Category: Sunday Funday Resources
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…
Dairy Recycling and Sustainability Activities
We hope you can utilize these resources and activities to enhance your classroom experience!
National Agriculture in the Classroom Conference
The 2025 National Agriculture in the Classroom Conference, “Lakes, Land, and Legends”, takes place in Minneapolis, Minnesota on June 23-26, 2025. Make sure you sign up for NAITC! We’ll have some special surprises and goodies from Discover Dairy. More details to come! NAITC Conference Teacher Scholarship: Apply today for a scholarship to attend the NAITC Conference…
Dairy Fun Fact
Did you know that dairy farmers can reuse water for many purposes, including cleaning barns, irrigating crops, and cooling milk? Share this fact with your students so they can learn more about recycling on a dairy farm!
Homemade Whipped Cream Recipe
Whipped cream is an easy thing to make in your classroom while incorporating a lesson on science, history and language arts. Ingredients: Download a lesson plan and further instructions to go along with this recipe below!
Interactive Dairy Farm Virtual Field Trip
The Dairy Alliance has developed a dairy farm virtual field trip tour. From the professional nutritionists who develop balanced diets for cows, the farm workers who ensure cows are safe and comfortable, to the technicians who ensure milk is safe, nutritious and pasteurized, dairy farms are often complex operations. One of the most common questions…
Writing Activity With Your Adopted Calf
Check out what Dee from South Carolina has done with her students after they received their adopted calf! Her first-grade students practiced their writing to introduce the calf to the rest of their school. We’d love to see your creativity and share it with others too! Send your photos and stories to us at info@discoverdairy.com.
Pumpkins and Cows: A Perfect Pairing
Now that you received your calf announcement, we hope you can utilize these resources and activities to enhance your classroom experience!
Virtual Farm Tours For Every Age Group This October
This October, American Dairy Association North East (ADANE) has two virtual farm tours planned for students of all ages! These are a great opportunity to introduce your students to dairy farming and what they’ll be experiencing through the year-long Adopt a Cow Program. Recordings of the tours are made available after the live events from…
Dairy Fun Fact
Did you know that newborn calves weigh between 60-100 pounds at birth? The average calf weighs 90 pounds. Share this fact with your students so they can see how their calf grows and gains weight throughout the program year!