Teaching Units
These units provide suggestions for learning experiences using the dairy industry as a learning context. Curriculum links are shown clearly throughout, and the units also support inquiry learning and explicit instruction.
Complementary resources are provided within the units, or linked to externally, including:
- student resources such as graphic organisers
- interactive resources both from DairyNZ and other sources
- factsheets that provide teachers with background information relevant to the unit.
Curriculum Levels: Select the curriculum levels to download teaching units appropriate to your students.
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| Teaching Units Level 1-2 |  |
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| Factsheet: From farm to shelf | |
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| Factsheet: How a cow works | |
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| Factsheet: How dairy cows are milked | |
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| Factsheet: How milk is made into other dairy products | |
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| Factsheet: Nutrition in dairy | |
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| Factsheet: Types of milking sheds | |
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| Factsheet: What do dairy farmers do? | |
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| Factsheet: Who's who on a dairy farm? | |
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| Calf Club Game Lesson: About Farms | |
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| Calf Club Game Lesson: Causes and Consequences | |
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| Calf Club Game Lesson: Compare and Contrast | |
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| Calf Club Game Lesson: Rearing a Calf | |
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| Calf Club Game Lesson: Recount Writing | |
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| Jobs on the Farm | |
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| A Dairy Farmer's Life | |
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| Teaching Units Level 3-4 | |
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| Factsheet: The Dairy Enterprise | |
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| Factsheet: Dairy regions in New Zealand | |
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| Factsheet: Dairy products produced in New Zealand | |
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| Factsheet: New Zealand’s dairy exports | |
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| Factsheet: New Zealand’s export partners | |
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| Factsheet: Timeline of growth in dairy enterprise | |
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| Factsheet: How technology has helped the dairy enterprise in | |
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| Calf Club Game Lesson: Life Skills | |
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| Calf Club Game Lesson: About Farms | |
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| Calf Club Game Lesson: Causes and Consequences | |
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| Calf Club Game Lesson: Rearing a Calf | |
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| Calf Club Game Lesson: Recount Writing | |
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| Dairying and Our Economy | |
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| Exporting Our Diary Products | |
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| Dairying Regions in NZ | |
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| Growth in the Dairy Industry | |
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| Teaching Units Level 5 | |
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| Teaching Units Level 6 | |
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| Factsheet: Effluent system overview | |
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| Factsheet: Farm irrigation | |
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| Factsheet: Soil moisture cycle | |
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| Factsheet: Statements about the environment | |
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| Level 6: Audio clips | |
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| Categorising and Sorting: Dairy Foods | |
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| Cause and Consequence: The Effects of Changes in Dairying | |
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| Changes in State: Cream to Butter | |
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| Develop a Product: Inventing a New Dairy Product | |
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| Experiences Outside the Classroom: Visit a Dairy Farm | |
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| Future Focus: Dairying and Future Technological Innovations | |
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| Scenario Planning for the Dairy Industry | |
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| Innovation in Technology: How to Milk a Cow | |
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| Listening to Others: Opinions on the Dairy Industry | |
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| Making Connections: Jobs in the Dairy Industry | |
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| Measuring Outcomes: Getting More Milk | |
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| Physical Process: Grass to Glass | |
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| Varied Opinions on the Dairy Industry | |
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| Scientific Observations: Keeping Milk Fresh | |
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| Scn 1 - Social Change: Large Population Growth | |
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| Scn 2 - Economic Change: Imports exceed Exports | |
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| Scn 3 - Environmental Change: Flooding | |
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| Scn 4 - Environmental Change: Drought | |
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| Scn 5 - Economic Change: Dairy Products no longer needed | |
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