CDE Handbook - Florida FFA Association
CDE Handbook - Florida FFA Association
CDE Handbook - Florida FFA Association
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Middle School Forestry <strong>CDE</strong><br />
Middle School<br />
Forestry <strong>CDE</strong><br />
Purpose<br />
To stimulate student interest in forestry, to promote forestry<br />
instruction in the agricultural education curriculum, and to<br />
provide recognition for those who have demonstrated skill and<br />
competency as a result of forestry instruction.<br />
Eligibility<br />
The participant must be an active member of a chartered <strong>Florida</strong><br />
<strong>FFA</strong> Chapter and enrolled in grades 6, 7, or 8. All teams will<br />
consist of 4 members. All members of the team will participate<br />
in all 6 events. Only the top three scores will be calculated for<br />
the team total. <strong>FFA</strong> chapters may have up to two separate teams<br />
in district contests. These teams will be registered separately,<br />
as chapter team A and chapter team B, and members will not<br />
be able to switch from one team to the other after registration.<br />
Chapter team A must consist of 4 members before team B can<br />
be formed. No chapter will be allowed to register two three<br />
member teams. Only one middle school four-member team<br />
may represent each district in the State Contest. Alternate team<br />
members may not participate except to observe the event.<br />
Event Procedures<br />
1. A contestant will be allowed to touch plant material during<br />
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the contest but under no circumstances will the contestant<br />
damage the plant material. Students found damaging<br />
specimens will be disqualified from the contest.<br />
2. Contestants will be provided with a specimen list to<br />
complete the activities.<br />
3. Observers will not be permitted in the contest area while<br />
the contest is in progress.<br />
4. Contestants will be assigned to group leaders who will<br />
escort them to various contest-staging sites of the different<br />
phases. Each contestant is to stay with his or her assigned<br />
group leader throughout the contest or until told to change<br />
leaders by the field day coordinator.<br />
5. All contestants will be given a contestant number by which<br />
they will be designated throughout the contest.<br />
6. Contestants must come to the field day prepared to work in<br />
adverse weather conditions. The contests will be conducted<br />
regardless of weather. They should have rain gear, warm<br />
clothes and footwear.<br />
7. Tools and Equipment: All tools and equipment will be<br />
furnished for the contest. Contestants must use the tools<br />
and equipment furnished at the contest site, including<br />
<strong>Florida</strong> <strong>FFA</strong> Career Development Event <strong>Handbook</strong><br />
compasses.<br />
8. Written Materials: All written materials will be furnished<br />
for the contest.<br />
9. All teams will consist of 4 members. All members of the<br />
team will participate in all 6 events.<br />
10. Each <strong>FFA</strong> team must be accompanied by an adult.<br />
11. A completed contest entry list must be sent to the<br />
coordinator by the date specified on the registration form.<br />
If a chapter fails to register by this date, it is in the Field<br />
Day Coordinator’s sole discretion to disqualify the team or<br />
allow participation in the contest.<br />
12. Contest Check-in and orientation will begin at the time<br />
specified by the Coordinator. Teams are expected to be on<br />
site prior to this time. Any team arriving late will enter at<br />
the portion of the contest then in progress and will not be<br />
permitted to complete the missed portions of the event.<br />
13. Each contestant is required to provide his or her own<br />
pencil and clipboard. Clipboards are subject to inspection.<br />
Non-programmable calculators will be permitted in the<br />
contest.<br />
14. All score cards that cannot be read or whose work will be<br />
disqualified. All score cards must have the participant’s<br />
name and official chapter name. If the name is not on the<br />
score sheet the participants are subject to disqualification.<br />
15. A committee of <strong>FFA</strong> Advisors may assist with grading and<br />
review of score cards for consistency.<br />
16. The overall team score will be a compilation of the three<br />
highest individual team member’s scores.<br />
17. The Field Day Coordinator shall have the authority to make<br />
rule variances or restrictions to meet local conditions. Any<br />
protest should be made in writing, within three working<br />
days, to the:<br />
Environmental Education Director<br />
<strong>Florida</strong> Division of Forestry;<br />
24059 Childs Road<br />
Brooksville, FL 34601<br />
18. Presentation of materials that have been used by chapters,<br />
foresters, or other resources for training purposes should<br />
not be presented in the same visual manner in the official<br />
<strong>CDE</strong>.<br />
Event Format<br />
The contest will consist of two parts. Part 1: the General<br />
Knowledge written test will be taken by all students at one time.<br />
Part 2: will consist of field application sessions; Dendrology,<br />
Equipment Identification/Forest Disorders, and Timber<br />
Cruising will be included each year. The remaining field<br />
application session will be identified before the event. Students
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