This is a collection of resources for teaching and learning about Agriculutral Education.
We all know that rain can pick up soil and move it off the field. The area drained, the texture, moisture level and condition of the soil, and the roll of the land, all influence the degree and type of erosion a farmer has to deal with. Stick around to learn how to control soil erosion by water on your farm.
This video is part of DIRT Workshop 2020. The DIRT workshop focuses on innovative practices in soil health, research guiding management recommendations, and technology available to support on-farm applications.
This resource offers a more intermediate level dive into soil science. It includes topics like soil organisms, nutrient cycles, and responsible use of fertilizers.
Students will learn about the growth and development stages of soybeans, look at different ways soybeans are used, and make a picture book demonstrating the life cycle of a soybean.
This lesson is designed to introduce or review the lifecycle of plants. The soybean lifecycle model will help them visualize each stage of the lifecycle. The soybean plant is an excellent plant to use when teaching lifecycles because it has a very typical plant lifecycle and it is grown throughout Iowa.
There are a number of different hazards relating to farm workshops and steadings in the following images – can you spot them all?
This video includes a number of images around a farm and asks viewers to spot the hazards present.
The second step on the Precision Ag Path is planting. In this video, we talk about the many products we have that can help improve this process. Find out mor...
This storybook tells the story of two young children who decide to grow a garden. Along the way, they face many of the same issues in their garden that their parents face on the farm. Together the family experiences the wonders of growing food while learning about balancing the growing food with caring for the environment.
Many farmers suffer from high levels of stress and depression, but they don’t often talk about it. CBC news interviewed farmers about their mental health struggles and experiences with stress and depression. This video shows interviews with Saskatchewan farmers who have experienced mental health issues. It fits well with the Agriculture Production 10-30 outcomes covering psychological health.
Students will learn about the growth and development of sunflowers and other plants.
Students will understand the law of supply and demand and how it affects the cost of goods and services. Students will use the law of supply and demand to explain why the market price of crops and livestock fluctuates.
Sustainability is a major focus in on-farm practices in Alberta, and farmers speak to what that means in their every day lives.
TED Studies, created in collaboration with Wiley, are curated video collections 逖 supplemented by rich educational materials 逖 for students, educators and self-guided learners. In Reworking the Western Diet, speakers examine how that diet 逖 processed, high in refined sugars, and heavy in corn, soy, meat and dairy 逖 is making us and the environment sick. These TED Talks blaze the trail to sustainable farming and a more sensible diet.迨
This lesson provides teachers with support for using text-dependent questions and Common Core literacy strategies to help students derive big ideas and key understandings while developing vocabulary using the text, "Tanya's Reunion." Tanya is initially thrilled to be heading early to Grandmaĺĺs Virginia family farm for a reunion, but it's not as much fun as she had imagined. When Grandma shares her memories and Tanya discovers an important artifact, Tanya embraces the farm for what was in the past and what is in the present.
Students gain familiarity with the processes of raising and creating alternative renewable materials for fuel, specifically ethanol.
Students will learn about simple machines and will be able to recognize them through examples of farm machinery.
Ag in Motion 2023 promotional video. This video outlines the specific 2023 Ag in Motion event. This video was used when exploring promotional Agricultural events in Saskatchewan (AGPR 1).
On behalf of the Grain Growers of Canada and CropLife Canada, please enjoy our short film: Today’s Modern Grain Farm: A Harvest Across Canada.
Students will observe how plants respond to gravity by germinating soybeans in a CD case and rotating the case as they grow.
Learn the basics of how to transition your farm to organic crop production.