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1 QUESTIONS MAY ALL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL PROMPTING FOR ANSWERS AND/OR THEY MAY BE USED FOR THE INSTRUCTOR TO LEAD STUDENTS INTO AN EXPLANATION. Kindergarten Science Life Science - LTK.1 How many legs do cattle have? Do all animals have four legs? Do all cattle have horns? What colors of cattle do you see? (using models) What do cattle need to live? How do people help cattle out? What kind of environment do cattle need? What kind of things can people do to help cattle? What differences are there between the cattle? (Use models) Earth & Space Science - NSK.1 How does the cattle's environment change over a whole year? What kind of things can ranchers do to help the cattle stay warm in the winter? Is there anything they can build? What time of year are calves usually born? Why do you think this is so? What kind of places do you think cattle live? Social Studies Dynamic Relationships - DRK.3 What seasons do you see in the pictures? What are the four seasons? (May need prompting) What kinds of things do you in the winter? What do you think cattle have to do differently in the winter time? (May need guidance about where they get food and water and what not) What do we do to stay warm in the winter? What things do cattle do to stay warm? What does the display tell us about that?
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3 QUESTIONS MAY ALL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL PROMPTING FOR ANSWERS AND/OR THEY MAY BE USED FOR THE INSTRUCTOR TO LEAD STUDENTS INTO AN EXPLANATION. Grade 1 Health Understanding, Skills, and Confidences - USC1.1 What are some health foods? What healthy foods have beef in them? When can you eat beef? What things could you or the adults who cook make with beef? Science Living Things - LT1.1 What characteristics of living things do cattle have? What things do you notice about them? How would you describe cattle to people that have never seen cattle? What characteristics do you notice about the food they eat? What kinds of things do they eat? Why? What differences and similarities do you notice about the different kinds of cattle in the presentation? (horns or no horns, colors, size, etc.) What is different between cattle and people? Do cattle like to stay in a group? Why does the calf stay with its mother? What is different between calves and fully grown cattle? Have you seen a movie or read a book about cattle? Do you think it was real? Why did you think it was or wasn t real? Living Things - LT1.2 What do cattle need for survival? How do they get those things? Is it the same or different from people? What does the grass the cattle eat need for survival? How do cattle survive in the winter versus the summer? How do they meet their needs? How do cattle eat? What are their teeth like? How many stomachs do they have? How is this different from you? What can we do to be safe around cattle and other livestock? Can you describe how cattle move? How do ranchers take care of their cattle? What things do they do to help and respect them? Objects and Materials - OM1.1 What do ranchers use to keep cattle in the right spot? What materials is this made from?
4 What objects provide shelter for cattle? What materials are they made from? What materials do we get from cattle? What objects and things can those materials make? Why is that material good at making that particular object? What does the cow hide (or skull or live animal) feel like? What are the characteristics? (fuzzy, soft, hard, smooth, warm, etc.) What things could we make from this material because of these characteristics? Daily and Seasonal Changes - DS1.2 How do cattle adapt to changes in the seasons? How is that different from humans? What times of the day do you think cattle rest? What happens to the grass and the water that cattle eat in the winter? What do you think we do to help them out during the winter? What adaptations do cattle have that keeps them warm in cold weather? How is this different from people? Social Studies Dynamic Relationships - DR1.3 Where does this hamburger come from? (can use one in display) What other foods do you eat that use beef? What are the steps to get that beef from the animal in the pasture to the food on your plate? How does the environment that the cattle live in help people meet their needs? Why is it important for ranchers to take good care of the environment? What needs do cattle help us meet? What wants do cattle help us meet? Dynamic Relationships - DR1.4 Are these models real? Are they the correct size? What do they show us?
5 QUESTIONS MAY ALL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL PROMPTING FOR ANSWERS AND/OR THEY MAY BE USED FOR THE INSTRUCTOR TO LEAD STUDENTS INTO AN EXPLANATION. Grade 2 Science Life Science - AN2.1 What is the life cycle of cattle? How do calves grow into cattle? What things change as they grow up? Do you think they have a short or long life cycle? What food is eaten by calves? What food is eaten by grown cattle? What characteristics do cattle have that helps them be suited to their environment? Life Science - AN2.2 What are the differences between how cattle and humans grow? What is the same between how cattle and humans grow? What are some healthy food choices for humans that are made from beef? What food is eaten by calves? What food is eaten by grown cattle? Life Science - AN2.3 What other plants and animals live in the same environment as cattle? What parts of the cattle s environment helps them out? What things can humans do to help cattle in their environment? What things can humans do to harm animals in their environment? How are domesticated animals like cattle different from wild animals? What kinds of jobs are there for people that want to work with cattle? Physical Science - MP2.2 Can you describe how cattle move? What animals do you think are faster? Slower? What are some differences between how humans and cattle move? Earth and Space Science - AW2.2 What is the air like in the winter? What is water like in the winter? What forms of water are there in the winter? Why do living things need water and air?
6 Where can cattle find water? Why is it important to keep the air and water clean? Why is this important for cattle? What things can you do to make sure that our air and water stay clean? Social Studies Dynamic Relationships - DR2.2 Why do you think the grass and water locations are important for cattle? What natural resources do you have in your community? Why are these important to conserve? What things do we need in the natural environment to raise cattle? Can cattle be raised in any landscape? What landscapes are best for them? Dynamic Relationships - DR2.3 What features do you notice about the land in the photographs and models? Resources & Wealth - RW2.2 What responsibilities do humans have to the environment? Why is this important for raising cattle?
7 QUESTIONS MAY ALL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL PROMPTING FOR ANSWERS AND/OR THEY MAY BE USED FOR THE INSTRUCTOR TO LEAD STUDENTS INTO AN EXPLANATION. Grade 3: Health Understanding, Skills, and Confidences - USC3.1 What is ZIP? Why is it important that we eat these things? What are essential nutrients? Why is beef important to eat? Why is beef healthy? Science Life Sciences - PL3.1 What plants do cattle eat? What do those plants need to live and grow? What are the differences and similarities between people, cattle, and plants in what they need to live and grow? How do cattle help plants disperse seeds? Life Sciences - PL3.2 Why are cattle and farming important to Saskatchewan? What kinds of plants do we have and grow? What other plants live in the ecosystems that support cattle besides grass? Do you think there is more than one kind of grass? What would happen to cattle if the plants they ate became diseased and died? What would happen to cattle and people if there was no plants? Do cattle help support the variety of living things in an ecosystem? Why do you think so? Why is it important for ranchers to understand plants? Structures and Materials - SM3.1 What materials are used to build a fence or barn? What materials join the different materials together? What kinds of tools would you use to construct these structures? What kinds of materials are used to make a dugout or dam for water? Ranchers use straw bales, but is there any other uses for straw? Earth and Space Science - ES3.2 Why is soil important to cattle and cattle producers? What kinds of things live and grow in soil?
8 What things grow from soil that are important to cattle? Why are cattle important to soil? (i.e. manure) How do the grass and grasslands that cattle need help prevent soil erosion? Social Studies Interactions and Interdependence of Nations - IN3.3 Where do people raise cattle? Is there any near to where you live? What benefits are there to buying beef that is raised close to where you live? (i.e. environmental, local support,etc.) Why is it important that we take good care of our cattle and the land they live on for other people across the world? Dynamic Relationships - DR3.2 Why is the land here good for raising cattle and their feed? Why are there not many people that live in communities with lots of cattle? Why do we have a drier climate? Why do we have such big changes in temperature and the weather? How does this affect cattle and cattle producers? How does the environment affect who and what lives in an area? Dynamic Relationships - DR3.3 How does the land that we raise cattle on meet our needs and wants? Why is it important to protect the land that we raise cattle on? Resources & Wealth - RW3.1 What difficulties do we have in making sure that all people get to eat? How do cattle and cattle producers help us to meet our needs and wants? How do we sell cattle? Why do we sell cattle?
9 QUESTIONS MAY ALL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL PROMPTING FOR ANSWERS AND/OR THEY MAY BE USED FOR THE INSTRUCTOR TO LEAD STUDENTS INTO AN EXPLANATION. Grade 4 Health Understanding, Skills, and Confidences - USC4.1 What are some healthy food choices that contain beef? Science Life Science - HC4.1 What plants and animals live in or near to your community? What kind of habitat do you see in the photos and displays? How is this the same or different from where you live? Why do plants, animals, air, water, land, and the sky need each other? Why is this important to cattle and us? Are cattle carnivores, herbivores, or omnivores? Producer or consumer? Predator, prey, scavenger, or decomposer? Can you describe a food chain that has cattle and people in it? Use clues from the display to come up with one. How do cattle tags help humans keep track of cattle? Why is this important? Why is branding cattle important? What would happen to the environment where cattle live if they no longer lived there? What would happen to us? Life Science - HC4.2 What structures (like hoof, mouth, four legs, etc.) help cattle live in various habitats like grasslands, forested areas, etc. What does a habitat need to support cattle? What do you notice about the cattle here? How can we respectfully observe and investigate them in this location? What do you notice about the structure of the cattle? Why do you think this is so? What kind of adaptations would cattle have to survive in another habitat? For instance, mountains, ocean, coastal, space, etc. Living Things - HC 4.3 What things do humans do that affect the habitat that cattle need to survive? What things do humans do to change habitats? Do they want to change them on purpose or does it sometimes happen as an accident?
10 What groups of people might dislike cattle grazing? Why might these groups of people not like this? (i.e. mines and development, etc.) What do you think will happen if the habitats that support cattle are lost in Saskatchewan? What might happen to plant and animal species that live there? Why is it important for ranchers to take care of the environment? Where might they have learned that? Is there any groups or organizations that help them care for the environment? Earth and Space Science - RM4.3 How do grasslands that are properly maintained help with erosion? What natural features in a landscape where cattle live might show the effects of erosion? What might the weather do to landforms (hills, buttes, valley, river, etc.) that cattle live in? Social Studies Dynamic Relationships - DR4.1 Why do you think people that wanted to raise cattle settled in Saskatchewan? Why is the landscape so important to ranchers and cattle? Why do you think that we eat a lot of beef here? Resources & Wealth - RW4.1 What are the challenges for ranchers because of Saskatchewan s climate? What are some new technologies that we use to take cattle from the pasture to the plate? Why did we develop them? (try to lead them into some connection to climate) Why do ranchers work so hard to conserve the soil and water on their land? Resources & Wealth - RW4.2 Why is agriculture so important to Saskatchewan? Why is agriculture so important for all of us? How do we get cattle from the pasture to the plate? What are the steps? How do ranchers take care of their cattle and the land that they live on? Why is this important? What foods do we get from cattle? What other products and materials do we get from them? What products that come from cattle do you use every day? What jobs are there that help us to get cattle from the pasture to our plate?
11 QUESTIONS MAY ALL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL PROMPTING FOR ANSWERS AND/OR THEY MAY BE USED FOR THE INSTRUCTOR TO LEAD STUDENTS INTO AN EXPLANATION. Grade 5 Health Understanding, Skills, and Confidences - USC5.1 How do you determine what is healthy to eat? What healthy food choices contain beef? Why is beef considered healthy? What is in it that is important for us to be healthy? How does including beef in your diet help you to have a healthy and balanced diet? What factors influence what you eat? Is most beef processed or unprocessed? How do you know if the beef in your food has been processed a lot? How can you find out? What are the benefits of eating fresh beef versus pre-packaged food with beef in it? How do you think our eating habits have changed as compared to our ancestors? Why is beef good fuel for your body? Science Life Sciences - HB5.1 What are the requirements of maintaining a healthy body? How can beef help you meet these requirements? How much beef do you eat? Do you think that everyone in the world eats the same way? What groups or locations in the world eat differently? Why is this? Why is it important to eat beef? What nutritional value does it have? Earth and Space Science - WE5.2 What are the characteristics of our local weather? How does this affect cattle? What changes need to be made throughout the year to support cattle on ranches? What affect does the sun have on the plants that cattle need? What happens if it is too drying? What impact does severe weather have on the habitats that cattle live on? How does this affect them? How does this affect you? What can ranchers do to help their cattle when they re experiencing severe weather? What adaptations do cattle have to help themselves during severe weather? How are cattle adapted to the severe temperature fluctuations of Saskatchewan?
12 Why is it important for ranchers to know and predict weather patterns? Earth & Space Science - WE5.3 How do weather conditions impact the lives and livelihoods of ranchers? How do you think drought affects ranchers and cattle? What other severe weather could have an influence on them? Explain. What technologies or structures have we developed to help us raise cattle in extreme temperatures and weather? (cabs, cattle liners, etc.) Do you have any ideas for other inventions to help us raise cattle in extreme weather and temperatures? Social Studies Resources & Wealth - RW5.1 Are cattle a renewable or non-renewable resource? Why? What things do ranchers do to make sure that producing cattle is sustainable for a long time? Why is this important? Resources & Wealth - RW5.2 Why will the cattle industry be important to Canadians in the future? What changes might come to ranching and the cattle industry? How do you think people that do not raise cattle, or do not understand the care taken to raise them in a sustainable way, will influence how they are raised in the future?
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