Moooo Vet! SuperPower Pack
SuperPower Packs are self-guided, educational experiences for kids lacking access to in-person veterinary role models. Each SuperPower Pack contains an activity to help kids engage in veterinary careers by taking on the persona of a veterinary superhero. The Moooo Vet! SuperPower Pack helps kids learn about how dairy cow veterinarians team up with dairy farmers to keep milk cows happy and healthy. Everyone works together to make sure our milk, ice cream, and other dairy foods are safe and healthy to eat. In this game, children complete Moove, Milk Math, Word Parlor, and Forage challenges to earn puzzle pieces and complete dairy cow puzzles. The game is designed for K-4 children and the featured superhero is dairy veterinarian, Captain Moo!, Dr. Rafael Neves. Both single player and herd play are supported. Thanks to support from NIH NIGMS SEPA and our sponsors we have given thousands of SuperPower Packs to under-resourced children who are participating in our programs.
About Moooo Vet!
Moooo Vet! is a game where kids can explore dairy veterinary medicine and learn what veterinarians do to keep milk cows happy and healthy and to keep dairy products like ice cream, cheese, and milk safe.
- 15 min
- 1+
- 6+
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Dear Superhero,
I’m a dairy veterinarian. I keep dairy cows healthy so they can produce good quality milk. I have to stay healthy, too! You can be a vet like me and learn all about dairy cows! Play by yourself or with a herd of friends. Pick a challenge card. When you complete the challenge, pick a puzzle piece and try to complete the puzzle. If you put on the cape while you play, you can borrow my dairy vet superpowers! I always keep cheese and chocolate milk around to give me extra energy to do my best every day! Ask a grown up if you can power up with a drink of milk or water in your new superhero cup. Use your powers for good!
Moooo Vet! The Academic Standards
https://www.nextgenscience.org/
https://www.cdc.gov/healthyschools/sher/standards/index.htm
Next Generation Science Standards
K-2nd Grades
K-LS1-1 Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (include humans) need to survive.
3rd-5th Grades
4-LS-1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior and reproduction.
4-LS-2 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
Use a model to describe that animals receive different types of information through their senses, process the information in their brain, and respond to the information in different ways.
National Health Education Standards
PreK-2nd Grade
1.2.2 Recognize that there are multiple dimensions of health.
3.2.1 Identify trusted adults and professionals who can help promote health.
3.2.2 Identify ways to locate school and community health helpers.
5.2.1 Identify situations when a health-related decision is needed.
3rd-5th Grades
1.5.2 Identify examples of emotional, intellectual, physical, and social health.
2.5.1 Describe how family influences personal health practice and behaviors.
2.5.3 Identify how peers can influence healthy and unhealthy behaviors.
2.5.4 Describe how the school and community can support personal health practices and behaviors.
3.5.1 Identify characteristic of valid health information, products, and services.
3.5.2 Locate resources from home, school, and community that provide valid health information.
4.5.1 Demonstrate effective verbal and nonverbal communication skills to enhance health.
5.5.1 Identify health-related situations that might require a thoughtful decision.
5.5.2 Analyze when assistance is needed in making a health-related decision.
5.5.3 List healthy options to health-related issues or problems.
5.5.4 Predict the potential outcomes of each option when making a health-related decision.
5.5.5 Choose a healthy option when making a decision.
5.5.6 Describe the outcomes of health-related decisions.
Common Core Standards-English Language Arts
Kindergarten
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.K.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.K.3 With prompting and support, describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.K.7 With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the text in which they appear (e.g., what person, place, thing, or idea in the text an illustration depicts).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.K.9 With prompting and support, identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts on the same topic (e.g., in illustrations, descriptions, or procedures).
First Grade
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.1.1 Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.1.3 Describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.1.4 Ask and answer questions to help determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases in a text
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.1.6 Distinguish between information provided by pictures or other illustrations and information provided by the words in a text
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.1.7 Use the illustrations and details in a text to describe its key ideas.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.1.9 Identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts on the same topic (e.g., in illustrations, descriptions, or procedures).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.1.10 With prompting and support, read informational texts appropriately complex for grade 1.
2nd Grade
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.2.1 Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.2.3 Describe the connection between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.2.6 Identify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.2.7 Explain how specific images (e.g., a diagram showing how a machine works) contribute to and clarify a text.
3rd Grade
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.3 Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.4Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.7 Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key events occur).
4th Grade
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.3 Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.4 Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.7 Interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively (e.g., in charts, graphs, diagrams, time lines, animations, or interactive elements on Web pages) and explain how the information contributes to an understanding of the text in which it appears.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.9 Integrate information from two texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.
5th Grade
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.3 Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on specific information in the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.4 Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 5 topic or subject area.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.9 Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.
This program is supported by the Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) program of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH.
