Equine Dentistry: Looking a Horse in the Mouth
This is a 15-minute “quick” FFA lesson plan in which students watch the video “Vets on Call: Horse Dentist Removes Fractured Tooth” and complete the accompanying “Looking a Horse in the Mouth” worksheet. It teaches students about equine dental tools, the process of equine oral surgery and tooth extraction, and the technical and interpersonal skills needed to be a veterinarian. The resource includes an interest approach, the video activity, a follow-up discussion, and a student worksheet with answer key.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Identify tools used in equine dentistry.
- Summarize the process of oral surgery in equine.
- Examine the skills needed to be a veterinarian.
- Time required
- 15 minutes
- Materials
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- A copy of the "Looking a Horse in the Mouth" worksheet for each student.
- Internet access to play the video in real time or embed it in a PowerPoint ahead of time.
- Resources
- FFA.org
- This Quick Lesson Plan Would Work Well As
- 1. Directly before or after a unit on equine health care or equine teeth anatomy. 2. As a portion of a career unit. 3. As a standalone agriculture careers spotlight.
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Aligned Standards
AFNR Cluster Skills
- CS.03Examine and summarize the importance of health, safety and environmental management systems in AFNR workplaces.
AFNR Performance Element
- AS.03Design and provide proper animal nutrition to achieve desired outcomes for performance, development, reproduction and/or economic production.
Common Career Technical Core
- AG5Describe career opportunities and means to achieve those opportunities in each of the Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources Career Pathways.
Common Core – Speaking and Listening
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.1Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 9-10 topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.1.DRespond thoughtfully to diverse perspectives, summarize points of agreement and disagreement, and, when warranted, qualify or justify their own views and understanding and make new connections in light of the evidence and reasoning presented.
NASDCTEc
- AGC09.02Select, research and examine critical aspects of career opportunities in one or more AFNR career pathways in order to gain an understanding of the breadth of occupations within this cluster.