Beef Cattle Classroom/Club/Group Printed Curriculum: Livestock Behavior and Handling

Looking for an interactive lesson to teach livestock behavior and handling for your classroom, 4-H project club, or homeschool group?

The hands-on classroom/group activity covers key topics such as animal behavior, communication, and problem-solving, as well as the steps of the engineering design process. Students will learn how to identify a problem, generate ideas, test and refine their solutions, and communicate their findings.

With this STEM activity, your students/ members will gain a deeper understanding of how to work with and care for livestock, as well as how to apply critical thinking and problem-solving skills to the design process. The guide is suitable for use in a classroom setting, 4-H livestock club meeting, or homeschool group.

Farmer Ben needs your help! He's looking to design a chute system to safely move his "Livestock Bot" from the pasture to the barn.

WHAT THEY'LL LEARN...

1. Livestock Behavior Principles
2. Livestock Handling Principles
3. Who is Dr. Temple Grandin?
4. Engineering Design Process
5. Practice Logical Thinking and Communication Skills

WHAT YOU'LL RECEIVE...

1. Complete Full-Color Teaching Guide with Livestock Behavior and Handling Principles and Engineering Design Process fully outlined
2. Online Resource Page that includes Presentation Slides and Supplemental Curated Videos
3. Seven (7) Full-Color Student Guides/Workbooks
4. Seven (7) Laminated Livestock Bot Handling Challange Mats

NOTE: You will need to obtain supplies like popsicle sticks, cardstock, toothpicks, etc for students to build a fence/chute system. Hexbug or other autonomous "bot" is also needed to represent cow.

Overall, this interactive kit is a valuable resource for students looking to develop a strong foundation in livestock behavior principles and the engineering design process and done-for-you activity for you to easily implement.

Livestock Behavior and Handling STEM Lab Pack Printable Lesson Plan (digital product printables, no physical supplies) is also available in our shop.

This product is copyrighted and not to be shared, duplicated or resold. Permission for single classroom or group use only.