National AFNR Career Cluster Standards

Career Cluster: AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND NATURAL RESOURCES (AFNR)Career Pathway: Plant Systems (PS)Pathway Content Standard: The student will demonstrate competence in the application of scientific principlesand techniques to the production and management of plants.Level I Level II Level IIINational AcademicStandard Grade-LevelExpectationPS.01. Performance Element: Apply knowledge of plant classification, plant anatomy and plantphysiology to the production and management of plants.PS.01.01. Performance Indicator: Classify agricultural plants according totaxonomy systems.PS.01.01.01.a. Explainsystems used to classifyplants.PS.01.01.02.a. Describethe morphologicalcharacteristics used toidentify agricultural plants.PS.01.01.01.b. Compareand contrast the hierarchicalclassification of agriculturalplants.PS.01.01.02.b. Identifyagriculturally important plantsby common names.PS.01.01.01.c. Classifyagricultural plants accordingto the hierarchicalclassification system, lifecycles, plant use and asmonocotyledons ordicotyledons.PS.01.01.02.c. Identifyagriculturally important plantsby scientific names.PS.01.02. Performance Indicator: Apply knowledge of plant anatomy and thefunctions of plant structures to activities associated with plant systems.PS.01.02.01.a. Diagram atypical plant cell and identifyplant cell organelles and theirfunctions.PS.01.02.02.a. Identify thecomponents, the types andthe functions of plant roots.PS.01.02.03.a. Identify thecomponents and thefunctions of plant stems.PS.01.02.04.a. Discuss leafmorphology and thefunctions of leaves.PS.01.02.01.b. Compareand contrast mitosis andmeiosis.PS.01.02.02.b. Identify roottissues and explain thepathway of water andnutrients into and throughthe root tissues.PS.01.02.03.b. Describethe processes oftranslocation.PS.01.02.04.b. Explain howleaves capture light energyand allow for the exchange ofgases.PS.01.02.01.c. Apply theknowledge of celldifferentiation and thefunctions of the major typesof cells to plant systems.PS.01.02.02.c. Relate theactive and passive transportof minerals into and throughthe root system to plantnutrition.PS.01.02.03.c. Applyconcepts associated withtranslocation to themanagement of plants.PS.01.02.04.c. Explain therelationships between leafstructure and functions andplant management practices.Science: C3Science: B6, C3 and C549