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Fresh Stories
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.
Kareero
Kareero is a one-of-a-kind interactive interest assessment tool. Through the in-app development of a school gardening program, Kareero tracks your choices and actions to reveal your interest areas. Used in conjunction with Agriculture in the Classroom Canada’s thinkAG website, Kareero helps you explore careers that match your interests.
Newest Edition: The Real Dirt on Farming in the Classroom
In this e-learning resource, The Real Dirt on Farming in the Classroom enables students to engage with the latest 6th Edition of The Real Dirt on Farming while examining its key areas – animal welfare, crops and plants, sustainability, agriculture policy, hot topics in our food system & more!
Real Farm Lives: Turnips, Carrots and Potatoes
Drawing from CropLife’s Real Farm Lives videos, which follows the McKennas, a multigenerational Prince Edward Island farm family, these interactive and engaging resources on carrots, turnips and potatoes aim to help Grade 10 and 11 students explore the value of Canada’s agriculture and food system. The resource includes a lesson plan on each of the featured vegetables, including a presentation and recipe.
thinkAG Website
Calling all teachers and career counselors! The NEW thinkAG website is a one-stop shop for learning resources and experiences to ignite interest in agriculture and food career journeys for students in Grades 5 to 12. Offering them insight as to jobs tailored to their interests and personalities, this site will help them find their purpose-driven career.
#MyFoodChoice
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.
30 Favourite K-12 Agriculture & Food Resources
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!
30 Favourite K-7 Agriculture Books
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!
30 School Garden Tips
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!
A Cow's Tale
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.
A Scavenger Hunt Through BC's Agriculture Commodities
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.
Alex's First Seed
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!
Apples of British Columbia
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!
BC at the Table
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.
Beef It Up!
Introduce your classroom to this interdisciplinary unit plan for grades 4-7 on the beef industry in British Columbia.
Before the Plate
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.
Blossom's Big Job
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.
Canada's Agriculture Day Farm Doodle Activity
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?
Canada's Food Guide Activity Bank
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.
Celebrating Liberation with a Promise
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
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.
Common Ground: The Strawberry Project
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.
Compost Lesson
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.
Composting with Worms
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!"
Connecting the Canada Food Guide to Local Agriculture
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.
Corn and Black Bean Salsa
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.
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