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Delaware County Cooperative
Extension
Exploring Farm Animals & Acres of Adventures
Agricultural Literacy Projects
| DO YOUR STUDENTS KNOW… | |
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That gelatin, leather, medicine, buttons and glues are byproducts of farm animals? |
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Which farm animal can give birth to 10 or more offspring in one litter? |
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Which farm animals provides skin to help burn victims heal? |
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What “rumination” means? |
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Why some pigs are called barrows? |
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Why cracking open a supermarket egg will never yield a baby chick? |
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What makes up the food pyramid? |
If you are looking for ways to introduce young people to the world of agriculture and life sciences, then check out these kid-tested, fun-filled science activities that are keyed to national science education standards in the areas of agriculture, plants and insects. Agricultural Literacy projects show kids the source of the foods we consume.
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Exploring Farm Animals is designed to help kindergarten through third grade youth develop life skills through active learning activities related to animal agriculture. Youth will learn about how animals provide us with food, clothing, medicines and many other products important to our daily lives. Several camera-ready handouts provide hands on activities to supplement your teaching plan. |
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Using Acres of Adventures, kids in 3rd through 5th grades can make ice cream in a bag, homemade play dough, bread in a bag, paper from recycled products and more. Or, they can explore the power of starch in potatoes by creating a potato battery that runs a clock or grow plants from seeds. There are over 80 hands-on science activities. |
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An excellent follow-up to these programs is a field trip to the 4-H FARM in Newtown Square, where your students can feel the oily lanolin in sheep’s wool, feed the chickens and enjoy the pigs’ antics. They’ll also see horses, cows and barn swallows. This is truly an interactive, hands-on learning experience. Field trips to the 4-H Farm in Newtown Square are available from late April through mid-June. The maximum number of students per group is 50. One adult chaperone is required for every twelve students. |
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| Fees: | |
| Exploring Farm Animals | $20 per classroom* |
| Acres of Adventures | $40 per classroom* |
| Farm Field Trip – school age children | $3 per student or adult ($45 minimum) |
* Fee includes $20 educational materials fee. Penn State University has imposed an educational materials fee on each 4-H project conducted in a classroom to support curriculum development and publication costs. You may want to contact your parent teacher organization to help you fund this exciting educational program. Please note that if 70% of the youth in a school are participating in the free and reduced lunch program, then the school qualifies for a $20 reduction in fees. Note that this $20 fee is only applicable to in-school programs and does not apply to after school programs.
This page last updated Tuesday, August 5, 2008
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