Week 1: Jan 18 - Unit 1- WI Dairy Industry & Careers

Topics & Essential Questions

• • Medford Dairy Cattle in the Barn

    • Essential Questions

• • 1. What are the rules of the barn?

    2. What animals will we be interacting with for class?

    3. What are safety hazards and areas of caution at the school barn?

    4. What careers deal with companion animals?

    5. What local businesses offer jobs in the companion animal field?

"I can" Statements:

1. I can successfully identify common careers in the companion animal industry.

2. I can explain how various animal species were domesticated and why.

3. I can follow the required barn and classroom rules.

Standards

• CD2.b.8.h: Assess education and training opportunities to acquire new skills necessary for career advancement.

• CD2.b.9.h: Analyze local an regional labor market and job growth information to select a career pathway for potential advancement.

Week 2: September 24 -Unit 2- FFA & S.A.E. (Supervised Ag. Experience)

Topics & Essential Questions

• • FFA & SAE

    • What is an SAE?

    • What SAE's would I be able to develop?

    • What does the FFA do with dairy cattle?

    • How would joining FFA help me personally? Professionally? For my Career?

"I can" Statements:

1. I can develop an S.A.E.

2. I can identify how I would personally ,career and professionally grow by joining FFA.

Standards

• CD2.a.3.h: Evaluate how performance and connections within the learning community enhance future opportunities.

• CD2.a.4.h: Determine those opportunities that best support attainment of a specific career goal.

Week 3: Sept. 31 -Unit 3- US and Global Dairy Industry

Topics & Essential Questions

• • Wisconsin Dairy Industry & Trends

    • How are dairy farms in other countries the same or different than the United States?

    • How do other countries have more cows, but we produce more milk per head?

    • Who are the top dairy producing countries? According to what year?

    • What does the current milk market look like? What was it 5 yeras ago? 10 years ago? Tomorrow?

    • What has caused the prices of milk to drop, or raise up?

"I can" Statements:

1. Identify the top nations in producing milk

2. I can identify how developed, developing and 3rd world country dairy systems are different and why.

3. I can explain reasons why other countries do not yield as much milk as the US per cow.

Standards

• GCA.1.a.7.h: explain the differences between communities located near one another as well as between nations.

• GCA1.b.7.h: Predict how a recent global event could affect community and self.

• GCA1.c.7.h: Explain how diverse groups could work collectively to resolve a local problem or challenge.

Week 4: Feb. 7- Unit 4- Dairy Cattle Breeds & Judging

Topics & Essential Questions

• • Breeds of Dairy Cattle

    • What are the most common breeds of dairy cattle? Is it 6 or 7?

    • What breeds produce the most milk?

    • What is the largest breed of cattle? The smallest?

    • What is the difference between dairy and beef cattle breeds.

    • How do you judge dairy cattle? (ex. for at the fair, or a breed show)?

"I can" Statements:

1. I can identify the most common 6 breeds of dairy cattle.

2. I can identify high and low producing cattle breeds

3. I can explain the difference between dairy and beef cattle breeds.

4. I can use a scorecard and judge a group of dairy cattle.

Standards

• AS2.c.4.h: Compare and contrast desirable anatomical and physiological characteristics of animals within and between species.

• AS2.c.5.h: Assess an animal to determine if it has reached its optimal performance level based on anatomical and physiological characteristics.

Week 5: Feb. 14-Unit 5 - Dairy Feeds & Grazing

Topics & Essential Questions

• • Dairy Feed Substances

    • What common feeds to we feed to dairy cattle?

    • How much does a cow? heifer? eat daily?

  • Grazing

    • What is rotation grazing?

"I can" Statements:

1. I can identify 20 different materials that can be fed to cattle.

2. I can identify common feed stuff we use in rations.

3. I can identify common feed stuff.

4. I can explain how grazing cattle works.

5. I can monitor plant health and productivity in grazing pastures.

Standards

Week 6: Feb. 21 - Unit 6 -Dairy Nutrition & Rations

Topics & Essential Questions

• • Dairy Feedstuff

    • How do you factor the amount of feed a cow needs to ingest daily?

    • How do you analyze the feed fed to cattle?

    • How does feeding change for age, season or gestation?

    • How do you store feed?

"I can" Statements:

1. I can develop a plan to feed specific aged cows/heifers or steers/

2. I can modify a ration given a scenario and different feed stuff.

3. I can feed calves, heifers and steers and store feed properly when not in use.

Standards

Week 7: Feb. 28 -Unit 7- Reproductive Physiology

Topics & Essential Questions

• • Reproduction

    • What anatomical parts are in the cow reproductive tract?

    • What anatomical parts are in the bull reproductive tract?

    • What function does each reproductive organ serve?

    • Why would a farmer choose live cover, artificial insemination, or embryo transfer?

"I can" Statements:

1. I can identify and explain the function of the cow and bull's reproductive parts.

2. I can explain the process of natural breeding.

3. I can explain the process of Artificial insemination

4. I can plan when the school heifer/cow should be bred for a Late Fall Calf.

Standards

Week 8: March 7- Unit 7- Reproductive Physiology

Topics & Essential Questions

• • Reproduction

    1. How long is a cow pregnant for?

    2. How do you maintain cattle specific records?

    3. How can you establish cow breeding cycles?

    4. What is the difference between artificial insemination and natural reproduction?

    5. What is a Sire? What is a Dam?

    6. Why do we breed cows annually?

"I can" Statements:

1. I can document and organize breeding for cow cycles.

2. I can identify how long an average cow is pregnant for.

3. I can explain A.I. and natural reproduction and pros and cons of each.

4. I can define Sire. I can define Dam.

5. I can explain the reason and need for breeding cows annually.

"I can" Statements:

Standards

Week 9 - March 14- Unit 8- Lactation Physiology

Topics & Essential Questions

• • Milking & Lactation

• • 1. What is a lactation cycle?

    2. What are the different phases of the lactation cycle?

"I can" Statements:

1. –describe the process of lactation.

2. –list the components of milk.

3. –identify the major components of the mammary gland.

4. –Identify and describe a typical lactation curve.

5. –explain the problem of lactose intolerance.

6. –describe the process by which various components are added to milk.

7. –compare and contrast the effect that species has on milk composition.

8. –explain the process by which BST increases milk production.

Standards