Cattle breeds

Objectives and Skills: Education Standards Addressed

How to differentiate between the many different types of cattle, it comes in handy if your Livestock production 130.7 (c) 7C
family or friends own cattle.

Lesson Details
Objectives To help students better understand that a black cow is Materials Needed
(Specify skills/information that will be not always an Angus cow or one with horns is not Paper
learned.)
always a Shorthorn or a Longhorn. Pen/ pencil

Information Students will be taking notes over the PowerPoint

(Give and/or demonstrate necessary presentation.
information)

Verification List the different cattle breeds we cover along with their Other Resources
(Steps to check for student colors and weather or not they might have horns. (e.g. Web, books, etc.)
understanding) Powerpoint

Activity Write a short list about their favorite breed we cover to

(Describe the independent activity to share with the class.
reinforce this lesson)

Summary It is my hope that the students are able to understand Additional Notes
that there are about 20 + different cattle breeds and
most look similar to one another.