{"id":1172,"date":"2011-02-25T12:44:40","date_gmt":"2011-02-25T17:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/?p=1172"},"modified":"2014-04-07T07:16:34","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T12:16:34","slug":"students-learn-hands-on-about-animals-in-animal-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/?p=1172","title":{"rendered":"Students Learn Hands-on About Animals in Animal Science"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1192\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/DSC01364.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1192\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1192\" title=\"DSC01364\" src=\"http:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/DSC01364-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1192\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students bring in ducks and chickens to learn hands-on.  Photo by: Miss Hoffman<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>By Jack Bowen<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Agriculture is a very  important part of Indiana\u2019s culture and economy. \u00a0In this world of  technology, agriculture is still very important. \u00a0This why it is  important that PHS offers classes in agriculture. \u00a0One \u00a0agriculture  class that PHS offers is Animal Science.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Core 40 graduation  track requires that a student to have a minimum of six science courses.  \u00a0While many students may fill up these credits with classes such as  Chemistry, Biology or Physics, there have been more students  participating in a not so well known science class called Animal  Science. \u00a0Miss Hoffman teaches this class. \u00a0In this class, students  learn of animals big and small and how they eat, grow and behave.  \u00a0Junior Brianne van Hattum says that she has learned about \u201cThe  production of animals , breeds of different species, laws passed around  animals and the animals purpose.\u201d \u00a0Senior Kayla Arriaga says \u201cWe learn  about the different aspects of the animal world from production to  general husbandry of the species we are studying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This class is taught  very similar to an average science class. \u00a0Van Hattum says \u201cWe do some  labs and bookwork.\u201d \u00a0These students are studying animals though, so  what&#8217;s a better way to learn about animals, than to have animals there  with you? \u00a0Van Hattum says \u201cThere is normally some sort of animal that  we can look at.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some  of the students are taking the class because they wish to pursue a  career involving animals. \u00a0Arriaga says \u201cIn the fall I will be majoring  in Pre-Veterinary Medicine at Purdue and that the animal science classes  would be a great addition to my manuscript.\u201d \u00a0Freshman Shelby Haisley also  plans to use the information she learns in this class to prepare for a  future career. \u00a0Haisley says \u201cI plan on becoming a Veterinarian or an  Animal Cop. \u00a0Knowing about these animals will help me understand the  animals I will be helping.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>From poultry to cattle to swine to  auquaculture, this class teaches a wide variety of animals in a span of  two trimesters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jack Bowen Agriculture is a very important part of Indiana\u2019s culture and economy. \u00a0In this world of technology, agriculture is still very important. \u00a0This why it is important that PHS offers classes in agriculture. \u00a0One \u00a0agriculture class that PHS &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/?p=1172\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":178,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[15],"class_list":["post-1172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-feature","tag-february-2011"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/178"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1172"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8892,"href":"https:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172\/revisions\/8892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}