Producers, Pigs and Pork
August 16, 2023
FACS Classroom Grant
August 16, 2023A Pig's Tale (High School Lesson Plans)
Downloadable Lessons
Lesson 1: Pigs and Pork- students will analyze pork production and products by diagramming cuts of meat and discussing how those cuts affect consumers.
Lesson 2: Pig Escape- students will participate in an Escape Box scenario to learn how grouping piglets and raising them in farrowing barns enhances their chance to survive and reproduce.
Lesson 3: Digesting DNA- students develop a model to explain how enzymes affect the digestive system of a pig as they grow through the weaning stage.
Lesson 4: Inheritance and Traits - students will communicate the evidence of the inheritance and variation of traits by developing a model to build their own pig.
Lesson 5: Balanced Eating - students will analyze the nutritional needs of animals by creating a model of a balanced diet for a pig to explore the organization of their monogastric digestive system.
