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Let’s Make Cottage Cheese

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students watch the process of making cottage cheese from milk, then season and taste the product.  In this making cottage cheese lesson plan, students make a connection between what they eat and where it came from.  Students view the...
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Curated OER

Get Your Calcium-Rich Foods

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore foods in the dairy group. In this dairy food lesson, 6th graders examine the nutritional value of dairy foods and determine the proper number of dairy servings per day. Students also evaluate numerous food labels of...
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Better Butter

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore the process of making butter. In this agriculture lesson, students discuss how butter is made today and how it was made in the past. Students make their own butter using baby food jars and some "elbow grease."
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Food search/word association

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Language learners complete a word search to locate twenty-five food words. They then identify the word as being a fruit, vegetable, meat or dairy product and list the word in the appropriate column on the worksheet. 
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4-H Food Science Activity Page- Life Skill- Healthy Lifestyle Choices

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this 4-H food science worksheet 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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Towson University

Looking Into Lactase: Structured Inquiry

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Why is lactase important? Biology scholars explore enzyme function in a structured inquiry lab. The activity tasks lab groups with observing how temperature and pH affect enzyme activity, as well as determining which milk products...
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Name That Cheese!

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students explore a variety of cheese. In this cheese lesson plan, students sample 4 different cheeses produced from cow's milk and recorded their observations about the cheeses prior to identifying them.
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Wow! It's A Cow!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students use the Internet to visit a dairy farm and watch the ins and outs of the every day life of a dairy cow. They survey products that are consumed that come from a cow. The students determine in what states cows would most likely...
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Unit Plan
National Library of Medicine

Your Environment, Your Health: Food Safety

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Did youknow that chicken causes the greatest risk of food-borne illness. The fourth unit in a six-part series addresses food safety. Scholars research common scenarios of food causing illness through the National Institute for Health....
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TIN CAN TREAT

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students conduct an experiment where they will change a liquid dairy product into a solid. They review the definitions of liquids and solids. Students are given an example of each. They are divided into groups of four, each group is...
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Organizer
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Producers to Consumer - Milk and Trees

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this producers and consumers learning exercise series, students make two small books; one about how milk is produced and processed starting from cows, and the other is about how trees become lumber and other products. They cut out...
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Inside Out: An Up-Close Look At Foods We Eat

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders identify the origins of meats and vegetables consumed by humans on a daily basis. They classify foods (meats, dairy products, grains...) and create a food pyramid.
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Curated OER

Milk and Milk Products: Skills Supplement

For Teachers All
Explain the coagulation and coalescence processes associated with milk protein and cheese. List the components of milk and explain how each component is dispersed in the milk. Describe what happens when milk protein is coagulated Discuss...
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SF Environment

Compost Tag

For Teachers K - 5th
Composting is a great way to get children involved in recycling. First, they discuss how biodegradable products decompose to make compost. Then, they talk about what can and cannot be composted. They play a game similar to around the...
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Assessment
Mathematics Assessment Project

Yogurt

For Students 8th - 9th Standards
Daily production of dairy? Determine profit and production requirements for a yogurt company with unit conversions and percentages to solve problems.
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Observation Milk Fat Lesson

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Turn your class loose to experiment with the different fat content in skim milk, whole milk, half and half, and heavy cream. This is a visually vibrant experiment, as learners drip food coloring on the surface of the products and measure...
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From Land to Lunch

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students record their three meals and snacks for three days. They determine which items in their diets are grown on farms and record the items in various categories. They conduct Internet research to determine where carious ingredients...
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Fur, Feathers and Fins

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students examine the stages between growing the animal and buying it at the grocery store.  In food system instructional activity students study the role that animal products have on nutrition and study animal agriculture. 
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Producer to Consumer Fun

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners explore the world of economics. In this economics lesson, students examine literature and participate in discussions to learn about production and consumption. Learners are encouraged to visit a farm or tour a factory to...
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Agriculture and Me

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders categorize and organize agricultural products. In this agriculture lesson, 2nd graders complete classroom activities that challenge them to make connections between agricultural products and their own lives.
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Field Crops in the Food System

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students complete activities related to food production and distribution. In this agriculture instructional activity, students read and discuss the crops grown in Iowa and Wisconsin and the ways the crops are used. They complete...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Food Groups

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this diet and health worksheet, students draw examples of food from 4 food groups which include fruit and vegetables, meat and alternatives, dairy products, and grains.
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Get Your Calcium - Rich Foods

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore personal health by identifying positive food choices. For this calcium sources lesson, 5th graders discuss the common ways a human can receive calcium such as consuming dairy products. Students view a virtual tour...
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Being Resourceful: Wisconsin quarter reverse

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
If your class understands goods and services then they'll be ready for this lesson on various resources. After reading a series of books and engaging in class lecture and discussion, pupils will fill out worksheets. They will list...

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