Cattle In Our Everyday Lives
An Ag/Beef education program for use in elementary and middle school
classrooms. Brought to you by the Sandhills Cattle Association in
conjunction with area high school youth.
Written by Karen Keller
Sandhills Cattle Association
PO Box 786 • 130 South Hall Street • Valentine, Nebraska 69201-0786
Phone: 402-376-2310 • 1-800-658-0551 • Fax: 402-376-1881
E-mail: [email protected] • www.sandhillscattle.com
Cattle In Our Everyday Lives
An Ag/Beef education program for use in elementary and middle school classrooms.
Brought to you by the Sandhills Cattle Association in conjunction with area high school youth.
Learner outcomes: Students will develop an understanding of the role that agriculture and beef production play in one’s everyday
life.
Nebraska Science Standards covered: 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.4.2, 4.4.3, 4.6.3, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.7.4, 8.1.1, 8.1.2, 8.1.4, 8.3.3, 8.4.1, 8.4.2,
8.4.4, 8.4.5, 8.7.1, 8.7.2, 8.7.4, 8.7.5
Supplies needed:
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Ag related items basket (See attached list)
"My Cheeseburger Came From a Farm" CD Rom (provided)
Book "The Romance and Reality of Ranching" (provided)
Enlarged image of steer on poster board: enough for several groups of 2-5 students (Original provided to trace)
Magazines: farm/ranch, women’s, sports, etc. (any that would have photos of beef products and by-products)
Blank sheets of poster board
Colored pencils, crayons, paints, markers, magazine pictures, glue (check with the classroom teacher ahead of
time about the availability of these items in the classroom.),
Beefo Bingo Game (One set of 25 provided)
Ag Mag agriculture magazine for kids (provided)
Compliments of Cattle pad (provided)
Background Facts/Information: See “When is a Cow More Than a Cow?” pamphlet. (Three copies provided)
1. Have students, in groups of 2-3, list products we get from beef cattle.
2. Each student then shares with the entire group one of his/her answers.
3. Jr. presenters show the basket of ag-related items and allow each student to select an item from the basket and hypothesize about
its relevance to agriculture and beef production.
4. View My Cheeseburger Came From a Farm Power Point presentation on CD. Have each student or at least several of them share
a fact they learned from the presentation. Especially focus on the beef by-products.
5. Revisit the items selected from the basket and tell of their relevance to agriculture and beef production in particular.
6. Divide students into groups of 2-5 to create a beef products collage using the enlarged image of the steer on poster board and the
magazines. (This project may take longer than the allotted time, so check with the classroom teacher ahead of time to see if the
students may finish during the day.)
7. If time allows or in lieu of the collage project, play the Beefo Bingo Game.
8. Send home an "Ag Mag" and "Compliments of Cattle" tear off sheet with each child.
FROM PASTURE TO PLATE AND BEYOND
An Ag/Beef education program for use in elementary and middle school classrooms.
Brought to you by the Sandhills Cattle Association in conjunction with area high school youth.
Lesson III
Learner outcomes: Students will develop an understanding of the role that agriculture and beef production play in one’s everyday
life.
Nebraska Science Standards covered: 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.4.2, 4.4.3, 4.6.3, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.7.4, 8.1.1, 8.1.2, 8.1.4, 8.3.3, 8.4.1, 8.4.2, 8.4.4,
8.4.5, 8.7.1, 8.7.2, 8.7.4, 8.7.5
Supplies needed: a basket of ag-related items (see attached list), My Cheeseburger Came From a Farm CD Rom, enlarged image of
steer on poster board (enough for several groups of 2-5 students per group), magazines including farm/ranch, women’s, sports, etc.
(any that would have pictures of beef products and by-products), blank sheets of poster board, colored pencils, crayons, paints,
markers, magazine pictures, glue (check with the classroom teacher ahead of time about the availability of these items in the
classroom.),
Beefo Bingo Game
Background Facts/Information: See “When is a Cow More Than a Cow?” pamphlet.
Procedure:
1. Have students, in groups of 2-3, list products we get from beef cattle.
2. Each student then shares with the entire group one of his/her answers.
3. Jr. presenters show the basket of ag-related items and allow each student to select an item from the basket and hypothesize about
its relevance to agriculture and beef production.
4. View My Cheeseburger Came From a Farm, Have each student or at least several of them share a fact they learned from the CD
Rom. Especially focus on the beef by-products.
5. Share with each student a copy of “When is a Cow More Than a Cow?” pamphlet. Discuss its contents allowing students to first
view pictures and skim paragraphs.
6. Revisit the items selected from the basket and tell of their relevance to agriculture and beef production in particular.
7. Divide students into groups of 2-5 to create a beef products collage using the enlarged image of the steer on poster board and the
magazines. (This project may take longer than the allotted time, so check with the classroom teacher ahead of time to see if the
students may finish during the day.)
8. If time allows or in lieu of the collage project, play the Beefo Bingo Game.
Procedure II:
1. Follow steps 1-4 in Procedure I.
2. Divide students into groups of 2-3 students.
3. Give each group an empty Big Mac box or some such container.
4. Have groups brainstorm and record all of the production components involved in the making and selling of a Big Mac.
5. Create a web drawing with a Big Mac hamburger in the middle and each production component extending from that. (See example
web.)
Extension: Send home with the students “Wow That Cow” bookmarks, Ag Mag-Beef, “When is a Cow More Than a Cow?”
pamphlet, and All About Beef