Measuring Weight and Age Through Manual Methods
Colquitt County High School FFA created a hands on activity to teach students the manual methods to weigh horses and age them. After going over the methods in class, the students relied on a willing volunteer in Ginger the Pony to help them understand these two concepts.
The students used a weighing tape to measure at several points on the horse and from those measurements they calculated the approximate weight of the horse. To add to that field method these students also learned how to age a horse by examining the wear pattern on Ginger's teeth. From that they can approximate her age. It's always a great day when a live animal is brought to class, but it's even better when the instructor can turn the class period from a lecture on the animal into an activity and let the students to the leg work.
Sometimes group projects get to be too much and students need to work on their own. Here's an activity where your students can show their creativity and learn the different kinds of digestion in livestock. Here's Animal Digestion Display Idea if you need some inspiration. If you need some more ideas on what to cover in Animal Science then take a look at these Animal Science Lesson Plans in our store.
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