Animal Science

The Animal Science class is open to students who successfully complete Intro to Argriscience and are interested in animals.  The class studies animals from the perspectives of both science and the animal industry.

 

Topics that will be studies in class include:

• Introduction to the Animal Industry
  
• History and Use of Animals
  
• Animal Handling and Safety
  
• Cells and Tissues
  
• Animal Nutrition
  
• Animal Reproduction
  
• Genetics
  
• Animal Health
  
• Animal Products, Selection, and Marketing
  

 

To study those topics, hands-on activities in class include the following:

• Observing the behavior of pill bugs
  
• Creating and viewing wet-mount slides
  
• Determining the energy content of various animal feeds
  
• Designing an animal handling facility
  
• Breeding fruit flies in a virtual reality
  
• Creating a Producer's Giude for an animal of the student's choice