{"id":426,"date":"2016-02-21T23:00:18","date_gmt":"2016-02-21T23:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsofbest.org\/?p=3591"},"modified":"2023-02-01T07:58:36","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T07:58:36","slug":"fields-of-opportunities-bestology-week-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/2016\/02\/21\/fields-of-opportunities-bestology-week-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Fields of Opportunities \u2013 bESTology Week 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Fields of Opportunities &#8211; bESTology Week 5<\/span><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_3592\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofbest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/job-career.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3592\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3592\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofbest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/job-career-150x150.png\" alt=\"Image: trufflemedia.com\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofbest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/job-career-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.friendsofbest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/job-career-50x50.png 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Image: trufflemedia.com<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Farmers can be ranchers, grazers, goatherds, shepherds, sharecroppers and more, but no matter what a farmer grows or manages, knowledge of chemistry, business, management, weather, biological sciences, engineering and technology are a must.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A farmer must be a highly skilled problem-solver and critical thinker. In addition, he or she must be able to apply the engineering design process or scientific method, sell their product(s), write clear and concise documents and have the spirit of farming. Since BEST teaches these skills, let\u2019s plant the seed for a career in farming and agriculture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Resources<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Farmer\">Farmer<\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2013 Wikipedia<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bls.gov\/ooh\/management\/farmers-ranchers-and-other-agricultural-managers.htm\">U.S. Department of Labor \u2013 Career Information<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/newfarmers.usda.gov\/women-in-ag\">Women in Agriculture<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/newfarmers.usda.gov\/\">Become a Farmer \u2013 How to Guide by the USDA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usda.gov\/wps\/portal\/usda\/usdahome?navid=CAREERS\">USDA Jobs and Careers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofbest.org\/blog\/2016\/02\/21\/careers-in-farming-and-agriculture\/\">Careers in Farming and Agriculture<\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2013 five (5) videos<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/study.com\/article_directory\/q_p\/page\/Agriculture\/q_p\/Careers_and_Occupations_List.html\">Explore Careers<\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2013 Study.com<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofbest.org\/blog\/2016\/02\/21\/creating-an-organizational-chart-for-your-best-team\/\">Creating an Organizational Chart \u2013<\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">four (4) videos<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.office.com\/en-us\/article\/Create-an-organization-chart-21ada00d-82e6-4340-9033-439ac2843c37\">Create an Organization Chart using Microsoft Office<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.choicesmagazine.org\/choices-magazine\/theme-articles\/developing-local-food-systems-in-the-south\/local-food-systems-markets-and-supply-chains\">Food Supply Chain \u2013 From Farm to Market<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Grainstorming<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Reference your BEST Farm Journal and the Silo activity from bESTology Week 2. Add two new silos labeled direct and indirect farming careers. Grainstorm all of the ways people are directly employed on a farm or earn a living indirectly as a result of farming. For example, a farm hand would be a person directly connected with the farm but the realtor who sells the farm or the grocer who sells the milk are associated indirectly. Begin filling your silos with careers! Compare your list of careers with others on your team.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Challenge:<\/em> Add a<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bls.gov\/soc\/major_groups.htm\">Department of Labor Classification<\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">to each career. Enjoy exploring and classifying!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>BEST Farm Journal<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Choose one career from a Grainstorming silo and write a job description including the skill sets and education required to successfully fulfill the job. Next, contact and interview someone who has the job in your community. Once the interview is complete, edit your job description to include points learned in your discussion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>BEST Connection<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Begin growing your BEST team for Bet The Farm 2016. Generate a list of jobs required for your team and the skill sets needed for each. Mimicking industry, create an organizational chart for your company (team). As team members are hired (chosen) for each job, add their photo and a short bio into the graphics. Incorporate the organizational chart into your BEST marketing presentation. Using the above resources, estimate a real-world salary for each job and then calculate the overall budget for your employees (team members). To determine a sales price for your robot, add the budget of your employees to your R&amp;D budget (designing and building your robot). You may just have a million dollar robot!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Community Connection <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Meet your grocer! Plan a field trip to your local grocery store and ask the grocer to help you identify careers associated with products on the store shelves. Divide into teams, with each team investigating a specific area of the store &#8212; produce, meat, dairy, dry goods, etc. An example of your task would be: ground beef requires a rancher, farm hand, truck driver, meat processer, packager, butcher and others. For a special treat, include the bakery and enjoy a delicious cookie while speaking with the baker of how farming contributes to this section of the store.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Before exiting, name all of the jobs required to sell the products within the grocery store. As you travel back to your school, discuss how the cost of food is directly related to the salaries of employees and the distance from the farm to market.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Enrichment (Fertilizer for the Brain)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Thank A Farmer Day! During the next 24 hours, give thanks for the food we eat and generate awareness for the farmers who grew the food. Before eating each meal, analyze the food and state out<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">loud each type of farmer who helped grow the food. Discuss with others during the meal the challenges and rewards of a career in farming.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">The official <strong>Thank A Farmer Day is October 12<sup>th<\/sup><\/strong>. Plan an event at your school to coincide with Bet The Farm 2016!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Bloom\u2019s Taxonomy:<\/strong> add, analyze, ask, brainstorm, calculate, choose, classify, compare, contact, create, determine, discuss, edit, estimate, fill, generate, identify, include, incorporate, interview, investigate, label, name, plan, reference, state, write<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Workforce Skills:<\/strong> reading comprehension, active listening, critical thinking, speaking, active learning, coordination, writing, social perceptiveness, mathematics, science<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Download a PDF copy of Fields of Opportunities &#8211; bESTology Week 5 \u00a0Click <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B4Zn0esNNU9KdTNlS3BlaDZMc0U\/view?usp=sharing\">HERE<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Have you told your friends about bESTology? \u00a0Help us spread the word and be your BEST!<\/span><\/h3>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #000000;\">While the information contained in this website has been compiled from sources believed to be current and reliable, Friends of BEST in Alabama, Inc. (FBA) cannot be held responsible for any errors, omissions or content changes. Links made from this website are to reputable organizations at the time of posting. However, FBA cannot be held responsible for content on such linked websites. The existence of such links does not represent an endorsement by FBA of any views expressed or products or services offered.<\/span><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fields of Opportunities &ndash; bESTology Week 5<br \/>\nFarmers can be ranchers, grazers, goatherds, shepherds, sharecroppers and more, but no matter what a farmer grows or manages, knowledge of chemistry, business, management, weather, biological sciences, engineering and technology are a must.<br \/>\nA farmer must be a highly skilled problem-solver and critical thinker. In addition, he or she must be able to apply the engineering design process or scientific method, sell their product(s), write clear and concise documents and have the spirit &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[344],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bestology-2016"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":427,"href":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426\/revisions\/427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}