Equine Care & Management Phenomena-Based Lesson: How Too Much Starch Can Cripple a Horse's Hooves Teacher Discussion Guide | Animal Production | Grades 9–12

This is the teacher discussion guide, with lesson flow, facilitation questions, anticipated student ideas and model explanations for leading the class discussion for the Phenomena-Based Lesson in the Animal Production (grades 9–12) chapter Equine Care & Management, built around the phenomenon How Too Much Starch Can Cripple a Horse's Hooves. It is sold separately from the other two parts of the set.

• What's inside: Teacher Discussion Guide (editable .docx + PDF, about 1,779 words, 6 pages).
• Resource type: Phenomena-Based Lesson – Teacher Discussion Guide. Format: editable Microsoft Word file plus a ready-to-print PDF.

Classroom use: Open with the phenomenon slide show, let students record ideas on the response sheet, and lead the discussion with the teacher guide. Built for Animal Production, grades 9–12.

Sample question“How can a problem with bacteria in the cecum, far from the feet, cause the coffin bone to pull loose from the hoof wall?”

Complete the set: Equine Care & Management Phenomena-Based Lesson: How Too Much Starch Can Cripple a Horse's Hooves Presentation; Equine Care & Management Phenomena-Based Lesson: How Too Much Starch Can Cripple a Horse's Hooves Student Response Sheet. Scaffolded version: Equine Care & Management Scaffolded Phenomena-Based Lesson: Hindgut Overload and Laminitis in Horses Teacher Discussion Guide.