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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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ChickQuest: identifying day-old chicks
After attending a ChickQuest workshop, participants are ready to hatch eggs in their classrooms. What an exciting event! To help identify the cute chicks, here is an identification guide.
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Examining egg nutrition
Are cheaper eggs just as nutritious as organic or free-run options? A lab in Canada tested 14 brands to find out. They also looked at nutritional differences between small-farm and big-brand organic eggs. “Some of the cheapest, widely available eggs…
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Examining eggs and checking on chicks
Rob Isner is program manager for 4-H Youth Development, working at George Washington Carver STEM School in Cleveland. As part of the Agriscience in the City program, Isner followed up with teachers who’d gone through the ChickQuest workshop,…
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How eggs get to the table!
A chicken lays an egg. You eat an egg for breakfast. But what happens in between? A virtual field trip to Hertzfeld Poultry Farms showed us how eggs get from the chicken to you! This was the latest Chickenology VFT, sponsored by Ohio Soybean…
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It's more fun in a flock!
GrowNextGen gave a great group the chance to hang out together in a recent teacher event! GNG teacher leaders gathered with other Educationprojects.org teacher leaders at the Ohio Poultry Association building for a poultry-focused evening. The…
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Quality Assurance
Learn how the poultry industry is keeping eggs safe for Ohio consumers. Safe Quality Food positions incorporate communication skills, data analysis, food science and management skills to ensure a safe, healthy product is delivered for food…
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Ready for ChickQuest!
Kindergarten teacher Megan Smith at Berne Union Elementary was one of the 50 ChickQuest grant winners, receiving a set of student logbooks and a coupon for eggs to hatch. She sent this message about her class: “Hello! We just received our eggs! I’ve…
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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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Veterinary Science
Learn about veterinary science and why it is important for poultry and egg production in Ohio. Veterinary Science incorporates communication, nutrition, animal behavior, health and data analysis to make livestock and environments healthy and…
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We're cracking up! Liquid eggs webinar
Liquid eggs!?! Cooper Farms partnered with Ohio Poultry Association and GrowNextGen to give students a tour of their egg cracking facility in the latest Chickenology virtual field trip. OPA’s Jenna Gregorich hosted the tour and relayed questions…
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We are LIVE at Land and Living and the Lausche Building
See robots in action, rolling over top soil and compacting it to varying degrees! See (and hear!) putt putt boats racing around in a pool, powered by soybean biodiesel fuel! Engineer an egg catcher and test your design! Make a soybean seed necklace…
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