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• Let's Explore Around the Farm. With the help of Wanda, students learn what a farm is, how we get food from farms, and what it would be like to live in a farm community. She shows us what it is like to be a farmer and the many things they do throughout the day and through the changing seasons.
• Farm Animals : A First Look. With the help of some barn yard friends children will recognize that mammals are born alive, get milk from their mothers and grow to adulthood
• Milk: From Farm to Table (12:00) This step-by-step program shows how milk is collected at a huge dairy farm and then pasteurized, homogenized and bottled at the rate of thousands of gallons an hour. The birth of a calf begins the story. Once a cow has given birth, she will continue to produce milk. At milking time, cows are herded into a "milking parlor," where special machines now do a job that was once done by hand. The raw milk is stored in a refrigerated tank, then taken to a processing plant, where many milk products are made and packaged for people to enjoy.
• Come to a farm
• Stage One Science: Starting life(15:00) As a family visits a farm, youngsters learn how new life begins by joining male and female sex cells. Viewers learn that chicks come from eggs, and that a wide variety of other creatures lay eggs as well. The birth of a baby lamb is shown, and a visit with a newborn calf provides a summary of what has been covered.
• Eggs (01:00) Hens begin laying eggs at about 20 weeks of age. Farmers control the exact age and number of eggs a hen lays by using artificial lighting that imitates longer days. On commercial Farms eggs are collected automatically
• Poultry(01:00) Poultry farms raise birds for eggs and meat such as chickens, turkeys, geese, ostriches and ducks. Poultry farmers raise birds outdoors or in large buildings like the one housing these baby chicks.
• When I grow up I want to be a farmer(14:58) What do fruits and vegetables, trees, cows, and fish all have in common? Farmers produce them all! Through the experiences of a 10-year-old spending a day with a Farmer, children will gain a better understanding of all the different skills needed to become a successful Farmer, including the science and math behind planting crops and keeping animals healthy; how good reading and writing skills help Farmers stay organized; and the important part teamwork plays in the processes of planting, harvesting, and finally selling their product