Animal Science

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UNIT 1: Animal Health

AH1: The Importance of Animal Health

Lesson Plan

PowerPoint Presentation

HO1: Animal Health & Sustainability

PDF

HO2: Who We Are & What We Do

PDF

HO3: Economic & Social Contributions in MO

PDF

HO4: Zoonotic Disease Scenarios

AS1: Collector’s Cards

AS2: By the Numbers – Global

AS3: By the Numbers – United States

AS4: By the Numbers – Missouri

AS5: Zoonotic Disease Chart

AS6: Drug Approval Flow Chart

AS7: On The Road

AS8: On The Road

AS9: Review – Scenarios

AH2: Immune System of Livestock

Lesson Plan

PowerPoint Presentation

Notes

Assessment

PDF

Assessment Key

PDF

AS1: Infection Tracing

PDF

AH3: Respiratory Diseases of Livestock

Lesson Plan

PowerPoint Presentation

Notes

Assessment

PDF

Assessment Key

PDF

HO1: Respiratory Disease Matching Note Cards

AS1: A Tale of Two Farmers

AS1 Key: A Tale of Two Farmers

AS2: Respiratory Diseases Chart

AS2 Key: Respiratory Diseases Chart

AH4: Diseases of the Gastrointestinal Tract

Lesson Plan

PowerPoint Presentation

Notes

Key: Notes

Assessment

Assessment Key

AS1: Antibiotic Resistance Simulation

AS1 Key: Antibiotic Resistance Simulation

AS2: Gastrointestinal Claim Evidence Reasoning

AS2 Key: Gastrointestinal Claim Evidence Reasoning

AH5: Reproductive Diseases of Livestock

Lesson Plan

PowerPoint Presentation

Assessment

Assessment Key

AS1: Treatment and Prevention Math

AS1 Key: Treatment and Prevention Math

AS2: Reproductive Diseases Chart

AS2 Key: Reproductive Diseases Chart

AS3: Reproductive Diseases of Livestock Case Studies

AS3 Key: Reproductive Diseases of Livestock Case Studies

AH6: External and Internal Parasites

Lesson Plan

PowerPoint Presentation

Assessment

Assessment Key

AS1: Internal Parasites in Livestock

AS1 Key: Internal Parasites in Livestock

AS2: External Parasites in Livestock

AS2 Teacher Key: External Parasites in Livestock

AS2 Key: External Parasites in Livestock

AS3: Fecal Analysis

AS4: Parasite Case Study #1

AH7: Quality Assurance Programs in Animal Health

Lesson Plan

PowerPoint Presentation

Assessment & Key

HO1: Scenarios

HO2: Quality Assurance Program Resources

HO3: Venn Diagram Structure Example

AS2: Quality Assurance Programs Key Components Chart

AS1: Bumper Sticker

AS3: Quality Assurance Programs Review Compare and Contrast

UNIT 2: Genetics

GE1: Importance of Genetics

Lesson Plan

PowerPoint Presentation

HO1: Heritability Traits

PDF

Assessment

Assessment Key

AS1: Animal Genetic Evaluation Case Study

AS2: Carcass Trends

AS3: Genetic Variation

AS4: Genetic Career Brochure

AS5: Heritability Traits Review

GE2: Basic Building Blocks of Genetics

Lesson Plan

PowerPoint Presentation

Notes

Assessment & Key

HO1: Student Gene Handout

AS1: Genetic Traits

AS2: Cell Model City

AS3: DNA Food Lab

AS4: DNA Origami

AS5: DNA Extraction

AS6: DNA/RNA Sentence

GE3: Animal Cell Division

Lesson Plan

Notes

Assessment

PDF

AS1: Mitosis

AS2: Meiosis

AS3: Compare/Contrast Mitosis and Meiosis

GE4: Basic Principles of Genetics

Lesson Plan

PowerPoint Presentation

Notes

Assessment

Assessment Key

GE5: Management Practices for Genetic Improvement

Lesson Plan

PowerPoint Presentation

Assessment – Project Based

Assessment – Multiple Choice

AS1: Genetic Improvement Tribe Notes

AS2: Genetic Selection vs. Genetic Engineering

AS3: Genetic Improvement Technology Poster

AS4: Genetic Improvement Gallery Walk

HO1: Improvement of Genetics Guided Reading

GE6: Selection Tools for Genetic Improvement of Livestock

Lesson Plan

PowerPoint Presentation

Notes

Assessment

AS1: Vocabulary Review

UNIT 3: Nutrition

NU1: The Importance of Nutrition to Agriculture

Lesson Plan

PowerPoint Presentation

HO1: Feed Tag Example

PDF

Assessment

Assessment Key

AS1: Feed Company Profiles

AS2: Nutritional Career Profiles

NU2: Livestock Digestive Systems

Lesson Plan

PowerPoint Presentation

HO1: Digestive Systems

HO2: Cut Out Descriptions

Assessment

Assessment Key

AS1: Parts of Digestive Systems

AS2: Dissecting a Monogastric Digestive System

AS3: Extracting Nutrients from the Ruminent Digestive System

AS4: 4 Parts of the Digestive Systems

NU3: Meeting Nutritional Needs of Animals

Lesson Plan

PowerPoint Presentation

Notes

Assessment

Assessment Key

Assessment Review

HO1: Balancing Cattle Nutrition With Genetics Key to Ranch Success

HO2: Horse – Assess Environmental Factors

HO3: An Introduction to Feeding Small Ruminants

HO4: What To Feed Pigs

HO5: Stocking Density Studies

HO6: Application of Probiotics in Pet Food to Relieve Stress

HO7: What NOT To Feed Your Rabbit

AS1: Food Journal

AS2: Tasty Treats For Our Companion

AS3: Impact of Nutrition

NU4: Energy's Role in Nutrition

Lesson Plan

PowerPoint Presentation

Assessment

Assessment Key

Notes

Notes Key

AS1: Energy, Carbs and Lipids

AS1 KEY: Energy, Carbs and Lipids

NU5: Role of Protein

Lesson Plan

PowerPoint Presentation

Notes

AS1: Feed Comparisons

NU6: Mineral's Role in Animal Nutrition

Lesson Plan

PowerPoint Presentation

Notes

Assessment

Assessment Key

HO1: Hedbandz Mineral Review

AS1: Macro-Mineral’s Role in Animal Nutrition

AS2: Micro-Mineral’s Role in Animal Nutrition

NU7: Role of Vitamins in Animal Nutrition

Lesson Plan

PowerPoint Presentation

Notes

Assessment

Assessment Key

HO1: Vitamin’s Role in Nutrition

AS1: Vitamins’ Role in Animal Nutrition

AS1 KEY: Vitamins’ Role in Animal Nutrition

NU8: Water and Its Effect on Animal Nutrition

Lesson Plan

PowerPoint Presentation

Notes

Assessment

Assessment Key

AS1: Water Flows Through

NU9: Environmental & Other Effects on Animal Nutrition

Lesson Plan

PowerPoint Presentation

Notes

Notes Key

Assessment

Assessment Key

HO1: Body Temperatures in Beef Cattle

AS1: Feed Requirements

AS1 KEY: Feed Requirements

AS2: Summary Poem

AS2 KEY: Summary Poem

NU10: Balancing A Ration

Lesson Plan

PowerPoint Presentation

Notes

Assessment

Assessment Key

Group Ration Assessment

AS1: Practice with Pearson Square

AS1 KEY: Practice with Pearson Square

UNIT 4: Reproduction

RE1: The Importance of Reproduction in Livestock Production

Lesson Plan

PowerPoint Presentation

Assessment

Assessment Key

AS1: Factor Notes

HO1: Rubric

HO2: Culling the Commercial Cow Herd

PDF

HO3: Have Your Cows Repaid Their Debts

PDF

HO4: Breeds and Production Traits of Meat Goats

PDF

HO5: Reproductive Management of the Mare

PDF

HO6: Factors Affecting Egg Production in Backyard Chicken Flocks

PDF

HO7: Understanding Sheep Reproduction

PDF

HO8: Swine Reproductive Herd Management

PDF

RE2: Female Reproductive System

Lesson Plan

PowerPoint Presentation 2.1

PowerPoint Presentation 2.2

Assessment

Assessment Key

HO1: Dissection Lab

AS1: Female Mammalian Reproductive System

AS2: Cow Reproductive System

AS3: Female Avian Reproductive System

AS4: Parts and Function

AS5: Dissection

RE3: Male Reproductive System

Lesson Plan

PowerPoint Presentation

Notes

Assessment

Assessment Key

HO1: Bull Testicle Image

AS1: Matching Terms

AS2: Dissection Lab

RE4: Puberty and Estrus

Lesson Plan

PowerPoint Presentation

Notes

Notes Key

Assessment

Assessment Key

AS1: Age Identification

AS2: Breeding Calendar

RE5: Reproductive Hormones

Lesson Plan

PowerPoint Presentation

Assessment

Assessment Key

HO1: Reproductive Anatoly and Physiology of the Cow

PDF

AS1: Hormone Sort

AS2: Female Hormones

AS2 KEY: Female Hormones

AS3: Estrous Stages

AS3 KEY: Estrous Stages

AS4: Male Hormones

AS4 KEY: Male Hormones

AS5: Male Hormone Matching

AS5 KEY: Male Hormone Matching

AS6: Estrus Cycle Bracelet

RE6: Conception and Gestation

Lesson Plan

PowerPoint Presentation

Notes

Notes KEY

Assessment

Assessment Key

HO1: Early Pregnancy Detection Article

AS1: Methods of Livestock Breeding

AS1 KEY: Methods of Livestock Breeding

AS2: Cost of Artificial Insemination Worksheet

AS2 KEY: Cost of Artificial Insemination Worksheet

AS3: Gestation and the Reproductive Tract

AS4: Incubator Chart

RE7: Fetal Developmental Stages

Lesson Plan

PowerPoint Presentation

Assessment

Assessment Key

HO1: Fetal Development of a Calf

AS1: Embryonic Development of a Chick

AS1 KEY: Embryonic Development of a Chick

AS2: Journaling the Fetal Development of a Calf

RE8: Factors of Parturition

Lesson Plan

PowerPoint Presentation

Notes

Assessment

Assessment Key

HO1: Parturition

AS1: Handling Parturition Difficulties

AS2: Producer’s Code of Care Guide for Parturition and Postpartum Management

AS2 RUBRIC: Producer’s Code of Care Guide for Parturition and Postpartum Management

RE9: Reproductive Cycles of Common Livestock

Lesson Plan

Notes

Assessment

Assessment Key

HO1: Puberty and the Estrus Cycle

AS1: Reproductive Cycles

AS1 KEY: Reproductive Cycles

AS2: Livestock Puberty Timeline

AS3: Estrus & Gestation Lengths

AS3 KEY: Estrus & Gestation Lengths

AS4: Reproduction Calendar

RE10: Environmental Effect on Reproduction

Lesson Plan

PowerPoint Presentation

Notes

AS1: How Environment Affects Reproduction

RE11: Genetic Improvement Management Practices

Lesson Plan

PowerPoint Presentation

Notes

Assessment

Assessment Key

HO1: Review Connect4

AS1: Snacks

AS2: Swine Breeding Decisions

AS2 KEY: Swine Breeding Decisions

AS3: Artificial Breeding Methods

AS3 KEY: Artificial Breeding Methods