This is a collection of resources for teaching and learning about Agriculutral Education.
This resource has been created by Carla Cooper and has many resources for Biology 30 including:
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Organization of Life
Saskatchewan is known worldwide as a consistent and reliable supplier of safe, high-quality grains, oilseeds, pulses, livestock, agricultural ingredients and processing. In 2015, Saskatchewan set another record for agriculture exports with total sales of $15.3 billion.
This video talks about important powerline safety considerations for farmers.
Your Saskatchewan Seed Kit comes complete with 5 sets of 13 seed samples of Saskatchewan's most commonly grown crops and suggested activities to engage your students in learning about crop production in Saskatchewan. The lesson plans were revised in 2016! One kit per teacher. Available in French "La Trousse de semences de la Saskatchewan".
The Satellite Applications Catapult is working on a number of applications and research projects within the agri-tech industry, and exploring exploring new, innovative satellite capabilities for the industry.
Satellites are enabling users across the ‘farm-to-fork’ supply chain to observe, measure, and monitor crop performance right across the growing season. This information enables users to respond more quickly to provide nutrients where needed and to counter the impacts of adverse weather, pests, and disease, essential to ensure yields are maximized.
Application of remote sensing and satellites for agriculture are expanding fast during past few years. The major advantage of satellite data compared to othe...
Soil is one of the earth’s most important natural resources. Healthy soils are essential for healthy plant growth, human nutrition, and water filtration. Healthy soil supports a landscape that is more resilient to the impacts of drought, flood, or fire. Soil helps to regulate the Earth's climate and stores more carbon than all of the world's forests combined.
Students will compare tools used in a school garden and those used in modern agriculture.
A day in the work life of an agricultural/horticultural scientist, Lisa Jamieson. Follow Lisa Jamieson's inspirational career journey and find out where science can take you.
« Des centaines d'articles scientifiques. Rédigés pour les enfants. Approuvés par des scientifiques. Gratuits. »
Plusieurs des articles sont disponibles en français - il faut cliquer sur l'article en anglais et choisir « Download article in French » sous « Additional languages ». Les pages du site peuvent aussi être traduites par Google Translate (menu de langues en haut de chaque page).
Les vidéos sont malheureusement disponibles uniquement en anglais, mais les articles sont de haute qualité et traitent de sujets importants!
What makes a scientist? Curiosity, a passion for learning, a desire to know how the world works! Meet Melissa Arcand, a scientist at the University of Saskatchewan who grew up on Muskeg Lake Cree Nation. Melissa loves science and soil - and she rides a bike all winter in Saskatchewan!
This short video is an interview of Melissa Arcand about her job as a soil scientist. This video fits well when looking at agriculture-related career opportunities.
Meet Livian. He’s part of the Seasonal Agricultural Workers’ Program (SAWP) and has been annually coming from Jamaica to Canada to work on Murray’s apple farm for nearly 20 years! In this video, you’ll hear about his experience, and what the SAWP has meant for him and his family.
In this lesson, students will observe corn and soybean seeds as they germinate and compare monocots and dicots.
An overview of Seed Spraying in Saskatchewan.
Students will learn the path that food takes from the plant to the table.
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Over the course of three sessions, students act as agricultural engineers and learn about the sustainable pest control technique known as soil biosolarization in which organic waste is used to help eliminate pests during soil solarization instead of using toxic compounds like pesticides and fumigants. Student teams prepare seed starter pots using a source of microorganisms (soil or compost) and “organic waste” (such as oatmeal, a source of carbon for the microorganisms). They plant seeds (representing weed seeds) in the pots, add water and cover them with plastic wrap. At experiment end, students count the weed seedlings and assess the efficacy of the soil biosolarization technique in inactivating the weed seeds. An experiment-guiding handout and pre/post quizzes are provided.
The students will be able to determine similarities and differences between two types of soil and information presented in two nonfiction texts. The students will be able to use the scientific process to observe, question, and form a hypothesis on why the two soil types are different
Soil health is the foundation of productive farming practices. Fertile soil provides essential nutrients to plants. Important physical characteristics of soil-like structures and aggregation allow water and air to infiltrate, roots to explore, and biota to thrive.
Students will compare three types of groundcover to see which provides the best defense against soil erosion.