Agriculture
Learning Objects
Dive into Wisc-Online’s rich collection of learning objects — bite-sized, interactive, and designed for real learning. These modular digital tools include animations, drag-and-drop exercises, quizzes, videos, and more. You can explore topics across STEM, arts, humanities, career skills, and beyond. Each learning object is crafted to help learners actively engage with content—reviewing, applying, self-checking—in a way that’s flexible and self-paced.
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Learning Object
A Typical Animal Cell
In this interactive object, learners identify the parts of an animal cell and its organelles.
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cell, organelles
A Typical Animal Cell (Video)
In this video, learners view the parts of an animal cell and its organelles.
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cell, organelles
Animal Use in Research
The Animal Welfare Act, or AWA, gives protection to animals used in research, education, and entertainment. Explore ethical use and some of the current alternatives in this module.
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animal, animal research, Animals in research, dog, mice, mouse, NHP, non-human primates, pig, rat
Biosecurity Strategies
By the end of this module, you'll be able to:- Identify actions that can reduce biosecurity risk- Develop a biosecurity action plan for a farm- Select the most cost effective strategies
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biosecurity, chicken, cow, disease, farm, infection, pig, transmission
Biosecurity: Finding Sources of Disease Transmission Risk
By the end of this module, you’ll be able to: - List four categories of disease agent sources- Discover conditions when disease transmission is likely to occur- Describe the means of disease transmission in a given situation
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biosecurity, chicken, cow, disease, farm, infection, pig, transmission
Biosecurity: Routes of Infection and Means of Transmission
In this module, you'll be able to :- Identify five routes of infection- Describe how diseases are transmitted in animals
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biosecurity, chicken, cow, disease, farm, infection, pig, transmission
Cell-Based Models: Organoids and Organs-on-Chips
In this module, you will explore the many kinds of cell models and learn about the ways they differ from animal models.
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cell-based model, Organoid, Organs-on-Chips
Draize Alternatives
Thousands of health and beauty products claim to be cruelty free - but do you know how to spot a fake? Test your knowledge and explore the exciting science that's delivering cutting-edge and better alternatives to animal testing in this interactive experience. Make decisions as both a beauty blogger and a research scientist as you navigate animal testing in the health and beauty industry.
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alternative to anumal testing, BioLeap, Draize, NAVS
Fork Farms Hydroponics
Explore vertical hydroponic growing with Fork Farms and FVTC. We'll introduce you to what vertical hydroponic growing is, why it's important to our economy and the environment, and how you can get started.
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environment, FVTC, gardening, hydroponic, lettuce
Identifying Eukaryotic Animal Cell Organelles
In this animated object, learners are introduced to the structure and function of animal cell organelles.
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cell, Classroom resources, cytoplasm, cytoskeleton, cytosol, Educational resources, eLearning, endoplasmic, eukaryotic, golgi, Interactive learning, Learning activities, lysosome, mitochondria, Online learning, organells, peroxisome, reticulum, ribosomes, Student engagement, Study aids
Public Speaking for Biosecurity Advocates I: Creating a Persuasive Presentation
Be the force to create a safer agricultural community by creating and presenting effective educational presentations. By informing others about biosecurity strategies, you’ll become a biosecurity advocate as you spread the word about its importance!
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presentation, speaking, speech
Public Speaking for Biosecurity Advocates II: Presenting Effectively
Be the force to create a safer agricultural community by creating and presenting effective educational presentations. By informing others about biosecurity strategies, you’ll become a biosecurity advocate as you spread the word about its importance!
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farm, presentation, speaking, speech
Sample Size & Reduction
Discover the fascinating intersection of veterinary science and human medicine in this module. "Can Animal Studies Predict Human Results?" Dive into groundbreaking research and ethical debates as we explore how animal testing influences the future of medical breakthroughs by unraveling the complexities of animal and human testing.
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animal studies, BioLeap, NAVS, Negative Outcomes, Positive Outcomes
The Animal Welfare Act
Imagine you're a college student volunteering in a lab that includes animal research and you're trying to decide if this would be a good experience. Play through this module to understand the regulations for animal well-being and how they impact animal welfare. Prove you're an Animal Welfare Whiz!
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animal welfare, Animal Welfare Act, BioLeap, NAVS, Pepper
Veterinary Parasites Screencast
In this screencast of an old Flash learning object, learners follow along as we sort parasites into divisions and helminth divisions. We'll also identify affected body systems.
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cestodes, helminth, nematodes, trematodes
Vine Nutrient Availability: How Cation Exchange Capacity, Base Saturation, and Soil pH affect vine nutrient availability
Learners examine how CEC, base saturation, and soil pH work with each other to define plant nutrient availability.
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Base Saturation, Cation Exchange Capacity, Grapevine nutrition, Plant nutrition, Soil pH, Viticulture
What is Biosecurity?
At the end of this lesson you will be able to- Explain what biosecurity means.- Describe why biosecurity is important.- Identify what kinds of disease agents we try to prevent or control with biosecurity. - Demonstrate disease agent-host-environmental interactions that result in disease.
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agent, biosecurity, chicken, cow, disease, farm, host, infection, pig