Power, Structural & Technical Systems

Websites

• Animated Engines
• Calibrating Field Sprayers
• Construction and Trade Lesson Plans
• Engineers Edge
• Lincoln Electric
• Reading a Micrometer
• The Wood Whisperer
• Welding Teacher

Activities/Labs

• Agricultural Cold Metal Processes
• Agricultural Concrete and Masonry Practices
• Basic Agricultural Electricity and Wiring
• Basic Agricultural Woodworking
• CA Ag Teacher's Guide to Safety
• Electric Arc Welding Processes
• Flower Stand (.pdf)
• Healthy Farming Simulation Exercises
• How Cars are Powered
• Micrometer Quiz
• Oxy-fuel Cutting and Welding
• Oxyfuel Welding and Cutting (.doc)
• Personal and Group Safety
• Plumbing Systems in Agriculture
• Shop Safety Contract
• Small Engines
• The Workshop - Lots of Resources!

   Non-Shop Activities (Great for Substitute Teachers)

• Ag Mechanics Assessment (.doc)
• Ag Mechanics Product Presentation (.doc) developed by L. Sackreiter, Fillmore Central
• Concrete Student Power Point Assignment
• Customer Service Activity (.doc)
• Engine Skillathon (.doc)
• Small Engine Matching Worksheet (.doc)  

Project Plans from the University of Minnesota

• Copper Tubing Exercise (.pdf)
• Drawbar Hitch Pin (.pdf)
• Drill Bit, Bolt and Washer Gauge (.pdf)
• Eye Bolt, Nut and Cold Chisel (.pdf)
• Pipe Exercise (.pdf)
• Sharpening Twist Drill Bit (.pdf)
• Tool Sharpening Gauge (.pdf)