AITC Canada Resource Listing

Take a look at our A to Z of Food and Farming Activity Kit! Explore all sorts of agriculture and food topics with students.

This Careers Activity Kit allows students to explore careers in Agriculture and Food in a fun and engaging way. Download this kit today!

Join us on Season 4 of the Great Canadian Farm Tour to learn about the diversity in food and agriculture that can be found in Canada. Watch tours of different farms and food facilities while also exploring more in the activity booklets.

This Resource contains hands-on agriculture and food activities for kids in Kindergarten to Grade 4.

Take a look through the Ontario Agriculture Week Activity Kit and pick and choose activities that work for your class. These activities cover a range of age groups and topics that are relevant to celebrate Agriculture in Ontario!

AgScape offers curriculum-linked programs and resources that help students explore agriculture and food. From virtual field trips to classroom activities and guest speakers, our tools support engaging, hands-on learning for all grade levels.

Explore agriculture and food through the alphabet. Through engaging facts and fun activities, youth will develop their agriculture and food vocabulary.

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!

This comprehensive resource includes a Teacher’s Guide, providing an overview of egg farming in Ontario, as well as three interdisciplinary lesson plans targeting grades K-3, grades 4-6 and grades 7-8. Many different and relevant themes such as the farm-to-table process of egg farming (K-3), the nutrients of eggs as a part of a healthy diet (4-6) and careers linked to the egg farming industry (7-8) are covered in the lesson plans provided.

Students will identify the needs of animals and compare it to their own needs for shelter, food and water. Students will design and label a barn or home for a specific animal to ensure its survival. Students will create a collage illustrating the sections of Canada’s Food Guide to serve as a reminder of the need for a balanced diet for humans.

Download our printable activities to go along with the Virtual Field Trip! Pick and choose the activities work for your class and learn all about Ontario apples.

Take your students on a virtual trip to Ardent Mills! Download the activity kit and pick and choose from an assortment of activities that you can do with your class to learn more about flour milling and grains. There are activities appropriate for grades K-8.

Pair this virtual field trip with the activity kit to take a closer look at a beef farm in Ontario! Join Megan as she shows you around her cow-calf pair farm and tells you all about how she cares for the animals. This printable activity kit includes an assortment of activities that you can do with your class. There are activities appropriate for grades K-8, just pick the one you like and print it off!

In collaboration with Farm & Food Care Ontario, this is a compilation of commonly asked questions, answers and facts related to beekeeping.

Take your students on a virtual trip to a Bison Farm! Download the activity kit and pick and choose from an assortment of activities that you can do with your class to learn more about the bison and their history. There are activities appropriate for grades K-8.

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.

There is no better pathway for students to ignite their curiosity of food and farming than with Camp AgScape, a free immersive and fun online experience for youth from age 5 to 18. The program is a fully accessible, self-paced web platform which includes highly interactive, meaningful, and gamified educational activities to support parents, teachers and students. Included is a Teacher's Guide, a comprehensive five-day programming guide for four age groups (5-8, 9-12, 13-15, 16-18). Themes include plant science, innovation, STEM, animal science, nutrition, environment, healthy eating and more! Ideal for classrooms, camps or home learning.

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

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.

In collaboration with Farm & Food Care Ontario, this is a compilation of commonly asked questions, answers and, facts related to cheese.

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!"

Download our printable activities to go along with the Dairy Farm Virtual Field Trip! Pick and choose the activities work for your class.

Access the Dairy Activity Kit, to download and print off a range of resources to prepare for the virtual field trip and further understand the fascinating world of dairy. Have fun using the colouring page, maze, science experiment and more!

Download our printable activities to go along with the Fall Harvest Virtual Field Trip! Pick and choose the activities work for your class and enjoy learning about this fall harvest season.

This resource is designed to meet the curriculum expectations for Grade 2-4 Health & Physical Education and Social Studies. Students will identify a community around the world and describe the types of food products grown or raised there, compare the food grown in a global community to the food grown in Canada, and demonstrate understanding of the journey food products take to get to Canada.

Students will identify what food safety is and identify examples of why it is important in a variety of situations. They will demonstrate their understanding by creating a visual representation illustrating steps to ensure food safety in their daily lives. Students will then investigate and create a list of healthy snacks from around the world and identify if these items require safe food handling. Finally, students will also learn how farmers are important when talking about food safety by how our food is produced.

In this hands on experiment, students will learn how water and nutrients travel through a plant. Get your celery and food colouring ready!

This resource is designed to meet the curriculum expectations for Grade 2 Health & Physical Education. Students will identify examples of food groups using Canada’s Food Guide. Students will acquire an understanding of food portioning, the importance of fruits and vegetables, along with learn about healthy eating.

Join us on Season 3 of the Great Canadian Farm Tour to learn about the diversity in food and agriculture that can be found in Canada. Watch tours of different farms and food facilities while also exploring more in the activity booklets.

Meet David Manly, Associate Editor of Canadian Poultry Magazine and Web Editor of the Agriculture Portal at Annex Business Media! In his role, David monitors social media to keep up to date with press releases and new information. He tries to balance his time between the two roles evenly, which isn't always easy. A Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or related field is required. As a web editor you can work independently, for a company, public relations firm or with a software development group. This video is for all ages.