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Wow! It's A Cow!

adapted from Eva Masterson

Introduction | Task | Resources | Process | Evaluation | Conclusion

Introduction

You are on your way to discovering the amazing world of the dairy cow. Smell the fresh morning air as you head for the barn to greet our cow friends and learn all about the gifts they give to us.

The Task

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• Pick a cow to be your friend from the cow bank.
• Name products that come from your cow.
• Look at a map to see what state your cow comes from.
• Visit a dairy farm on the web.
• Draw your cow and label the parts you know.
• Use a Venn Diagram to compare your cow to another animal or compare two different types of dairy cows.

Resources

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• Visit to a dairy farm on line or as a field trip
• Farm Alphabet Book by Jane Miller
• Barnyard Banter by Denise Fleming
• Miss Moo Goes to the Zoo by Kelly Graves
• Oink! Moo! How Do You Do? by Grace Maccarone
• What If? by A.H. Benjamin
• Inside A Barn in the Country by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
• The Cow That Went Oink by Yaci

The Process

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• You will need to select one type of cow to be your friend.
• You will be finding where your cow lives in the United States on the map.
• You will also design your own cow according to what you have learned from the web about the spots, colors, markings on a cow using a cow outline.
• You will also use the United States map to record the states where you could find a dairy cow.  

Evaluation

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• You will need to finish the steps that are listed in the Process in order to be evaluated.
• The teacher will also evaluate your knowledge gained about where cows/dairy farms can be found in the United States through your markings on the United States map.
• A total evaluation will be made and a grade (happy face) will be given when all steps of the Process have been completed.

Conclusion

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You should now have an idea of how a dairy farm works from start to finish and many of the products that come from our friend the cow. You should also be very familiar with the dairy states within the United States.