AITC Canada Resource Listing

The new BC-AITC Fresh Stories provide education and activities related to BC grown fruits and vegetables (such as plums, kiwifruit, peaches, blueberries, tomatoes, peppers, and cucumbers) and milk products for kindergarten to grade 9 students.

Celebrate the richness, diversity, and ingenuity of Canadian agriculture with this full anthology of the Great Canadian Farm Tour. This complete collection brings together every stop from coast to coast to coast, showcasing the people, practices, and stories that shape our nation’s food system. From innovative family farms to culturally rooted traditions and cutting‑edge sustainability, this series offers an inspiring, panoramic look at the farms and farmers who nourish Canada.

The #MyFoodChoice resource is an inquiry based resource where students will lead their own research, to answer the question of "How can I make informed food choices?" Through the five lessons students will develop critical thinking skills by utilizing interactive student sheets, engaging videos, and more.

This handout explores 10 Reasons to Buy Local Food. Try it in your classroom today.

To celebrate BCAITC's 30 years of bringing agriculture and food education to BC classrooms, we've compiled a list of our 30 Favourite K-12 Agriculture and Food Resources! It includes most downloaded, top teachers' picks, and fun nostalgic lessons, unit plans, activities, storybooks, GIS applications, and more. Try them in your classroom today!

Since 1992, BCAITC has been bringing agriculture and food education to BC’s K-12 students! In celebration of our 30 years, we’ve rounded up our favourite K-12 books about agriculture and food. Happy reading!

In celebration of our 30 years, we've put together these 30 school garden tips. Discover ways to make your garden shine and cultivate success!

Join Please, a Holstein dairy calf, as she grows up on Cowsville Dairy Farm. Please’s story answers your primary students’ questions about the fresh milk they’re drinking. Told in 13 chapters and including seasonal classroom activities and decorations this is the story of milk from moo to you.

This virtual scavenger hunt lesson plan will help students learn about BC's agriculture commodities and the Agriculture Land Reserve through the online interactive Grow BC GIS map.

Worms play a very important role in maintaining healthy soil so that we can grow healthy food. Get to know Alex the worm in this fun, educational book to learn all about this topic!

These activities complement the Alfalfabet book.

This series of lessons provide an interdisciplinary thematic unit about beef cattle. Try it with your primary class today!

Students will develop a deeper understanding of the most valuable edible horticulture crop in British Columbia - apples. Lessons explore the importance of knowing where food comes from, nutritional values, consumer concerns, and even apple tasting!

Learn all about BC Hazelnuts by watching the Great Canadian Farm Tour of a BC Hazelnut farm, and by exploring the Grow BC Hazelnut Story. Use the information you learned to complete the crossword puzzle.

Learn all about BC Hazelnuts by watching the Great Canadian Farm Tour of a BC Hazelnut farm, and by exploring the Grow BC Hazelnut Story. Use the information you learned to complete the word search.

These BC at the Table educator guides provide an introduction to student inquiry about BC's food system and how we produce, process, distribute, and acquire local food. Learn specifically about dairy, grains, produce, and salmon. The Cross-Curricular Connections document provides an overview of the curriculum connections to BC's food system and includes a matrix linking BC's food story by subject, grade, gig ideas, competencies, and content.

Introduce your classroom to this interdisciplinary unit plan for grades 4-7 on the beef industry in British Columbia.

Before the Plate is a documentary that attempts to close the gap between the urban consumer and farming in Canada. Follow young farmers and industry experts to learn what a modern Canadian farm operation looks like, and discuss the most pressing questions consumers have about their food. Be sure to check out the comprehensive, curriculum-linked Student Guide we have created to supplement the viewing of this documentary.

Read this storybook and get to know Blossom, a busy honey bee who is on a mission to pollinate her flowers until they mature into fruit. Learn about the role bees play in environment, including collecting nectar for their hive and pollinating flowers.

Here's a fun activity to celebrate Canada's Agriculture Day! Download this farm doodle activity page and share with your students. Thank you to Agriculture More Than Ever for this wonderful resource. Things you can do with this page: Colour the faces, find the animals that match, circle the two things that aren’t animals. Things to talk about: What noises do each of these animals make? Which animals have feathers? Which animals are your favourite? Why is that? Why do you think the sun and cloud are included?

A snapshot of Canada's Food Guide and nutritional information.

Use the 2019 Canada Food Guide to explore topics such as health, nutrition, and agriculture production through a variety of activities designed to help students think critically about food.

In this resource, students will have the opportunity to explore, observe and examine tulip bulbs. Lessons include planting bulbs, learning about the history of tulip farmers in the Netherlands, collecting data and studying the plant's growth cycle.

Challenging Conditions - Exploring the Lives of Subsistence Farmers in the Developing World is an activity that invites students to explore what life is like for subsistence farmers in the developing world by introducing them to a character and various aspects of his/her life.

The activity emphasizes quality of life and the effects of issues such as hunger, health, conflict, gender dynamics, environment and climate change.

Related media: Program puts students in shoes of subsistence farmers (The Western Producer) 

The complete kit contains a teacher guide and all materials needed.

Use this activity handbook to enhance learning around Common Ground: The Strawberry Project. The Strawberry Project was created to nurture relationships among students across the province and develop a greater understanding of native plant species. Note: The game must be downloaded from the internet link in order for all the game functions to work in the PowerPoint.

This hands-on activity provides students with a rich opportunity to investigate the interconnectedness of organisms by creating their own compost station out of a pop bottle.

Welcome to the Composting with Worms Activity Kit! Get ready to dive into the fascinating world of vermicomposting with a variety of engaging activities suitable for all grade levels. From interactive games and hands-on exploration to comprehensive lesson plans, this kit offers a comprehensive learning experience covering topics that fit into social studies, science, and more! Perfectly paired with our upcoming virtual field trip on May 7th, let's dig in and explore the magic of composting with worms together!"

This activity will familiarize students with Canada's Food Guide (2019) and the food messages presented in it. Students will also research local farms and food products, and use this information to create their own plate snapshot.

How far did your corn and bean salsa travel? Use the recipe included to make an easy and delicious salsa and then find out just how far those ingredients travelled to get to your classroom. This activity is a great way to engage students in a hands-on activity and get them to think about the importance of shopping local.

Students will compare and contrast the similarities and differences of the chicken digestive system to a human digestive system. Using hands on models, students will explore how chickens pick up food in their beaks, store food in a crop, break down food into smaller pieces without teeth, and eliminate waste at the end of digestion.