ANIMAL SCIENCE

All Animal Science CDE's shall be held in conjunction with the Connecticut FFA at the University of Connecticut.

Rules will follow those of the Connecticut FFA.

Rhode Island chapter teams will be certified if they compete in these contests.

CREED SPEAKING

The Rhode Island Creed Speaking CDE shall follow the rules of the National Creed Speaking CDE with the following exceptions:

1. There shall be one round of competition.
2. There shall be no accuracy deduction.
3. Each chapter shall be allowed 8 competitors.
4. In case of ties the judges shall confer to declare a winner.
5. One timekeeper will be designated.
6. 10 points will be deducted for each prompt given by the judges.
7. More than 2 prompts shall disqualify the student from receiving monetary awards.

DEMONSTRATION CONTEST

Purpose:
To determine the student's ability to communicate verbally and visually a knowledge, understanding, or skill, which he/she possesses to an assorted group of interested people.

Eligibility:
A team shall be made up of 1 or 2 FFA members.

Subject & Nature of Contest:

1. TOPICS - Any area or skill which is agricultural in nature or which deals with topics generally considered under "agriculture" in the broad sense of the word as we know it in the modern FFA.
2. PROPS - Table space only will be provided. Other props, supports, materials, etc., must be supplied by contestants.
3. VISUAL AIDS - Each demonstration should include the appropriate use of some form of visual aides (graphs, charts, pictures, models, samples, etc.).
4. COOPERATION - Where more than one individual is involved, each participant should share approximately equal proportions of  the performance.
5. APPEARANCE - Contestants shall be in official dress except if demonstration involves work which could soil clothing or impair demonstrator's safety.  Then protective clothing shall be worn and safety measures taken.

Time:

1. A team's presentation shall take at least 7 minutes and not more than 10 minutes. (Greenhand 5-8 minutes.)
2. Two points shall be deducted from the average rating of a team for each minute under the minimum time limit or each minute over the maximum time limit.  Judges will be allowed 5 minutes to question teams on subject areas covered.

Score Sheet:

ENVIRONMENTAL/NATURAL RESOURCES

The FFA winner of the Rhode Island Envirothon shall have the choice of being certified as the Forestry CDE winner or the Environmental/Natural Resource CDE winner.

EXTEMPORANEOUS PUBLIC SPEAKING

The Extemporaneous Public Speaking CDE shall follow the National rules with the following exceptions:

1. Nine topics shall be selected for the event and will include the following categories:
   a) agriscience and technology,
   b) food and fiber systems, and
   c) urban agriculture.
2. In case of ties, judges will confer to select a winner.

FLORICULTURE

The Rhode Island Floriculture CDE shall follow the rules of the National Floriculture CDE with the following exceptions:

1. The Ag. Ed. Teachers will select those areas that will be in each year's event. The selection shall be made no later than 4 weeks before the event.
2. The number of teams per chapter shall be established by the Ag. Ed. Teachers no less than 4 weeks prior to the event.

FORESTRY

The FFA winner of the Rhode Island Envirothon shall have the choice of being certified as the Forestry CDE winner or the Environmental/Natural Resource CDE winner.

GREENHAND PREPARED PUBLIC SPEAKING

The Greenhand Prepared Public Speaking CDE shall follow the National rules for Prepared Public Speaking with the following exceptions:

1. Speeches must be submitted at least 7 days before the contest.
2. Each speech shall be a minimum of four minutes and a maximum of six minutes.
3. In case of ties, judges will confer to select a winner.
4. The National Prepared public Speaking Score Card shall be used for scoring.

LANDSCAPE EXHIBITS

The Landscape Exhibits at the Washington County Fair shall follow the rules and themes of the Big "E" Landscape Exhibit.

NURSERY/LANDSCAPE

The Rhode Island Nursery/Landscape CDE shall follow the National rules with the following exceptions:

1. Contest areas shall be chosen by the Ag. Ed. Teachers a minimum of 4 weeks prior to the contest date.
2. The number of teams allowed per chapter shall be determined by the Ag. Ed. Teachers 4 weeks prior to the contest date.

OPENING & CLOSING CEREMONY

The Opening and Closing Ceremony CDE is designed to develop agricultural leadership by providing for FFA members participation in public speaking activities and stimulating interest in leadership and citizenship.

The participants must be first year members of a chartered Rhode Island FFA chapter who have not participated in any other public speaking event at the State or National level.

Event Procedures:

1. A CDE coordinator and three judges will be in charge of this event.
2. Each chapter may enter up to two teams.
3. Each participant must be in official dress as proscribed in the FFA Manual. Official dress will be scored on each team member, and the average team official dress score will be added to the final score for their presentation to determine the winner.
4. The event officials will randomly determine the competition order.  The program chair shall introduce each chapter by order of drawing.  Applause shall be withheld until all participants have competed.  Teams may not observe until they have completed their participation.
5. At the time of the event, the judges will be seated in different sections of the room in which the event is held.  They will score each chapter on the delivery, according to the score sheet provided.
6. The team will perform the opening and closing statement as per the Official Manual.
7. Only the six constitutional officers and advisor portion will participate.  All parts will be performed by team members. (NO ADVISORS WILL PARTICIPATE WITH THEIR TEAM – their part will be performed by a student.)
8. The officer team will be responsible for placing station markers around the room as per the attached design.  Two minutes will be allowed for set-up.
9. The teams shall make no other items of business or transitional statements between the opening and closing ceremony.
10. An accuracy judge will check for accuracy during the event and share his/her score with the other judges.

Score Sheet:

PREPARED PUBLIC SPEAKING

The Prepared Public Speaking CDE shall follow the National rules with the following exceptions:

1. Speeches must be submitted at least 7 days before the contest.
2. In case of ties, judges will confer to select a winner.

SAFE TRACTOR OPERATION

The Safe Tractor Operations CDE shall follow the rules of the Big "E" with the following exceptions:

WOODSMAN CONTEST