| A | B |
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| Placement SAE | placing students in jobs outside the regular classroom hours. They may be paid or unpaid (volunteer) work. |
| Analytical SAE | identifying an agricultural problem that cannot be solved by experiments. |
| Entrepreneurship SAE | planning, implementing, operating and assuming financial risks in an agricultural business or farming activity. |
| Exploratory SAE | helping students learn about agriculture and become aware of possible agricultural careers through short times spent observing, shadowing or helping. |
| Experimental SAE | planning and conducting an agricultural experiment using the scientific process or scientific method. |
| Improvement SAE | a series of activities that improves the value or appearance of the place of employment, school, home or community; the efficiency of a business or an enterprise; or the living conditions of the family. |
| Supplementary SAE | performing one specific agricultural skill outside of normal class time. |
| SAE | a project completed outside of class time that deals with any division of agriculture: |
| SAE purpose | to gain work experience in agriculture and build life skills. |
| Building a fence around garden area | Improvement SAE example |
| Creating a marketing display for Vance County Farmer's Market | Analytical SAE example |
| Doing a job shadow of a veterinarian | Exploratory SAE example |
| How does light and darkness impact the growth of grass seeds | Experimental SAE example |
| Using a skill saw to make a bookcase | Supplementary SAE example |
| Starting a pay-to-fish operation | Entrepreneurship SAE example |
