This course is designed for students with an interest in animal science and will focus on livestock. You will work in the animal lab to better explore animal care and management. Through lectures, labs, and hands-on activities, you will explore animal breeds, reproduction, digestion, housing, and anatomy. In this course, the animals that we will focus on Rabbits, Dairy, Beef, and Swine.
General Course Documents:
Course Outline:
General Course Documents:
- Syllabus
- Safety Contract
- Mrs. Patti's Review Quizlets
- Holiday Safety
- Agriculture Careers
- Guest Pigs
- Pig Nutrition
Course Outline:
- Terminology - A look at different livestock terminology (Notes)+
- History - A look at the changes in Agriculture over time (Notes)
- Grazing - Learn about Rotational Grazing and the prevention of overgrazing
- Housing and Management - A look at the specific needs of Animals (Notes and Management Techniques)
- Study Guide
- Rabbits - Learn about the History, Classification, and reasons Rabbits are raised. (article rabbits_reading.doc)
- Breeds and Anatomy - Use this Slideshow to complete the assignments
- Genetics - Bunny Genetics Project - Create a bunny using genetics and punnett squares (Notes)
- Hares vs. Rabbits - Read the article and complete a Venn Diagram Comparing Hares and Rabbits
- Holy Cow - An introduction to cows
- Dairy Production - An overview of the Dairy Industry (Notes and Vocabulary)
- Dairy Farm Virtual Tour (Link and Worksheet)
- On Ipad - open up "Puffin" App
- Put Farm Food 360 in search bar
- Dairy Breeds - A look at the common breeds of Dairy Cattle in the US (website)
- Anatomy - Learn the parts of the Dairy Cow (Notes)
- Dairy Products - Examine the production of different dairy products (Notes and Modern Marvels: Milk)
- GIGI The Cow Article
- Byproducts - Discover different Bovine byproducts by creating collage
- Beef Industry - An introduction to the Beef Industry (Notes)
- Beef Breeds - A look at several common beef breeds (Website)
- Cuts of Meat - Learn the locations of different cuts of meat (Lesson)
- Beef Meat - A review of the Cuts of Beef and Information on Nutrition from Beef
- Dr. Temple Grandin - Learn about the impact of Dr. Grandin's research (Video)
- BOVINE Review
- Pig Farm - A look at different pig farms (Dirty Jobs) (Virtual Tour Worksheet) (Virtual Tour Link)
- Divine Swine - A look at swine terminology and history of swine production
- Swine Industry - An overview of the swine industry and different swine breeds (Notes)
- Pork - A look at cuts of meat (Quizlet)
- Swine Breeds (PowerPoint) (Article) (Quizlet)
- May 22/23
- swine byproducts (Video) (article) (Byproduct list 1) (Byproduct List 2)
- Notches - Examine ear notching practices
- Introduction - Review the Digestive System; Vocabulary (Video) (Reading)
- Diagrams - Notes and Identify Diagrams of the Digestive System (Notes)
- Ruminants - Model and Game
- Nutrition - Notes
- Feeding Frenzy - Feed Calculations
- M&M Rations
- Final
- Project Rubric Worksheet
- Study Guide
- Project Critique
- Jeopardy