What is Cows Calcium and Cheese?
An udderly fun-filled school program to teach k-9 students about life on the farm, explore varied careers in agriculture and consider nutrition concepts such as how calcium is linked to health. Two free posters, a CD-ROM and an activity guide are included both chockful of resources. Assessment tool samples help educators address education standards.
"As both a teacher and a farmer, I look forward to having this resource in my classroom."
Peggy Ainsworth,
4th Grade Teacher
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Download the activity "You are the Farmer - and What's Up with Careers in Agriculture" This document is presented in PDF format.
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Among the activities in the K-9 Guide:
- Learn about the power of persuasion, nutrition and advertising by getting your friends to try a favorite snack recipe in "Trick or Treat Your Friends to a Quick 'N Healthy Snack."
- Discover everything you have always wanted to know about a cow - how much they eat, what they eat and how it relates to what we eat - in "How Now Brown Cow - Make a Cow Pizza."
- Challenge your students with "Cowculating Food Facts" where students cowculate the nutrients in their favorite cafeteria lunch meal.
- Explore careers in agriculture through "You are the Farmer!" Learn why school matters to such jobs as a food scientist or market analyst.
"As a teacher, I plan to use these activities because they develop hands-on exploration linking real life experience with learning."
Marylou Wasko,
Family and Consumer Science Teacher
How do I get started?
Register for a FREE CD-ROM Activity Kit.
Other Resources
Tips for Planning Presentations for the Classroom
Vermont's Framework of Standards and Learning Opportunities
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