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Adventures in Time and Place
Grade 4: Regions
Infographic #6: Economy of the Northeast
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1. Dairy farming is a large industry for farmers in the Northeast region of the United States. Take a virtual tour of a dairy farm. Find out how milk is produced and transported to your neighborhood store. Stop in at Moo Milk.
http://www.moomilk.com/

  • Click Virtual Tour. Then click Milk to start the tour.
  • Look at the picture. Scroll down to read the information. Then click next.
  • Advance through the rest of the tour in the same way.

Online Activity: From Cow to Grocery Store
Use the information on the Web site to answer the following questions. Type in the box the word or words from the Word Bank that complete each sentence below.



   A milk truck picks up    milk and takes it to a processing plant.

   Quickly heating milk to 145 degrees Fahrenheit to kill any bacteria in it is    

   The    is the large bag that holds the cow’s milk.

   Leftover cereal from cereal factories may be used for    

   Cows drink 30 to 40 gallons of    every day.

   The mother cow makes very special milk for her calf called    

   The    is a special room where the cows are milked.

   When the butter fat in milk is broken up and mixed into the rest of the milk, the milk is    

   Word Bank:
    homogenized, raw, udder, water, pasteurization, cow food, colostrum,
    milking parlor


2. Now that you know about dairy farming, take a trip to Maine and join a lobster fisherman for a day on the Atlantic Ocean. Climb aboard at Introduction to the Lobster Fishing Industry off the Coast of Maine.
http://www.supt.sad37.k12.me.us/Annenberg/lobster01.htm

  • Read the page. Then click Next Page.
  • Read "The Journal of a Maine Lobster Fisherman."
  • If you would like to know the definitions of words in bold print, click Special Words at the bottom of the page.
Offline Activity: My Lobster Boat Adventure
Suppose that you were lobster fishing all day with the fisherman on the boat. Write a short letter to a friend or relative telling about your day. Use the information and vocabulary from the site to help you think of things to say.

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