Month

Content/Topic

Skills

Assessment

Standards

January

• Animal Industry

• Careers in Animal Science

• Understand the Different Aspects of the Animal Industry

• Investigate Careers in Animal Science

• Activity Sheets

• Activity Sheets
• Career Brochure

• D.12.1

• D.12.4, B.12.5

February

• Beef Breeds & Parts

• Beef Management

• Selection of Beef Cattle/Qualities

• Marketing Beef and Retail Meat Cuts

• Identify Beef Breeds & Parts

• Understand Feeding Practices, Diseases, Breeding Systems for Beef Cattle

• Identify Desirable and Undesirable Traits for Beef Cattle

• Understand the Processes of Grading and Marketing Beef Cattle
• Identify Meat Cuts and Marbling  for Beef

• Activity Sheets
• Quiz

• Activity Sheets
• Quiz

• Activity Sheets
• Quiz

• Activity Sheets
• Identify Marbling Amounts & Cuts of Beef in Class
• Quiz

• D.12.1

• D.12.1

• D.12.1

• D.12.1, D.12.3

March

• Swine Breeds & Parts

• Swine Management

• Selection of Swine/Qualities to Look For

• Identification of Swine

• Marketing Swine, Retail Meat Cuts, Nutritional Value

• Biology of Digestion

• Identify Swine Breeds & Parts

• Understand Feeding Practices, Diseases, Breeding Systems for Swine

• Identify Desirable and Undesirable Traits for Swine

• Demonstrate Proper Ear Notching Identification Techniques

• Understand the Processes of Grading and Marketing Swine
• Identify Meat Cuts for Pork
• Discuss the Nutritional Value of Pork Products

• Describe the Different Types of Digestive Systems
• Identify the Parts of the Digestive System

• Discuss the Differences in Digestive Systems of Livestock
• Identify the Parts of the Digestive System

• Describe the Processes for Raising Turkeys
• Explain the Impact of the Turkey Industry in WI and the U.S. and discuss Turkey Facts & Trivia
• Describe the Jennie-O Turkey Store Corporation Profile & Careers
• List the Various Types of Meat Products that come for Turkeys

• Activity Sheets
• Quiz

• Activity Sheets
• Quiz

• Activity Sheets
• Quiz

• Activity Sheets
• Proper Ear Notching & Identification of Notches Quiz

• Activity Sheets
• Identify Cuts of Pork in Class
• Quiz

• Activity Sheets
• Parts of the Digestive Systems Poster Project
• Field Trip Overview

• Activity Sheets
• Video Review Questions
• Field Trip Overview

• Turkey Production Presentation Project

• D.12.1

• D.12.1

• D.12.1

• D.12.1

• D.12.1, D.12.3

• D.12.1

March Continued

• Turkey Production (March & April)

• Discuss Raising Turkeys, Turkey Facts & Trivia
• Discuss the Impact that the Turkey Industry has on WI and the U.S.
• Discuss the Different Products that Come from Turkeys
• Discuss the Jennie-O Turkey Store and the Careers Available in Turkey Production

• Turkey Production  Presentation Project

• D.12.1

April

• Turkey Nutritional Facts & Information

• Poultry Production

• Specialty Animals:  Bison, Mink, Deer, Ratites, Llamas, Alpacas

• Discuss the Vitamins and Minerals that are found in Turkey

• Compare Turkey with Other Meats
• Compare Turkey Products looking at Fat, Calories, Protein, and Cholesterol
• Discuss the Types of Turkey/Classes of Turkeys

• Discuss Feeding, Management, Housing, & Equipment for Poultry

• Define what Specialty Animals Include and list Advantages and Disadvantages of Producing Specialty Animals
• Understand Feeding, Housing, Fencing/Caging/Other Equipment, Management, Diseases/Problems with the Animal, and Marketing Requirements for Bison, Ostrich, Mink, Llamas, and Deer.
• Discuss Bison Raising Requirements
• Understand and differentiate between the different Ratites.

• Activity Sheets
• Meats Comparison

• Activity Sheets & Review

• Specialty Animal Production Presentation to Class
• Activity Sheets

• D.12.3

• D.12.1

• D.12.1

April continued

• Sheep Parts and Terminology

• Sheep Industry

• Care and Management of Sheep

• Judging sheep

• Recall Sheep Terms: ewe, ram, lamb, and wether.
• Discuss different Sheep Breeds.
• Identify Parts of a Sheep.

• Discuss the Size of the Sheep Industry in Comparison to other States.
• Discuss the different Segments of the Sheep Industry.

• Discuss Proper Feeding for Lambs and other Sheep.
• Describe the Vaccination Process.

• Describe the Ideal Condition of a Market Lamb.
• Describe Characteristics that should have Higher Priority when Judging Sheep.

• Sheep Parts Identification Activity Sheets

• Sheep Industry Activity Sheet

• Sheep Production Activity Sheets

• Judging Sheep Activity Sheet.
• Review
• Quiz

• D.12.1

• D.12.1

• D.12.1

• D.12.1

May

• Genetics

• Breeding Systems

• Biotechnology

• Uses of Biotechnology

• Livestock Production Systems

• Define Terms such as gene, inheritance, alleles, zygote, and gametes.

• Define Terms such as inbreeding, crossbreeding, and heritability.
• Discuss Reasons to Use the different Breeding Systems.

• Discuss Biotechnology and the Impact it has on Modern Production Systems.

• Discuss how Biotechnology can help to Improve Animal and Product Uniformity.
• Discuss the Processes of Artificial Insemination and Embryo Transfer.

• Discuss the Specifics of Beef, Sheep, Swine, Poultry, and Specialty Animal Production.

• Genetic Crosses Activity Sheet

• Crossword Puzzle
• Quiz

• Biotechnology Activity Sheet

• Embryo Transfer Video Activity Sheet
• Review

• Production Operations Project

• D.12.6

• D.12.6

• D.12.6

• D.12.6

• D.12.1