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Build-a-Calf Workshop

Students explore concepts of heredity in beef cattle and identify dominant and recessive traits.

Grades
3 – 5
Estimated Time
45 minutes
Updated
February 28, 2024

Background

Lesson Activities

Credits

Author

Kelsey Faiver and Will Fett | Iowa Agriculture Literacy Foundation

Acknowledgements

Adapted from Oklahoma Agriculture in the Classroom

Sources

  1. http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/400/400-803/400-803.html
  2. https://beef2live.com/story-ranking-states-beef-cows-0-108181
  3. https://www.beefitswhatsfordinner.com/
  4. http://www.selectsires.com/index.html?version=20170404

Standards

National Content Area Standards

  • Science
    • 3-LS3: Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits
      • 3-LS3-1: Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exists in a group of similar organisms.
      • 3-LS3-2: Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.