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Texas Certified Nursery Professional (TCNP) Syllabus
Course Description:
This course is designed for students with an interest in pursuing a career in the nursery/landscape industry or other horticulture related fields. The material included in the course is designed to educate students on knowledge essential to the nursery/landscape industry and prepare them for the Texas Certified Nursery Professional (TCNP) exam.
This course is designed in a six-week structure with a total of 300 points possible. These points are divided between quizzes, class activities, and the final pre-exam. Quizzes and the final preexam will be graded on a percentage scale, while class activities will be a completion grade, resulting in either a 100 or zero percent. The dates described for homework are aligned with the topic instruction although reading/studying ahead is recommended.
Course Objectives:
Throughout this course, students will gain new insights and professional thinking strategies used in horticulture that are essential to success in the nursery/landscape industry. To develop their professional thinking, students will examine major concepts such as culture, merchandising, landscape design, plant characteristics, and plant identification. The main goal of completing this curriculum is preparing students to be able to complete the TCNP exam with a grade of 70 percent or higher. This will allow them to gain credibility and prestige in the nursery/landscape industry and increase their value as future employees or continuing education in a related field
Student Requirements:
• Be actively enrolled in a horticulture related High School program
• Be at least 16 years of age at the time of course completion
• Complete this course with a grade of 70 percent or higher (210 total points or more)
Required Materials:
• TNLA TCNP Training Manual: Third Addition
• TNLA’s Best of Texas Landscape Guide
• TCNP High School PowerPoints, class activities, quizzes, Quizlets, and Kahoot!
• Access to computer, internet, and camera phone
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Resources:
• TCNP Quizlet: https://quizlet.com/join/22MubtZZq
• Quizlet password for teachers to edit: TeachTCNP
• TCNP Kahoot: https://create.kahoot.it/share/tcnp-class-review/78803aad-8e8d-48878f8c-35623ff4b579 Class
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Botany - How Plants Grow.pptx
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Schedule and Assignments: Dates Activities Points Week One: Culture I Class One Culture I Part I PowerPoint presentation: Plant Care and Maintenance
Plant Care and Maintenance - Disease Identification and Control.pptx
Plant Care and Maintenance - Plant Pests.pptxPests and Diseases Class Activity: Plant Search 10 Class One Homework TCNP Training Manual reading: • Ch. 7-9
Familiarize with: Pest/Diseases ID: Pg. 643, Ornamental Diseases CE 14-Pg. 671 Apple Diseases CE 27 Culture I TCNP Pests and Diseases QuizletClass Two Culture I Part I Quiz: Pests and Diseases 10 Culture I Part II PowerPoint Presentation: Plant Care and Maintenance • Plant Care and Maintenance - Weed Identification and Control.pptxWeed Identification Class Activity: Plant Search 10 Class Two Homework TCNP Training Manual reading: • Ch. 10
Weed Identification: Pg.
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names) Culture I Part II TCNP Weed Identification QuizletWeek Two: Culture II Class Three Culture I Part II Quiz: Weed Identification 10 Culture II Part I PowerPoint presentation: Basic Botany and Plant Care and Maintenance
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679-680 (Photos, common names,
botanical
Basic
Basic
Plant Care and
Soils and
Plant Care and Maintenance
Culture II Part I Class Activity: Fertilizer Calculations 10 Class Three Homework TCNP Training Manual Reading: • Ch. 3-6 Culture II Part I TCNP: Basic Botany and Plant Care and Maintenance QuizletClass Four Culture II Part I Quiz: Basic Botany and Plant Care and Maintenance 10
Maintenance -
Growing Media.pptx •
- Plant Nutrition.pptx
Culture II Part II PowerPoint presentation: Plant Care and Maintenance and Plant Materials
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Care
Maintenance
Plant
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- Pruning.pptx
Care and
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Plant
Maintenance - Plant Propagation
Plant Materials
Trees and Shrubs.pptx
Plant Materials - Vines and Groundcovers.pptxCulture II Part II Class Activity: Propagation 10 Class Four Homework TCNP Training Manual Reading: • Ch. 11-14 Culture II Part II TCNP: Plant Care and Maintenance and Plant Materials QuizletWeek Three: Culture II, Merchandising Class Five Culture II Part II Quiz: Plant Care and Maintenance and Plant Materials 10 Culture II Part III PowerPoint Presentation: Plant Materials • Plant Materials - Landscape Color.pptx • Plant Materials - Turfgrass.pptx • Plant Materials - Interior Plants.pptxCulture II Part III Class Activity: Mini Terrarium 10 Class Five Homework TCNP Training Manual Reading: • Ch. 15-17 Culture II Part III TCNP: Plant Materials QuizletClass Six Culture II Part III Quiz: Plant Materials 10 Merchandising PowerPoint Presentation: The Retail and Nursery Business • Retail Business Basics - Sales and Service.pptx • Retail Business Basics - Display.pptxMerchandising Class Activity: What Would You Do? 10 Class Six Homework TCNP Training Manual Reading: • Ch. 1-2 Merchandising TCNP QuizletWeek Four: Landscape Design Class Seven Merchandising Quiz 10 Landscape Design Part I PowerPoint Presentation: The Home Landscape
The Home Landscape - Landscape Design.pptx
The Home Landscape - The Home Orchard.pptx • The Home Landscape - The Vegetable Garden.pptxLandscape Design Part I Class Activity: Garden Planning 10 Class Seven Homework TCNP Training Manual Reading: • Ch. 18-20 Landscape Design Part I TCNP: The Home Landscape QuizletClass Eight Landscape Design Part I Quiz: The Home Landscape 10 Landscape Design Part II PowerPoint Presentation: Landscape Design and Plan Reading -
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4 • Landscapers Essentials - Landscape Design and Plan Reading.pptx Landscape Design Part II Class Activity: Creating a Landscape Design 10 Class Eight Homework The Best of Texas Landscape Guide Reading: • Trees, Shrubs, Groundcovers, Vines Landscape Design Part II TCNP: Landscape Design and Plan Reading QuizletWeek Five: Plant Characteristics and Plant I.D. Class Nine Landscape Design Part II Quiz: Landscape Design and Plan Reading 10 Plant Characteristics Class Activity: Plant Walk 10 Class Nine Homework The Best of Texas Landscape Guide Reading: • Annuals, Perennials, and Outdoor Topicals Plant Characteristics TCNP QuizletClass Ten Plant Characteristics Quiz 10 Plant I.D. Class Activity: Plant Walk 10 Class Ten Homework The Best of Texas Landscape Guide Reading: • Roses, Ornamental Grasses Plant I.D. TCNP QuizletWeek Six: TCNP Pre-Exam Class Eleven Plant I.D Quiz 10 TCNP Pre-Exam Class Activity: Class Review, Kahoot!Class Eleven Homework Review All: Class Activities, Quizzes, Quizlets, Readings, and Class Review Kahoot!Class Twelve TCNP Pre-Exam 100
Plant SearchActivity: Culture I Pests and Diseases
During the scheduled class time students will go into the field to collect photo samples of suspected pests and diseases based on the list below, the Culture I Pests and Diseases PowerPoint presentation, and prior knowledge. The completion of this activity will be worth 10 points.
• Each student will take three photos of various plants affected by pests and diseases to submit to the teacher via email or another online platform
• The photos should each include a caption of the suspected pest or disease and the species of plant affected
Some common pests and diseases students may encounter include:
Mealybug
Oak Gall
Powdery Mildew
Leafminer
Spider Mites
Leaf Black Spot
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Culture I Quiz: Pests and Diseases
This quiz is equal to 10 points in total. Please circle the correct answer.
Date:
Q.1 This problem can be identified as: Q.2 This problem can be identified as:
Spittle bug
Euonymus scale
Grey-leaf mildew Thrip
Lace bug Wireworms
Powdery mildew Ants
Q.3 This problem can be identified as: Q.4 This problem can be identified as:
Damping-off
Botrytis blight
Algal leaf spot
Anthracnose
Wax scale Gall rust
Fire blight
Oak leaf blister
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Q.5 This problem can be identified as: Q.6 This problem can be identified as:
Red spider mites
Botrytis blight
Web worm Cedar-apple rust
Leafminer Fire blight
Whitefly Black rot
Q.7 This problem can be identified as: Q.8 This problem can be identified as:
Whitefly Crown gall
Chinch bug Wax scale
Mite Eastern gall rust
Boll weevil Scab
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Q.9 This problem can be identified as:
Dollar spot
Bacteria blotch
Leaf black spot
Crown gall
Q.10 This problem can be identified as:
Spittle bug
Whitefly
White grub
Cottony cushion scale
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