What Happens When a Calf is Born?
As you get ready for your calf announcement on October 15, it’s not too early to start introducing the world of dairy farming to your students! Here are a few videos and resources to help your class learn how calves are born and how they are cared for from their first day of life. Age…
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…
Celebrate National Farmer’s Day on October 12
Did you know National Farmer’s Day is happening this week on October 12? Here are two creative ways to celebrate!
Dairy Fun Fact
Did you know that newborn calves start “moo-ing” shortly after birth? Within a few hours they will be walking around and find their voice! Share this fact with your students as you introduce your adopted calf to them this school year.
Homemade Butter in a Cup
This BUTTER IN A CUP would be an easy recipe to make in the classroom and send home with students for them to share with family in making fall recipes and desserts.Ingredients: Preparation: Serve It: optional: Remove the lump of butter and wrap it in plastic wrap. Refrigerate until you are ready to serve.
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…
Elementary and Middle School Students Tour U.S. Dairy Farms Through Field Trip Grants
August 28, 2024Elementary and Middle School Students Tour U.S. Dairy Farms Through Field Trip Grants
A Total of 69 Grants Were Awarded to Classrooms Who Planned Field Trips to Dairy Farms A group of 69 elementary and middle school teachers from a total of 22 states, including Pennsylvania, provided their students with hands-on learning experiences at local dairy farms this spring. The teachers, who are enrolled in the Dairy Excellence…
Maine Teacher Makes Fascinating Connections Between Local Ecosystems and Dairy Farming
August 15, 2024Maine Teacher Makes Fascinating Connections Between Local Ecosystems and Dairy Farming
Dairy farmers rely on a wide range of skills on a daily basis, but especially math and science. Lacey Todd, a fifth-grade science teacher at Mountain Valley Middle School in Maine, has been weaving dairy farming and agriculture into her science and ecosystems curriculum through Discover Dairy’s Adopt a Cow program. “I was at a…
Oregon School Cafeteria Adopts a Cow to Get Students Excited About Drinking Milk
What does it look like when an entire school cafeteria adopts a calf from a dairy farm? For Lynne Shore, Nutrition Services Director at Willamina School District in Oregon, she made this a reality for the 800 students (K-12) her cafeteria serves. After planning a farmer’s markets for students a year earlier, Lynn and her…
Make a Cow Habitat
Make a Cow Habitat Melanie, a third-grade teacher in Pennsylvania, is helping bring the Adopt a Cow program to life for her students through hands-on activities. The students have used their imagination and creativity to create their own barnyard habitats. Each habitat needed to provide the essential things to care for the animals like shelter,…