Registration and Lesson Plans Deadline – Friday, Jan 26th 

Registration for CDE is not complete until the Lesson Plan is turned in by Friday, January 26th.  

Lesson Plans should be submitted via email to [log in to unmask]

Date and Time: 

Area 3 and 4 - Tuesday, February 27th - Camp John Hope - Activity Center 

This LDE takes place the same day at the region Poultry Judging CDE. 

Once registration closes and we know the number of students participating, you will be able to sign up for a specific presentation time that day. 
There will be two judging rooms: an Area 4 room and an Area 3 room. 
The top two participants in each area will move on to the state competition. 

Event Details: 

This event is open to FFA members in grades 9-12 and is limited to one student per chapter. 

On the Area level, the Agricultural Education CDE will consist of three parts: 

1. Organize, prepare, and write a lesson plan using the “Lesson Plan Submission” guidelines.

2. Teach a 4-6 minute interest approach from the lesson plan to a panel of judges; no students will be present, and judges will not ask follow-up questions. 

• The rubric for the Area presentation can be found on page 8 of the guidelines attached and linked below. 

3. Complete a multiple-choice exam  

On the Area level of competition, students will still turn in a full lesson plan and take a quiz. However, the teaching practicum on the area level will require the student to teach a 4-6 minute interest approach rather than teach the full lesson. An interest approach presentation rubric for the Area level has been added to the CDE guidelines.

Agriculture Education LDE Guidelines and additional information regarding the lesson plan requirement can be found HERE. 

Lesson Plan Details: 

The lesson topic may be selected from the following areas: 

a. Agribusiness Management 

b. Agricultural Mechanics 

c. Agriscience 

d. Animal Science 

e. Forestry/ Natural Resources 

f. Plant Science/ Horticulture 

g. Veterinary Science  

Each individual will create a lesson plan that includes each of the following: an anticipatory set, one learning objective, content, content questions, teaching procedures, closure, and assessment. (I've attached the template, and it is also online.)

Lesson Plans should be submitted via email to [log in to unmask] or mailed to:

281 Hope Entrance Road

Fort Valley, GA 31030

Please do not send completed lesson plans to Dr. Rubenstein for the Area competition. Area lesson plans should be sent to the region office. 

Tshirts:

T-shirts are available for this event and must be ordered online with event registration. 

To register for the CDE:

Go to the AG. Ed. Website and log in.

Click on Event Registration.

Click on Area 3 or Area 4 Ag. Education CDE Registration.

Click on the edit for the team that you are registering.

Click on edit for the T-shirts that you order. It will make an invoice for your T-shirts.

Bring to the contest:

2 - #2 pencils

All instructional materials, including flip charts, handouts, visual aids, etc., will be the result of each participant’s own efforts. 

Equipment provided by the event director will include a projector, screen, and computer.  

CDE Dress

It is recommended that students wear official dress for this event.