts in my project.
I am likely to spend money (Expenses), but do not plan to earn money above those expenses.

Which of the following best describes your project?
Help:
 
My project has risk to manage such as animal death, crop loss or cost of production; but hope to manage these situations.
I am planning to be paid for work and I have little risk of loss. I may have some personal expenses needed to complete my job./

Which of the following best describes your interest?
Help:
 
I am interested answering a research question such as plant growth from varying watering or fellow students perceptions of natural resource conservation.
I am interested in working to gain experience, in a job setting but not for payment. A job setting is a regularly scheduled time and includes a set of normal activities.
I am interested in learning more about an SAE. It could help if I could explore a career area, prepare for a career, learn more about safety, learn more about managing money and learn about an area of agree .

 



 
     
 
   

 
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