Purple Thumbprint Cows Materials:
• Cow design (next page) • Black ink or stamp pad
Instructions: Note: You may want to preface this activity by explaining how Holstein cattle look. 1. Make a copy of the cow (next page) for each student. 2. Using the ink or stamp pad, have each student put thumbprints all over the cow to make cow spots. 3. Color the cow‛s ears, face, tail and udder. Activity Extensions: • Discuss that, like the thumbprints of humans, each cow‛s spots are unique. No two are exactly alike. • Explain the meaning of individuality. • Explain the milking process. (The milking cow simulator is available through Arkansas Farm Bureau‛s Ag-in-the-Classroom program.) Agriculture Connections: • Note the differences between dairy and beef cows. • List the different types of dairy cows. • Note which type is most prevelant in Arkansas. • Where does milk come from? • Using the recipe listed below, emphasize that dairy cows only produce white milk. There is no thing as a chocolate cow. Chocolate milk and strawberry milk are only added flavors. • Note the number of dairy farms in Arkansas. • What products are made from milk? Health and Nutrition: (Food Guide Pyramid poster available at www.mypyramid.com) • To which food group does milk belong? • To which food group do the other products made from milk belong? • Number of servings that one should eat from that food group. • Using the “Purple Cows” recipe, classify in which category grape soda belongs. RECIPES: Ingredients: Grape soda Vanilla ice cream Directions: Put one scoop of ice cream in each glass of grape soda.