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Beef or Dairy?
Guernsey, Jersey, Holstein. Brangus, Charoloais, Herford. Here’s a truly cross-curricular resource that combines language arts, science, math, and visual arts activities as class members learn to distinguish between beef and dairy...
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4-H Dairy Activity Page; Ethical Decision Making
Get your 4-H farmers ready for their dairy project with this activity page, which focuses on helping students form ethical decisions. A variety of activities, including a scavenger hunt, a word search and viewing the anatomy of a dairy...
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Graphing Dairy Production Statistics
Students discover the total impact of milk on our society by graphing data. In this statistics lesson, students discover the dirty and sometimes unhealthy road milk travels to get into our bodies. Students analyze dairy consumption...
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Great Expectations
Students explore the Oklahoma dairy and beef industry. In this data interpretation math lesson, students define vocabulary related to the cattle industry, then use a data table to answer word problems about cattle breeding and the number...
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Graphing Dairy Production Statistics
Young scholars collect data about dairy production. In this geometry lesson, students formulate and model problem solving. They collect data and plot it on a graph.
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Great Expectations
Students examine proper care of cattle, their breeding seasons, and benefits to raising cattle. After reading and interpreting a chart containing information on gestation periods, students answer questions on a worksheet. They research...
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LISTENING TO DIRECTIONS
Students view farm objects or products made from farm animals and follow the oral instructions given by the teacher. They are given worksheets, there are three sets of directions for the one worksheet. Students worksheets have everything...
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Barnyard Palace : Dairy Cows
Use this site to find out all about dairy cows and how they produce milk. Learn why cows are so important to humans, and check out some excellent cow pictures (click on each picture to make it larger).
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Oklahoma State University: Breeds of Livestock Cattle
A comprehensive list of most of the breeds of domesticated livestock that are used in the cattle industry. Brief history of their use and links to background and use of each breed.