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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 Food Science Activity Page- Life Skill- Healthy Lifestyle Choices
In this 4-H food science activity set, student investigate safe food handling procedures, create a recipe to share, identify the types of meats that are found at their local grocery store, and identify five dairy products. They complete...
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Paper Square: Cow
In this paper square worksheet, students cut and fold a paper square to match up the sides to display information about a cow. Students follow 5 directions and play a game. Students play the game by answering the trivia questions about...
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Keeping Milk Fresh
Young scholars identify the risks of spoilage and pathogens in fresh milk. They investigate the farmer's role in keeping milk safe to drink and identify safety procedures used in dairy farming.
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Cows, Worms, and Compost
Students study decomposition. For this decomposition lesson, students discuss the background information about decomposition. Students then complete the 'Chew It Twice' worksheet.
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Problems with Rivers
Students explore the PNI model. In this river pollution activity, students use the PNI (positive-negative-interesting) problem solving model to analyze 5 scenarios.
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How Many Trees Can You Grow?
Students solve a story problem about how many trees can be planted in a given area. Using a map, they gather information about the size of the area and the dimensions of an acre. They use a specific equation to determine the area of...
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Milk: A Practical Application
Students examine the impact of the physical and chemical properties of milk and its use as an important food.
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Food and You
Students examine the types of foods they eat. They describe the different components and resources that go into making their favorite foods. They also compare the resources going into different foods and identify ones which are more...