Dairy Processing
Teacher Preparation
Learning Goal
Upon completion of this lesson students will be able to understand and describe milk processing steps.
Learning Standards
- PS1.3 Gather and make sense of information to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society.
- SS: 6.4 The student will analyze the interactions of humans and their environment in the
Western Hemisphere.
- 6.4.1 Describe the commercial agriculture and industrial regions that support human development
- 6.4.2 Evaluate the effects of human modification on the natural environment through transformation caused by subsistence and commercial agriculture, industry, demand for energy, and urbanization.
Resources & Materials
- The Story of Milk: From the Cow to the Cup
- Milk Made for You
- Moving Milk Through the Dairy Plant
- Southwest Southland Dairy Farmers- Milk at the Dairy
- Visuals in the center
- Student tour guides
Lesson Delivery
Anticipatory Set
- Who can tell me why we process food? (Take a few student answers)
- To make it safer
- To clean it
- To increase shelf life
- How do you think we process milk? (Take a few student answers)
- Today we will learn about the processing steps that milk takes to get from the dairy to your table.
Direct Instruction
1st Learning Goal: Upon completion of this lesson students will be able to understand and describe milk processing steps.
Content Outline |
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At the Dairy
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Leaving the Dairy
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Processing the Milk
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The Separator
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The Homogenizer
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Pasteurization
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Preparing Milk for You
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Milk is Safe
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Learning Activity
Students should be provided with a “map” of how milk moves through the processing steps. Each step should have space below an image for students to label and take notes about the processing step.
Assessment
Students should be asked questions similar to the following:
- Who tests the milk and takes samples? (The hauler and the lab)
- What is pasteurization? (Rapid heating and cooling of milk to kill microorganisms)
- What does Homogenized mean? (The same all the way through)
Closing Announcements/Reminders
- Answer any questions they may have
- Show them the robot and viewing windows one more time
- Thank students for coming to the Ferguson Family Dairy