The Lucknow Sentinel, 1998-03-18, Page 63y
Ofltario elementary
school stridents
will soon .be ,invit-
ed to put on their thinking
caps to design automatic
cow washes, create fic-
tional computer software
to help wattage a dairy
fame.
'these **just a couple
activities designed
getxr acle• 4, 5 a . 6
students thinking and
.4
comes to classrooms
learning about milk pro-
duction in Dairy Farmers
of Ontario`s (OPO). new
teahhers." resource, lvtilk:
From.Fann to fridge.
DIG wilt provide each
of Ontario's 4,000 demon -
tory schools with its own
copy.
fit Hum Comity, Dairy
Rducator , r !dichotic
Whitely, has already deliv
Bred them tet Robertson
Deanna Lynch, Ryan Schultz and. Tanya
Qv.,erholt are shown with Huron County: Dairy
Educator Michelle -Whitely., The Dairy Farmers
of Ontario's newtaachers' resource,. Milk: From
Farm to Fridge, IS. now being placed in, all ele"'
mentary schools in the province. (Hllgendorl
and Victoria schoo'st, in.
Goderich. However,,
Whitely..says the onus is
upon the school to contact
her if they are interested.
Subjects ,covered.
.ine ude,the steps milk sett
dairy products got through
in ,processing, careers In
the dairy industry, the
technology used in. all
aspects of milk prsirncss-•
ing:'aninnal care and the
envir onment, and nutrition
prtneiples.
The bilingual kit
includes a poster, five
study prints and a teachers'
manuales. with suggested
activiti
When Andre Renaud,
the .• kit's... author,. was
approached. to work on the
project, he liked the idea
immediately, The topic of
rtt%1c production lends
itself to'teaching,artalysis
and student discovery, he
says, As well the students
are: studying nature, with,
processing aK an extension
of whatthe cow produces,
The cgmplexity of the
interconnected production
system helps to make the
subject a good sturdy tool,
says Renaud.
Activities don't have to
be done in any particular
order and.' each has been
designed to stand on its.
own: "Teachers shoal('
• really, feel free to pick and;
choose and °use what they
want to use," says Renaud.
The kit incorporates a
variety of difficultylevels,
Some topics, are best' treat-
ed at the axade 6 level
would he challengin for
Grade 4 students, says
Renaud.
Cantullan,A cultur
eh;. O.K. says survey
. The results are in and
they are encouraging..A
detailed poll to deterfbine
the public'sunderstanding
of the apiculture -and agri-
food sector was recently
completed. The survey.
results are based on a
national sample of 2,215
interviews conducted With
Canadians from;, eacho'f
the provincgritet'tita-
ries. in propoesrtiond tot pope.
tartan.
About two-thirds of the
'respondents'. perceive
Canada asp• a wdrld leader
in the production of nutr-.
eResunts, lts saalteso, tooshowl praadand uaiox ts
ity of respondents agree
the agriculture sector con.
tributes to the qualityof
life;, and high standards of
living. enjoyed by most
Canadians.
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