Category: In the Classroom
Meet Naomi: Fifth-Grade Special Education Teacher in Connecticut
This story is part of a series of “meet & greets” with individuals who use our Adopt a Cow program to inspire you with the endless ways you can incorporate the program in the classroom and beyond! Naomi Niemann may have grown up on a dairy farm, but not all of her students are familiar…
2025 Teacher Appreciation Week: Meet 10 Teachers Who Are Making a Difference
Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! Teachers: THANK YOU for all the energy, support and creativity you pour into your classrooms every day. Our Discover Dairy teachers have a strong passion for agriculture, so this week, we want to showcase a few who are going above and beyond for their students and communities. Thank you to everyone…
Farmers Celebrate Earth Day Every Day: Free Lessons
The Maine Dairy and Nutrition Council provides a series of 3 fantastic lesson plans to get you and your students ready for earth day! Learn how dairy farmers are environmental stewards of the land and are part of the solution towards a more sustainable world. Lesson 1: Farming is Elemental Lesson 2: A Year in…
Ag Literacy Week Resources
The American Farm Bureau Foundation offers a comprehensive collection of educational materials to enhance agricultural literacy. These resources aim to provide accurate and engaging content about agriculture, fostering a deeper understanding of where food comes from and the significance of agriculture in daily life. Age group? Elementary & Middle School.
Science, Stories and Seasonal Changes
Cows and Daylight Saving: How Cows Handle the Time Shift: Daylight Saving Time is quickly approaching! Check out this article and see how DST relates to a cow’s daily life. It also includes a great video from National Geographic that explains Daylight Saving Time in just two minutes. Age group? All Ages. Dairy Science Experiments: Unlock your…
Calf Growth and Graphing Idea
Need an idea for incorporating the recent 4-month calf update into a lesson plan? During the 1-month update, two teachers from South Carolina and Virginia had students use math skills with the heights and weights. Try these graphing ideas and allow your students to make predictions for future growth updates or make your own math…
Curious Clover Adventures
Check out these examples of how teachers and families have used the Curious Clovercoloring sheet to help their students expand their creativity after reading the book! We’d love to see your creativity and share it with others too! Send your photos and stories to us at info@discoverdairy.com.
Farm-to-Table Learning Idea
Check out this Farm-to-School Lunch celebration held at Connie’s school. She adopted a calf and now the students can connect with local farming and explore the journey of fresh, nutritious food. They created a menu with locally sourced foods from their community. We’d love to see your creativity and share it with others too! Send your…
Display Your Adopted Calf in Your Classroom or School
Several teachers in our program have gotten creative in how they will display their calf and farmer information for the classes and school to see. Check out these great examples from Shelley, Lindsey, Ellen and Tiffani! We’d love to see your creativity and share it with others, too! Send your photos and stories to us…
Create a Gender Guessing Activity
While you wait for your announcement about your adopted calf, many teachers have planned creative gender prediction and guessing game activities with their students. Encourage your students to cast votes or use sticky notes to visually display their predictions (boy or girl) on the board. Take a look at how a few teachers have done…