Robotic Milker
Teacher Preparation
Learning Goal
Upon completion of this lesson, students will be able to identify basic information about how the DeLaval VMS-V300 Robot (robotic milker at the dairy) helps the OSU dairy function.
Learning Standards
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PK.1.R.1 Students will actively listen and speak using agreed upon rules with guidance and support.
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PK.1.R.2 Students will begin to ask and answer questions about information presented orally or through text or other media with guidance and support.
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PK.4.R.1 Students will acquire new content-specific, grade-level vocabulary and relate new words to prior knowledge with guidance and support.
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PK.6.R Students will begin to identify pictures, charts, grade-appropriate texts or people as sources of information on a topic of interest.
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PK.S.6 Students will engage in investigations based on curiosity and wondering about the physical and natural world.
Resources & Materials
- Visuals in the center
- Student tour guides
- DeLaval VMS
- Nicole Sanders, dairy herd manager
Lesson Delivery
Anticipatory Set
- What do you think of when I say robot?
- Encourage students to answer and describe what they think of as a robot.
- Did you know that we use robots to help us every day?
- Does anyone have a Roomba or shark vacuum at home?
- There’s even a robot that mows people’s yards for them.
- Robots help us perform tasks and save time, so we have a new robot here at the dairy that helps us milk the cows.
Content Outline |
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Meet our Robotic Milker! (from Nicole Sanders, dairy herd manager) |
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Why do we have a robot? (From DeLaval VMS) |
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Learning Activity
Students should be encouraged to draw the robot with a cow in it, the metrics screen and anything else that helps the students remember the robotic milker.
Closing Announcements/Reminders
- Answer any questions they may have.
- Show them the robot and viewing windows and encourage them to make observations and ask questions.
- Thank the students for coming to the Ferguson Family Dairy Center.