Dairy Science with CREST

What are we learning? The definition of a dairy product. Understanding the changes in state between a liquid and solid. The concept of physical change through making butter.

What are we learning? Why dairy products need to be refrigerated. The process of fair testing. How we see science in our everyday lives.

What are we learning? How innovative technological change has helped the growth of the dairy industry. Changes that have led to growth in the dairy industry. Justifications can be very persuasive.

What are we learning? Where New Zealand exports dairy products internationally. Why countries need our dairy products. Why New Zealand’s export partners change over. How to use research and make connections to answer questions.

What are we learning? Innovation helps to improve productivity. How to make comparisons. How robotic machines can make tasks easier and more time efficient.

What are we learning? Where milk comes from. How grass is turned into milk. How a cow digests grass through its four stomachs.

What are we learning? The reach and scale of jobs involved in the global and New Zealand dairy industry. Career opportunities in New Zealand’s dairy industry. Choosing relevant criteria for sorting. Sorting and categorising according to criteria

What are we learning? People have different opinions about the further growth of New Zealand’s dairy industry. People’s opinions are often biased by their involvement and relationship to an issue. The importance of justifying your opinion. The skill of critical analysis.

What are we learning? How the location of dairying in New Zealand has changed. Dairy is a significant and growing enterprise in New Zealand. How land use has changed in New Zealand.

What are we learning? To identify which foods are dairy products. Where dairy products come from. Make statements about data displays.

What are we learning? How the dairy industry is connected with innovation. The key parts of the process involved in developing a new food product. Investigating a career that is strongly connected to the dairy industry.

What are we learning? Innovation has helped make the task of milking easier. The different methods of milking. The different reason for innovation.

What are we learning? How changes in dairying have effected the local and global economies. Causes and consequences. Reasons for changes in the dairy industry.

What are we learning? Dairying farming is a key part of a larger dairying industry Dairy products are made from the milk New Zealand’s dairy farms produce. Dairy products from dairy farms in New Zealand are exported all over the world The meaning of import and export, making connections to answer questions.

What are we learning? How economic, social and environmental changes impact New Zealand’s dairy industry. Making connections to predict, infer and forecast. To create and deliver a compelling presentation.Creative problem solving.

What are we learning? People have different opinions about the further growth of the dairy industry. People have different opinions about the value of the dairy industry to New Zealand. How to make summary statements from a graph. How to graph results on a survey.

What are we learning? Innovation is an on going process in the dairy industry. Innovation arises from addressing needs or realising opportunities. Innovation has an impact on people, processes and economies.

What are we learning? What happens on a dairy farm? The different parts of a dairy farm. How people on a farm interact with the animals an the land.