Teachers -- Please use the following information to plan, prepare, and register your team(s) for the Central Region Floriculture CDE to be held for Area 4 at Southeast Bulloch High School on Tuesday, Dec 6th. Area 3 will be held in the Pettigrew Center at FVSU on Thursday, Dec 8th. Please check the Ag Ed website for the revised Floriculture CDE guidelines to also assist in preparing for this event. Registration will start at 4:00 and the CDE will begin at 4:30 for both areas. *Please Bring: * Each participant must have the following tools: clean clipboard, non-programmable calculator, and 2 pencils. Senior participants may want to bring a small magnifier for disorders. *Also money for your shirts if you are ordering CDE shirts. * *NEW* *RULES AND REGULATIONS (PLEASE READ CAREFULLY)* 1. Each Chapter may enter one team at the area competition. *Team Make-up: *A team representing a chapter will consist of *four members*. With a four-member team, *all* individual scores will be added to determine the team score. *** Also NEW this year is the equipment list on the Junior CDE and a revised equipment list on the Senior CDE *SENIOR EVENT FORMAT * The career development event will be conducted in FOUR PHASES as follows: *PHASE* *Identification of Plants, Tools and Materials:* Twenty-five specimens from the Georgia Floriculture Plant List and Horticulture Tool and Materials List will be displayed for contestants to identify. Ten points will be awarded for each correct answer, and participants have 25 minutes to complete this event phase. *General Knowledge:* The general knowledge section will consist of twenty-five questions covering all areas of the floriculture industry. Ten points will be awarded for each correct answer, and participants have 25 minutes to complete this phase. *Problem Solving:* This phase will consist of five problem solving questions. Twenty points will be awarded for each correct answer, and participants have 20 minutes to complete this phase. The problem solving questions will concentrate on a designated areas: 1. Media Volume 2. Area and Volume 3. Chemical and fertilizer application 4. Irrigation 5. Pricing *Disorder Identification:* Contestants will be required to identify plant disorders including diseases, insects, weeds, and nutritional disorders and specify, if requested, those pesticides or other treatments necessary to remedy the problem. Items for this phase of the career development event will be selected from the Disorders List. Ten points will be awarded for each correct answer, and participants have 20 minutes to complete this event phase. *SENIOR SCORING * Participant scores are the sum of the four phases of the event and *team scores are the sum of* *all four* *member scores*. Possible points are as follows: *Phase ** Member Possible Points Team Possible Points* Identification of Plant Materials 250 1000 General Knowledge 250 1000 Problem Solving 100 400 Disorder Identification 100 400 *Total 700 2800* * * * * * *** *JUNIOR EVENT FORMAT* The career development event will be conducted in TWO PHASES as follows: *PHASE * *Identification of Plant Materials:* Twenty-five specimens from the Georgia Junior Floriculture List (revised 2006) will be displayed for contestantsto identify. Ten points will be awarded for each correct answer, and participants have 30 minutes to complete this event phase. *General Knowledge:* The general knowledge section will consist of twenty-five questions covering basic horticulture. Ten points will be awarded for each correct answer, and participants have 25 minutes to complete this event phase. * * *JUNIOR SCORING* Participant scores are the sum of the two phases of the event and *team scores are the sum of all four member scores.* Possible points are as follows: *Phase* *Member Possible Points* *Team Possible Points* * * Identification of Plant Materials 250 1000 General Knowledge 250 1000 Total 500 2000 If you have trouble viewing or submitting this form, you can fill it out online: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFhnODhCLWluLXBJNklmYW5YeFQwclE6MQ Central Region Floriculture CDE Registration The Central Region Area Floriculture CDE will be held in Area 4 on Tuesday, Dec 6th at Southeast Bulloch High School and in Area 3 will be held in the Pettigrew Center at Fort Valley State University on Thursday, Dec 8th. Registration will start at 4:00 with contest starting at 4:30 for both areas. School Name * Teacher Name * Area * - Area 3 - Area 4 Team Registration * Each chapter is limited to 1 junior team and 1 senior team at area competition - Junior Team - Senior Team Floriculture CDE Shirts Floriculture CDE shirts will be $10 each. You can pay for and pick up your shirts on the day of your CDE. Checks should be made to Central Region FFA. Small Shirt enter the number needed below Medium Shirt enter the number needed below Large Shirt enter the number needed below X Large Shirt enter the number needed below XXL Shirt enter the number needed below XXXL Shirt enter the number needed below Powered by Google Docs <http://docs.google.com> Report Abuse<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/reportabuse?formkey=dFhnODhCLWluLXBJNklmYW5YeFQwclE6MQ&source=https%253A%252F%252Fdocs.google.com%252Fspreadsheet%252Fviewform%253Fformkey%253DdFhnODhCLWluLXBJNklmYW5YeFQwclE6MQ>- Terms of Service <http://www.google.com/accounts/TOS> - Additional Terms<http://www.google.com/google-d-s/terms.html> -- Melissa Riley Central Region Ag Education Horticulture Teacher PO Box 4060 1005 State University Drive Fort Valley, GA 31030 office - 478-825-6067 fax - 478-825-6980 www.centralregionaged.org * *