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\nSustainable Livestock\n

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\nStudents investigate healthy eating habits by researching livestock. In this food sustainability lesson, students research the negative impact factory farming has on our environment due to pollution. Students define agricultural...\n
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\n\"Managing\n\n
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\nManaging Nutrients in Livestock Manure\n

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\nLivestock managers reinforce math and science skills while learning about the nutrients found in manure. They predict which animal produces the largest amount and which animal's manure contains the most nitrogen. Finally, they compare...\n
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\nThe Future of Fake Meat\n

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\nFake nails are one thing ... but fake meat? Agricultural scholars explain how they can fake steak in an engaging video from the American Chemical Society's Reactions playlist. The narrator sets the stage by discussing the amount of...\n
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\nToward a Sustainable Agriculture\n

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\nStudents analyze organic production systems. In this organic agriculture lesson, students examine key organic practices for both crop and livestock. This lesson includes 5 different activities, 4 critical thinking questions and...\n
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\n\"Biotechnology\n\n
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\nBiotechnology in Livestock Production\n

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\nGenetic engineering as a solution to disease tendencies and growth is presented. Examples are given of its use to research micro-organisms that help or hinder farming.  There are many slides with details of the process in a lab, as...\n
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\nWHO CARES FOR THE LAND?\n

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\nStudents explore the importance of natural resources. They are given copies of the story, \"Who Cares For The Land,\" and students follow\nalong as the teacher reads it. Students identify the key points in the story. (Soil, water and air...\n
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\nSurface Area, Who Needs it?\n

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\nIn this geometry lesson on cylinders, geometers explore how to find the smallest surface area for a given volume.  They use their knowledge to relate it to the real world by making a model of a livestock tank.\n
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\nWhat's in it and Who Eats it?\n

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\nFirst graders explore farming by illustrating images. In this livestock lesson, 1st graders discuss what types of plants are used to feed livestock animals and how pets and humans eat the livestock animals. Students draw images of what...\n
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\nAgriculture Counts\n

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\nAgricultural survey and the documentation of livestock or goods was the basis for the first written language. Youngsters discuss sorting and counting, and how these skills have been used for thousands of years. They accent their class...\n
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\n\"Pastoralists\n\n
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\nPastoralists and Agrarians: Identifying Connections between Historical and Contemporary Migration\n

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\nPastoralists and agrarians, livestock raisers and farmers. Using the conflict in Darfur as a lens, class members investigate the conflicts that arise when these groups are forced to migrate from one area to another.\n
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\nIodine\n

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\nMost of the iodine produced gets used in livestock feed. Learn more about iodine in a video from a series on each of the chemical elements. Chemistry professors share the properties, history, and applications of this element. Viewers...\n
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\nColonial Tobacco Economy\n

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\nTobacco as money? Middle schoolers investigate how eighteenth-century Virginia farmers used tobacco as a cash crop to buy tools, livestock, and household goods. They also examine the connection between tobacco production and the slave...\n
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\n\"Nitrogen\n\n
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\nNitrogen in Feed\n

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\nKnowing what farmers are feeding livestock is just smart business. A WebQuest lesson helps learners build an understanding of the relationship between amino acids, nitrogen, and protein. With interactive instruction,...\n
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\n\"Digestive\n\n
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\nDigestive System\n

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\nThe focus of this presentation is the digestive system of livestock animals. The simple digestive system of swine is compared to the complex digestive system of a cow. Details of the ruminant stomach are presented, complete with a...\n
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\nArthur Young and the President\n

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\nHigh schoolers work with NASS data by converting it into prose. For this historical agriculture information lesson, students read about how George Washington communicated information about crop yields, livestock, and land values. They...\n
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\n\"Steer\" Toward STEM: Careers in Animal Agriculture\n

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\nThink like an engineer and an agricultural scientist over the course of 12 lessons in a STEM based unit. Young scientists take on the roles of animal physiologists, animal geneticists, agricultural engineers, animal nutritionists,...\n
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\nRoll of the Genes\n

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\nAnimal reproduction in sheep and cattle is explored with the help of Punnet squares. Scholars employ tools using probability to conclude the color of wool a sheep's offspring will have. Acting as animal geneticists, pupils then take...\n
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\nThey Don't Just Eat Grass\n

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\nMiddle schoolers consider the USDA daily recommendations to create a \"feed\" product for middle schoolers. In this Health lesson, students learn about the ingredients in feed that is fed to livestock and apply the method to creating feed...\n
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\nParasite Development and Life Cycle\n

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\nIf you are new to teaching agriculture classes, this outline may be helpful when you are preparing a lecture on parasites in livestock. In addition to lecturing on this topic, the lesson plan suggests that learners research the life...\n
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\nWhat's It All About?- Kansas Prairies\n

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\nStudents examine the interdependence of animal life and the environment. In this Kansas prairies lesson, students read background information on prairies and complete a worksheet to identify the main idea.\n
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\nWhat's Your Brand?\n

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\nStudents explore the history of branding livestock and discover it began as early as 2000 BC. They discuss reasons for branding and then design their own brand from pipe cleaners. Students dip their brand into paint and print it on...\n
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\nWater - Planning for the Future\n

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\nStudents explore and examine the increases and/or decreases for water user groups: irrigation, municipal, manufacturing, steam electric power generation cooling, livestock, and mining. They utilize percentage changes during their...\n
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\nDear George Using Census Data\n

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\nSixth graders discuss differences in the way in which information was disseminated in George Washington's time and how it is acquired in contemporary times. They examine Census of Agriculture data and a modern day version of a letter...\n
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\nTransformation Lab\n

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\nTransform your class' understanding of genes and antibiotic resistance with the Transformation Lab. Junior geneticists create and observe their own resistant strains of E. coli through research, discussion, and experimentation. The...\n
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