IDENTIFICATION

INSTRUCTOR: Josie Nichols

UNIT TOPIC: Breeds of Livestock

LESSON TITLE: Identify Sheep

CLASS: Animal Science 332 DATE BEST TAUGHT: Fall

TEKS: 119.62c7A

OBJECTIVES (TSWBAT---The student will be able to…)

Identify the parts of sheep on a handout with 100% accuracy.
Identify breeds of sheep used for meat, milk, and wool production, using a handout with 100% accuracy.
Recall information learned in class by completing a quiz with 80% accuracy.

TEACHING MATERIALS AND RESOURCES (What do you need to bring?)

Power point.
Handout for students.
Quiz

TEACHING PROCEDURES---Preparation, Presentation, Application, Evaluation

Preparation (Interest Approach/Motivator) Anticipated # of Minutes

Key Points

Methods 5 min.

Link:

Show the students three different kinds of candy bars.

Motivation:

Q: “How many of you have eaten each of the three different kinds of candy bars? What are the differences between them?”
Relate the candy bars to the different breeds of sheep.

Overview:

Identify the parts of sheep.
Identify breeds of sheep used for meat, milk, and wool production.
Recall information learned in class.

Teacher led discussion

Review Objectives

Presentation (The Meat!) Anticipated # of Minutes

Key Points

Methods 25 min

We will start today by labeling different parts of sheep. Show examples of each breed of sheep (Border Leicester, Rambouillet, Southdown, Suffolk, Friesian, and British).

Ø Border Leicester: Originated in England. This breed is found in the northern U.S. and Canada in high rainfall, good pasture areas. Border Leicester’s yield a long-stapled, lustrous, coarse wool that is much in demand by hand spinners.

Ø Rambouillet: Developed in France and Germany, the Rambouillet is the foundation of Western U.S. range flocks. This breed is adaptable to a wide variety of arid range conditions. Rambouillet produces high-quality fine-wool fleece.

Ø Southdown: Is one of the oldest sheep breeds, originated in England. The Southdown is a small to medium-sized. They are early maturing, adaptable to diverse climate conditions, produce muscular, light-weight carcasses and possess excellent longevity.

Ø Suffolk: Originated in England. This is the largest-sized breed in the U.S. They are raised under a range of climatic conditions. Suffolk lambs grow rapidly and produce high cutability carcasses.

Ø Friesian Milk Sheep: This breed is considered to be the world’s highest producing dairy sheep. They are highly specialized animals and do poorly under extensive and large flock husbandry conditions. Friesian do not fare well in harsh hot environments.

Ø British Milk Sheep: This breed was developed in England. They are the most prolific breed in the United Kingdom. A milk yield of 650-900 L has been reported during a 300-day lactation. The milk solids are particularly high.

Ask learners, “What pictures or icons will help you remember the component parts of this information.”

Does anyone know the differences between the breeds of sheep mentioned?

Students will complete the handout as the teacher goes through each of the power point slides.

ü Note the blanks are the underlined words.

E-Moment: “Hieroglyphic Moment”. This allows the students to relate a picture that they have drawn to a word that is mentioned in the lecture.

Application (What will they do with what you taught?) Anticipated # of Minutes

Key Points

Methods 10 min.

Divide the students into groups. Ask the students to draw a picture that represents the information covered in the lecture and how would you portray the relationship between the different breeds of sheep.

E-Moment: “Picasso Moment”

Evaluation/Summary (How do you know they learned it?)Anticipated # of Minutes

Key Points

Methods

What are the different breeds of sheep that we discussed?

What is the importance of the breeds?
Why might is it important to have the different breeds of sheep?

v Quiz: The students will take a short quiz over labeling the parts of sheep discussed in class and the differences between the breeds of sheep. The quiz will consist of 5-10 fill-in-the-blank questions.

Tomorrow we will discuss the different breeds of goats and the specific purposes of those breeds of goats.

References

Oral Questions

Quiz: Pass out quiz to students

Summary-Lead in for tomorrow.

REFERENCES:

v http://www.ansi.okstate.edu

v http://www.sheepusa.org

v http://www.apparelsearch.com

v Agripedia

v “Strategies for Great Teaching- Maximize Learning Moments”

By Mark Reardon and Seth Derner

Published by Zephyr Press

Handout

Label the parts of the sheep:

Ø Border Leicester: Originated in . This breed is found in the northern U.S. and Canada in , good pasture areas. Border Leicester’s yield a long-stapled, lustrous, wool that is much in demand by .

Ø Rambouillet: Developed in , the Rambouillet is the foundation of . This breed is adaptable to a wide variety of arid range conditions. Rambouillet produces fine-wool fleece.

Ø Southdown: Is one of the sheep breeds, originated in . The Southdown is a . They are early maturing, adaptable to diverse climate conditions, produce , light-weight and possess excellent longevity.

Ø Suffolk: Originated in . This is the in the U.S. They are raised under a range of climatic conditions. Suffolk lambs grow rapidly and produce carcasses.

Ø Friesian Milk Sheep: This breed is considered to be the producing dairy sheep. They are highly specialized animals and do under extensive and large flock husbandry conditions. Friesian do not fare well in environment.

Note: the underlined words will not be on the handout. I had problems with

my computer.

Quiz

Label the parts indicated by the teacher. Q: 1-4

1. Which breed of sheep is found in high rainfall, good pasture areas?

2. is one of the oldest sheep breeds.

3. Which breed is considered the world’s highest producing dairy sheep?

4. produce high cutability carcasses.

5. They are the most prolific breed of sheep in the United Kingdom.

6. This breed if sheep produces high-quality fine-wool sheep.