We're Going to the Dogs
... and the cats, the horses, and more!Electronic Field Trip to a Veterinary Clinic
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Grades: 4-12
Length: 1 hour
Subjects: science, careers
Bring your students along as we visit three busy veterinarians in Jessamine County. During office visits, farm trips, and special surgery, students will
Our doctors from the Jessamine Veterinary Clinic—William McCaw, Dan Bowling, and Stacey Burdick—answer students' questions as they give you a glimpse of their daily activities.
- see the computers and other technology used in a veterinarian's office.
- find out how veterinarians diagnose patients who cannot talk.
- watch problem solving in real-life situations.
- discover careers available to people who want to work with animals.
- follow several cases from start to finish.
- meet a variety of animals: cats, dogs, horses, cows, and even some exotic pets.
- Download teaching materials (in .pdf format; 4 pages; 202K).
- Download student worksheets (in .pdf format; 8 pages; 733K).
- View photos from the production.
- Student activities web page (University of Kentucky College of Agriculture)
- Links to veterinarian-related sites
This trip was co-produced by KET and
University of Kentucky Agriculture Extension Distance Learning.
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