The lesson plans submitted as artifacts are as follows:

1. Career options lesson (3 items)
2. Anatomy project (1 item)
3. Large Animal Husbandry Project (3 items)

The submitted student assignments include PowerPoint presentations designed by both first year and second year students, a three-dimensional anatomy poster created by a first year student, and a poster created by a second year student as part of her large animal husbandry project.

The example provided is a unit project assigned each spring to coincide with the running of the Iditarod sled dog race in Alaska. This project has several components, and is considerably challenging.  It is also the project that former students report was one of their favorites to work on.  It has wide-ranging scope, covering a variety of subjects learned in class, but also touching on history, geography, math, mapping, and cultural identity.

The instructional staff spent a year learning a variety of differentiated instructional techniques to foster student achievement.  The three practices included are compacting, which explores what the students have already mastered to eliminate redundancies in instruction, flexible grouping, and learning contracts.  This allows students to choose assignments and presentation activities based on learning style preferences, giving them “ownership” of the process.  The lessons attached are on aseptic technique, large animal husbandry, and animal welfare.