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Cheese, Please! Summary: Annabelle gives birth to a calf and is then able to produce milk. The steps for producing cheese from the milk and then making pizza with the cheese are illustrated with color photographs of all the capital resources used along the way. Concept: Capital Resources Definition: Capital resources are goods produced and used to make other goods or services. Comprehension Questions: What capital
resources are used to help Annabelle make milk? (a giant mixer
machine What capital resources on the farm are used to prepare the milk for making cheese? (milking machine, stainless steel pipes, cooling tank, tank truck) Where is the cheese produced? (the cheese factory) What natural resource is used to produce the cheese? (fresh milk from the cows) What human resources are used to produce the cheese? (the farmer who grows the grain to feed the cows, the farmer who raises and milks the cows, the driver of the tank truck, all the workers in the factory) Describe the steps for producing cheese in the factory. Include the capital resources used in each step. (The milk flows through a pasteurizer; in a vat starter, culture and rennet are added using mechanical paddles; special knives cut the curd; the liquid drains from a finishing table; blades cut the solid cheese; it is mixed with hot water to melt in a large pan; the cooled loaves are put in a bathtub of salt brine to get flavor.) How does the cheese reach the consumers? (It is cut, wrapped, and shipped to grocery stores and pizza parlors all over the country.) How can you
use the cheese to become a producer? What capital resources would you use? (Answers will vary : mixing bowl, cookie sheet, spoon, oven, etc.) Other
concepts: Productivity, Human
Resources, Natural
Resources, Producers,
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