This is a collection of resources for teaching and learning about Agriculutral Education.
This Activity Book accompanies Alex's First Seed, a story that explores how worms help keep soil healthy for food production.
This lesson accompanies "Alex's First Seed DOWNLOAD". A storybook for early elementary students about a little worm who helps grow his very first plant. This fun, educational book will help students to learn about the important role worms play in maintaining healthy soil to grow healthy food. Companion resources: "Alex's First Seed Activity Book" "Alex's First Seed Read Along".
Interactive Storybook Lesson: This story explores how worms help keep soil healthy for food production. It educates on composting, soil, environment and agriculture. It showcases the role of worms growing vegetables through a cartoon character Alex the worm and his family and friends. Alex learns his role and responsibility of growing his first seed.
Enjoy a read along of Alex's First Seed, a storybook for early elementary students about a little worm who helps grow his very first plant. This fun, educational book will help students to learn about the important role worms play in maintaining healthy soil to grow healthy food. Companion resources: "Alex's First Seed DOWNLOAD", "Alex's First Seed Activity Book" and "Alex's First Seed Guided Reading Lesson".
This story explores how worms help keep soil healthy for food production. It educates on composting, soil, environment and agriculture. It showcases the role of worms growing vegetables through a cartoon character Alex the worm and his family and friends. Alex learns his role and responsibility of growing his first seed.
Students will explore the variety of milks available and the source of those milks.
Students will be introduced to dairy cows and will understand that dairy products, like milk, come from these animals.
Students will learn about the sources of different foods by differentiating between foods originating from plants and foods originating from animals.
This resource helps illustrate agricultural land use in a way that is accessible for students.
Students will explore the lifecycles and traits of apples and pumpkins.
Welcome to our video on "Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Agriculture | The Future of Modern Smart Farming with IoT." In this video, we explore how AI and IoT...
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Did you know that soil is the most diverse habitat on earth? It is teeming with life. One small handful of healthy soil contains more living organisms than the entire population of humans on Earth!
This video gives a short explanation of why farmers test their soil and the important information they can gain from these soil samples.
Students will use livestock weight gain data to construct and interpret line graphs.
Students will learn the life cycle of a honey bee and their importance to agriculture through pollination.
Students will understand the importance of bees and the basics of pollination.
Before the Plate documentary is about the questions, the stories and the people behind where our food comes from and how it gets to our plate. We have developed a comprehensive, curriculum-linked Documentary Viewing Guide for Grades 9-12 students that meets learning outcomes in Science, Social Studies, Health, Careers, PAA and more! The teacher resource includes information about how to gain full viewing access to the Before the Plate documentary (pg. 3).
Before the Plate (1 hr 30 min) attempts to close the gap in perception between the urban consumer and farming in Canada. Modern consumers are increasingly interested in where and how their food gets to them, but accurate information isn’t always easy to come by and often feels out of reach. Before the Plate follows young farmers and industry experts in order to show the general population what a modern Canadian farm operation looks like, and answer the most pressing questions consumers have about their food.
Have you seen the Before the Plate documentary? Are you wanting to use it as a resource in your classroom? We have developed a comprehensive, curriculum-linked Documentary Viewing Guide for Grades 9-12 students that meets learning outcomes in Science, Social Studies, Health, Careers, PAA and more! Make sure you download the Before the Plate - Teacher Guide first to access the documentary, answer key, and for more information on the resource!
Have you seen the Before the Plate documentary? Are you wanting to use it as a resource in your classroom? We have developed a comprehensive, curriculum-linked Documentary Viewing Guide for Grades 9-12 students that meets learning outcomes in Science, Social Studies, Health, Careers, PAA and more! This resource includes full viewing access to the Before the Plate documentary.