Dairy Month Field Trip at East Meadow Farm
Dates available: May 30th,June 6th, June 8th, June 13th and June 15th
Time slots available for each day:
AM Session: 9:30am - 11:30am
PM Session: 12:30pm - 2:30pm
We can accommodate up to classrooms that are approx. 40 children + plus staff
Description:
Students can come and visit us at East Meadow Farm to learn more about the ruminate animals they learned about for 6 weeks by participating in new and fun hands-on activities, including smoothie making, a milking demonstration and a farming activity to help connect students to the value-added products we enjoy from ruminates on a daily basis and send them off into summer with some healthy choices.
Program (example is for AM session, PM session is the same activities):
9:30am - Arrive at EMF
Brief intro to the children, break into 2 groups. Each group will rotate between 2, 30-minute stations and then join back together for the last 30-minute station for a goat milking demonstration.
9:40am-10:10am- Station 1: Smoothie bike (*30 minutes, inside East Meadow building)
Students will make a healthy, dairy based snack:
Plain yogurt, customized with 3 flavor options:
- Strawberry
- Banana
- Blueberry
*Once macerated, Students will choose a flavor and take it over to the toppings bar to customize their snack:
- local honey
- Granola
- Assorted fruits
10:15am-10:45am- Station 2: Farming in a glove (*30 minute, outside under the tent)
- Discuss diet of the ruminate animal
- Have feed samples
- Each student will receive a booklet and the materials to plant their own ‘farms’
- A glove
- 5 cotton balls, soaked in water
- 5 different feeds for crops
10:50am-11:20am-Station 3: Goats (*30minutes, outside under the gazebo) =everyone
- Take out one baby goat or ‘KID’
- Talk about the kid, ask questions such as " What do you see?”
- Tell the children about what the goats will eat and drink
- Talk about where they sleep, and what they sleep on in the barn
- Students will get to watch a demonstration of how goats are milked.
11:20- 11:30:
- Everyone meets up outside on the patio
- End of day Q&A and reflection chat
11:30 pm - Bus departure
To register for this event, please click the Register button below.
Any questions, please contact Ricardo at 516-832-2591 ext. 106 or email nassaucounty4h@cornell.edu
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