Ag Field Trip

cups of worms being lined up against the wall.
dead fish on ice.
2 of my sweeties

My buddy misses her childhood cow.
The hamster.

Digging for worms.

4th and 5th graders
A pill for the cows talk about big.
The calf thinks he is a goat.

Being from the city I am continuously surprised at some of the things we do. One is the annual Ag trip that the 4th-5th graders take every year. We found out how to vaccinate cows and give them pills. I also found out you can measure the ankle of a cow and know its weight without using a scale. We learned about people who are harvesting hamsters for all the national retailers. They can have babies every 18 days! They are majorly regulated by the govt. We had the chance to pet several species of goats and a calf. We found out about bee keeping. The students were also given worms to take home to start a compost. This literally weirded out of my teaching buddies. Think of 48 styrofoam cups of worms on the bus ride home. smile. We found out about cows. Did you know they make beef jerky out of dairy cows? We learned about grain etc. The ethanol corn fuel they are making is from different corn than the corn we eat. We saw dead fish on ice and found out about cotton gins.