This collection has resources for Kindergarten to Grade 3 agriculture education.
Students will observe the life cycle of a chicken, and will notice the similarities and differences of a baby chicken and an adult chicken.
Students will explore, through hands-on experiments, the concepts of liquid and solid.
Students will learn the differences between living and nonliving things and classify items found on a farm accordingly. They will learn what living things need to survive, and what careers work to provide those things. Students will become familiar with some new terms, as well as gain an understanding of life.
Let's Make Butter! Learn about dairy in your diet, and see how butter is made.. in real time!
My Food Story is designed to encourage elementary students to learn more about Saskatchewan agriculture and to explore their personal relationships with food. My Food Story consists of a lesson plan that guides students in an exploration of foods grown in Saskatchewan and laminated, washable place mats for students to draw on to share their personal food stories. Teachers receive a hard copy of the lesson plan and a place mat for each student. This resource can be used to help celebrate Agriculture Month, which is annually celebrated in Saskatchewan in October. Be sure to indicate the number of students in your class when placing your order. Available in French "LE PARCOURS DES ALIMENTS AVANT D'ATTEINDRE MON ASSIENTTE".
The following is a list of picture books that teachers can reference when looking for books to use in the classroom that will infuse agriculture into lessons they're already teaching. These books would be very useful to teach a variety of reading strategies and comprehension tools with such as making connections, predicting, and determining author's purpose.
Students will show that plants grow more successfully in fertile soil when compared to other materials.
Take a virtual field trip of Rayner Dairy Barn in Saskatoon and then follow up with some classroom activities.Watch the video here.
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".
Students will compare tools used in a school garden and those used in modern agriculture.
Students will learn the path that food takes from the plant to the table.
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
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.
Students will learn about the growth and development of sunflowers and other plants.
Students will learn about simple machines and will be able to recognize them through examples of farm machinery.
For students to gain a better understanding of a turkey, the turkey farmer, and the life cycle of a turkey, while strengthening language arts and sequencing skills.
Tour a farm or processing facility from the comfort of your couch! FarmFood360° is a series of virtual farm and processing facility tours throughout Canada. Students can test their knowledge at the end of each tour.
Check out a sheep farm, apple orchard, mushroom farm, or even see cheese being made!
Most tours also include a brief quiz to test your knowledge after the tour!
Sign in to your Agriculture In the Classroom Canada account to view the resource. Or sign up today to access various national and provincial AITC programs.
This is a list of Virtual Reality Expeditions that address and would incorporate Agriculture into your classroom in a fun and exciting way.
Students will explore humans’ demands on the world’s water supply and discuss ways to conserve it.