Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 130 - TEXAS ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS FOR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION › Subchapter A - AGRICULTURE, FOOD, AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Section 130.10 - Advanced Animal Science (One Credit)

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a)
				  General requirements. This course is recommended for students in Grades 11 and
				  12. Prerequisites: Biology and Chemistry or Integrated Physics and Chemistry
				  (IPC); Algebra I and Geometry; and either Small Animal Management, Equine
				  Science, or Livestock Production. Recommended prerequisite: Veterinary Medical
				  Applications. Students must meet the 40% laboratory and fieldwork requirement.
				  This course satisfies a high school science graduation requirement. Students
				  shall be awarded one credit for successful completion of this course.
(b) Introduction.
(1) Career and technical education
				  instruction provides content aligned with challenging academic standards and
				  relevant technical knowledge and skills for students to further their education
				  and succeed in current or emerging professions.
(2) The Agriculture, Food, and Natural
				  Resources Career Cluster focuses on the production, processing, marketing,
				  distribution, financing, and development of agricultural commodities and
				  resources, including food, fiber, wood products, natural resources,
				  horticulture, and other plant and animal products/resources.
(3) Advanced Animal Science examines the
				  interrelatedness of human, scientific, and technological dimensions of
				  livestock production. Instruction is designed to allow for the application of
				  scientific and technological aspects of animal science through field and
				  laboratory experiences. To prepare for careers in the field of animal science,
				  students must attain academic skills and knowledge, acquire knowledge and
				  skills related to animal systems, and develop knowledge and skills regarding
				  career opportunities, entry requirements, and industry standards. To prepare
				  for success, students need opportunities to learn, reinforce, apply, and
				  transfer their knowledge and skills in a variety of settings.
(4) Science, as defined by the National
				  Academy of Sciences, is the "use of evidence to construct testable explanations
				  and predictions of natural phenomena, as well as the knowledge generated
				  through this process." This vast body of changing and increasing knowledge is
				  described by physical, mathematical, and conceptual models. Students should
				  know that some questions are outside the realm of science because they deal
				  with phenomena that are not scientifically testable.
(5) Scientific inquiry is the planned and
				  deliberate investigation of the natural world. Scientific methods of
				  investigation are experimental, descriptive, or comparative. The method chosen
				  should be appropriate to the question being asked.
(6) Scientific decision making is a way of
				  answering questions about the natural world. Students should be able to
				  distinguish between scientific decision-making methods (scientific methods) and
				  ethical and social decisions that involve science (the application of
				  scientific information).
(7) A
				  system is a collection of cycles, structures, and processes that interact. All
				  systems have basic properties that can be described in space, time, energy, and
				  matter. Change and constancy occur in systems as patterns and can be observed,
				  measured, and modeled. These patterns help to make predictions that can be
				  scientifically tested. Students should analyze a system in terms of its
				  components and how these components relate to each other, to the whole, and to
				  the external environment.
(8)
				  Students are encouraged to participate in extended learning experiences such as
				  career and technical student organizations and other leadership or
				  extracurricular organizations.
(9)
				  Statements that contain the word "including" reference content that must be
				  mastered, while those containing the phrase "such as" are intended as possible
				  illustrative examples.