First graders had quite an educational session with Miss Virginia today! They learned about three different types of fiber farms: sheep, alpaca, and rabbit. Do you you know that alpaca fiber is twice as warm as sheeps' wool, and that rabbit hair is eight times warmer than wool?! So interesting! Students were able to feel the difference between the three different types of fibers, in their raw and processed forms, as well a learn about the process involved from shearing or combing the animal all the way to the final product (a sweater, for example).
Since our lessons with Miss Birginia are grant-funded by the National Dairy Council, we also got to do another taste test of a dairy product today - yogurt! Yum!!
At the end of our lesson, Miss Virginia left the students win a challenge: explain to an adult at home what a "ruminant" is. (Hint: cows, sheep, and alpacas are ruminants.)
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