- Author:
- Alex Cumming
- Subject:
- Agriculture
- Material Type:
- Activity/Lab, Lecture Notes, Lesson Plan
- Level:
- High School
- Tags:
- License:
- Creative Commons Attribution
- Language:
- English
- Media Formats:
- Interactive
Education Standards
PowerPoint - Unit 27 - Animal Health - Administering Drugs
Animal Health - Administering Drugs
Overview
This is a lesson that can be used to teach beginning Introduction to Agriculture students about the types of drugs we administer to animals. Students then get to complete a hands-on lab activity where they learn about and demonstrate four types of injections.
Introduction to Agriculture - Agriscience - Animal Science Unit
Subject Area Plan | |||
Course: | Intro to Ag | ||
Unit: | Agriscience - Animal Science | ||
Subject Area: | Animal Health - Unit 27 | ||
Materials, Supplies, Equipment, References, and Other Resources: | Materials listed in activity materials. | ||
NE Standards: | AFNR.HS.2.2.a Demonstrate management techniques that ensure animal welfare. AFNR.HS.2.2.b Analyze procedures to ensure that animal products are safe for consumption. AFNR.HS.2.6.b Apply principles of comparative anatomy and physiology to uses within animal systems. | ||
Essential Question(s): | What is animal health and why is it important to consumers/producers/pet owners? How can we treat animals for sickness or prevent animals from getting sick? | ||
Objectives:
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Interest Approach/Set/Hook (Preflection) | Estimated Time: | 1-2 min |
Think about the last time you visited the doctor. Were you sick or just in for a check-up? Were you prescribed an antibiotic or get a shot? When I say “write”, take 60 seconds to record your answer to this question: Why is it important that we visit the doctor when we get sick or want to prevent getting sick? WRITEWhy is this also important for our pets or other animals? Today we are going to look at how to treat animal health problems through the administration of drugs and then we will analyze the differences between four common vaccine administration methods. |
Learning Activity 1 | Estimated Time: | 12 min |
Instructor Directions / Materials | Brief Content Outline | |
Materials:
| Lecture Students will complete the guided notes section over administering drugs. (8 slides) Provide materials for students to touch and feel to connect vocabulary to equipment and knowledge in the notes. This should include a:
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Learning Activity 2 | Estimated Time: | 30 min |
Instructor Directions / Materials | Brief Content Outline | |
One per student:
| Hands-on Activity Students will practice giving vaccinations using four different sites on an orange. The four sites are:
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Summary (Reflection) - What did we learn and where are we going? | Estimated Time: | 3-5 min |
Thank you for cleaning up your lab stations quickly, let’s take some time to reflect on this activity. In your notes, answer the following questions with at least 2 sentences:
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Evaluation Based on the Learning Outcome Expressed in the Objective(s) |
Evaluation via Review Quiz and students will be asked to identify the different types of injections on another student’s orange and reflect on the activity to check for understanding. |