Tagged animal nutrition
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Animal digestion and nutrition
How might we best feed animals? How do animals digest food? Animal nutritionists determine feed rations for livestock, zoo animals, and pets related to their dietary needs but also their digestive systems. This unit will make a …
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Animal digestion and nutrition (TL version)
How might we best feed animals? How do animals digest food? Animal nutritionists determine feed rations for livestock, zoo animals, and pets related to their dietary needs but also their digestive systems. This unit will make a …
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Animal nutrition
Which macromolecules are found in animal feed? Animal nutrition focuses on the dietary needs of animals—not just those in agriculture and food production, but also in zoos, aquariums, and wildlife management. Pets need good nutrition, too. In …
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Aquaculture
How does aquaculture meet the global demand for protein? Students discover the science and challenges behind global fish farming by completing these three lessons.
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Aquaculture adventures
Fish in a school? Of course! Two of our GrowNextGen teacher leaders are jumping into aquaculture projects with their students. Fish eat soy, as you can learn about in this e-learning course, and they’re learning more about raising and feeding fish …
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Sharing resources at OAAE!
GrowNextGen teacher leaders Pam Snyder and Shelby Dodds shared about lessons and resources at the summer Ohio Association of Agriculture Educator’s conference in Wooster. Snyder presented Moving Genes, an introduction to genetic engineering. This …
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The Egg-citing Chicken Project
7th and 8th grade students at Global Impact STEM Academy are investigating the question, does the amount of protein in a hen’s diet affect the amount of protein in her eggs? Each grade level has its own flock, comprised of three Buff Orpington hens …
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Visiting a turkey barn
We were talking turkeys with this week’s virtual field trip to Cooper Farms, a farm and food company in northwest and west Central Ohio! Ohio Soybean Council presented a visit for teachers and students all over Ohio and in other states, giving them …