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National AFNR Career Cluster Standards

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<strong>Career</strong> <strong>Cluster</strong>: AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND NATURAL RESOURCES (<strong>AFNR</strong>)<strong>Career</strong> Pathway: Natural Resource Systems (NRS)Pathway Content Standard: The student will demonstrate competence in the application of scientific principlesand techniques to the management of natural resources.Level I Level II Level III<strong>National</strong> AcademicStandard Grade-LevelExpectationNRS.01. Performance Element: Explain interrelationships between natural resources andhumans necessary to conduct management activities in natural environments.NRS.01.01. Performance Indicator: Apply knowledge of natural resourcecomponents to the management of natural resource systems.Math: 5aScience: C4 and F3Social Studies: 3h and 3kNRS.01.01.01.a. Identifynatural resources.NRS.01.01.02.a. Defineecosystem and relatedterms.NRS.01.01.01.b.Differentiate betweenrenewable and nonrenewablenatural resources.NRS.01.01.02.b. Describethe interdependence oforganisms within anecosystem.NRS.01.01.01.c. Researchand debate one or morecurrent issues related to theconservation or preservationof natural resources.NRS.01.01.02.c. Conduct afield study of an ecosystem,and record and documentobservations of speciesinteractions.NRS.01.02. Performance Indicator: Classify natural resources.Science: F3NRS.01.02.01.a. Describemorphological characteristicsused to identify trees andother woody plants.NRS.01.02.02.a. Describemorphological characteristicsused to identify herbaceousplants.NRS.01.02.03.a. Describemorphological characteristicsused to identify wildlifespecies.NRS.01.02.04.a. Describemorphological characteristicsused to identify aquaticspecies.NRS.01.02.05.a.Demonstrate techniquesused to identify rock, mineraland soil types.NRS.01.02.01.b. Identifytrees and other woody plants.NRS.01.02.02.b. Identifyherbaceous plants.NRS.01.02.03.b. Identifywildlife species.NRS.01.02.04.b. Identifyaquatic species.NRS.01.02.05.b. Identifyrock, mineral and soil types.NRS.01.02.01.c. Conduct afield inventory of trees andother woody plants, andrecord and documentfindings.NRS.01.02.02.c. Conduct afield inventory of herbaceousplants, and record anddocument findings.NRS.01.02.03.c. Conduct afield inventory of wildlifespecies, and record anddocument findings.NRS.01.02.04.c. Conduct afield inventory of aquaticspecies, and record anddocument findings.NRS.01.02.05.c. Conduct afield inventory of rock,mineral and soil types, andrecord and documentfindings.43

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