Dairy Education

Educator Lessons

A Dairy Good Education

From start to finish, share the stories of dairy with your students – from the farm to nutritious dairy products that land on the table to enjoy! Provide some Wisconsin Dairy perspective to your students with our standards-based videos and lesson plans inspired by dairy farmers about dairy farming and dairy products.

Video Lessons

 

All Grades

Introduce students to the basics of dairy farming with these We Are America's Dairyland videos that pair well with our lessons.  Our virtual dairy farm tour is the perfect way to take a field trip with your class without leaving the school building! Students of any age will experience firsthand a day in the life of a Wisconsin Dairy Farmer!

Grades 4-5

Help students discover healthy foods grown or produced in Wisconsin using this 15-minute video field trip across the state - a perfect match for your Wisconsin History unit.

High School

Learn how Wisconsin Milk is transformed into award-winning Wisconsin Cheese!

Escape Room

Discover Dairy Careers

Welcome to Discover Dairy Careers, a digital escape room designed to guide students in groups of 4-6 through a series of puzzles and will take about 30 minutes to complete. To play Discover Dairy Careers, all you need to do is click the button below, download, and open the Discover Dairy Careers file. Good luck!

Need the Educator's Guide? Email dairyinschools@wisconsindairy.org

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Book Lessons

Book Lessons

 

Kindergarten

Introduce students to the concept that fresh and healthy food comes from the farm. Students are introduced to a variety of foods from the five food groups, categorized by color.

Grade 1

Take students on a learning tour of a Wisconsin farm by reading the journal notes from a field trip to the farm. Students will experience and learn a variety of ways in which foods from the five food groups are produced, the parts of the food that we eat, and how foods produced on a farm make our bodies healthy.

Grade 2

Take students on a scientific journey to discover how milk is made into Wisconsin Cheese. Students will explore the process of turning a liquid, milk, into a solid, cheese. The steps of cheesemaking are brought "under the microscope: for students to learn the role of science in cheesemaking."
Dairy Lessons

Dairy Lessons

Grades 2 through 4

Farm to Table - This lesson teaches students about the importance of local agriculture for the community and reinforces MyPlate nutrition guidelines for healthy eating to help inspire students to grow their own food in a school or home garden.- English | Español

Dairy During Your Day - In this lesson, students explore aspects of dairy farming from raising healthy cows to conserving water to inspiring farm-to-table trends that all families can enjoy. - English | Español

Discovery Dairy Science! - This lesson teaches students about the science behind milk, cheese, and yogurt production, spotlighting the nutrition dairy foods offer as part of a balanced diet. - English | Español
 

Other Resources

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