These resources were developed to support teaching methods courses.
| Shop Safety Checklist | A safety activity to do in the shop. |
| Safety Resources | A collection of topic and other resources related to Ag mechanics |
| Tools Lists | Suggested tool lists by area (ex. metal). |
| Shop Tool Inventory | An assignment to be completed in the shop. |
| Tool Purchase Activity | A spreadsheet to practice purchasing. |
| Project Variations on a Theme | Commonly project ideas need to be altered a bit due to shop limitations or to meet specific SLOs. This handout provides some examples. |
| Shop Materials Estimator | Use to plan for the materials needed for a shop class (works for other courses as well). Good practice to have students complete for a small set of projects. |
| Project Planning | A project planning assignment. Project Blank Format for use with the assignment. Note many examples of these can be found at: Projects |
| SAE Project Planning | A simpler form of the above assignment. Project Blank Format for use with the assignment. Note many examples of these can be found at: Projects |
| Sample Shop Contract | Advanced students will commonly build larger projects. This is a sample contract. As an activity students can complete this for an assigned project (ex. a BBQ). |
| Grading Rubric Exercise | Practice developing a project grading rubric from a plan (rafter example). |
| Grading Rubric Exercise II | Practice developing a project grading rubric. Select a few sample projects. Have 4 examples of each project. Students develop a rubric and then grade the projects. |
Lecture Materials |
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| Brownies 101 | A PPT the describes the process of building a shop project using baking brownies as the model. Instructors are encouraged to provide brownies to the students.... |
| Tool Storage Ideas | |