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.

Targeted for grades 1-4 Classes this kit gives teachers everything they need to help students start a thriving classroom garden while discovering exactly what each plant needs to grow. Kids will get to think like scientists by tracking their plants' progress day-by-day, all leading up to a fun and tasty harvest.

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.

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.

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 resource allows for grade 7-12 students to explore and learn about Ontario's aquaculture industry, potential careers available as well as how to start an aquaculture business. What is fish farming, why is it important and how are fish produced? Learn more about Aquaculture in Ontario with this Teacher Guide that was designed with the support of and in collaboration with the Ontario Aquaculture Association.

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

Randy Swain, Ontario Teacher joins us this episode to talk about how he built a unique, experiential learning agriculture & food based program at his school. He explains how teachers can take advantage of grant opportunities and collaborate to build similar programs. Randy has been teaching for 16 years, and started the Food For Thought Program 8 years ago.

This episode of the Feeding Innovation podcast we're speaking to Nigel Carlisle -an Ontario Secondary school teacher living in Cornwall, Ontario. A few weeks after recording this conversation, Nigel was the recipient of the Award for Teaching Excellence in Agriculture and Food Education. Nigel discusses the creative and unique ways he incorporates teaching agriculture and food into his classes including a green industry and technology. His goal as an educator is to make an impact on how lessons are taught, encouraging hands-on experience over tests and textbooks. This past school year, Nigel brought robotics into his lessons. Automation and robotics is a booming innovation that the food and agriculture sector is exploring. To demonstrate that to his students and create awareness, Nigel took a unique approach in combining classroom robotics with modern farming, creating lessons that built a buzz in his students that wouldn’t have happened otherwise. If you're an educator looking to bring similar activities and lessons to your classrooms, Nigel shares advice and steps to follow. For Nigel, this kind of learning is undoubtedly the future, as kids are already learning computer code on their own time, and it is increasingly incorporated into curriculums.

Joining us on this episode is Darren Anderson, who is co-founder and CEO of Vive Crop Protection. Darren talks to us about his path from science to agriculture and biotech business owner, and how students can prepare for a career in entrepreneurship. Vive Crop Protection makes more sustainable and effective pesticides for growers, enabling them to get the best results from the products they use. Darren wasn’t always on the path to agriculture and entrepreneurship, but while at university he was influenced by speakers at his school who would come and discuss how they used their science background for entrepreneurship. The most important thing is to not be afraid of failure. Failure is the only way to learn. To help spread this message, Darren began a tutoring business to aid students. As a business owner, Darren does need to hire, and he needs to hire people with a wide range of skills. Chemists in different specializations, regulatory scientists, and safety personnel are all sought-after roles that wouldn’t normally be thought of. Darren talks about the value of failure in building a career, building teams and the skillsets those teams need, and the soft people skills essential to running a modern company.

Would you like to know about all the programs and resources AgScape has to offer? This document summarizes what we offer, where it can be located, what Specialist High Skills Major Program it relates to, as well as our many career-type related programs and resources.

Agri-Trekking Across Ontario is an interactive, gamified resource that connects grade 7 and 8 students with agriculture, environmental initiatives and local food! This innovative teaching tool comes complete with a Teacher's Guide, educational facts, quizzes and games. *For optimal experience, please use the Google Chrome browser.

These infographics will help students discover the various crops and livestock that are grown in Canada, define arable land and the various types of soil in Ontario as well as help students discover government influences on agriculture at all 3 levels. They will also help students learn about inputs that improve production, and the effect of climate on what we grow and food distribution.

Students will learn about and identify various products and by-products that come from different plants and animals. Students will further discuss the importance of biodiversity in plants and animals to humans.

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!

Learn all about the characteristics and applications of soil, and have your students plant a garden into nursery pots in your classroom. Then, watch your plants grow and make observations over the next six weeks.

Touching on various subject areas from health and physical education to social studies, science, careers, and technology this resource aims to provide an overview of the practices involved in the production of Beef in Ontario from farm to table.

Touching on various subject areas from health and physical education to social studies, science, geography, and careers, this resource aims to provide an overview of the practices involved in the production and distribution of dry beans in Ontario from farm to table.

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.

This Teacher's Guide, for grades 7-12, allows students and teachers to explore the world of genomics in agriculture and food. Teachers can use the Teacher's Guide to expand their knowledge of genomics, then couple that with 3 interactive lesson plans that use coding, experiments, Ontario-focused case studies, career exploration and much more. These lesson plans also help students understand genomics in agriculture and food related to the context of animal welfare, food security and climate change. Pair this teachers's guide with a recording of a live event with Michael Dorrington, a geneticist at Ontario Genomics.

This comprehensive resource includes a Teacher’s Guide, providing an overview of pork farming in Ontario, as well as three interdisciplinary lesson plans targeting grades 5&6, grades 7 & 8 and grades 9 &10. Many different and relevant themes such as Animal Health & Welfare (Nutrition & Careers) (5-6), Animal Health & Welfare (Technology & Careers) (7-8) and Animal Health & Welfare (Sustainability & Careers) (9-10) are covered in the lesson plans provided.

These infographics provide an introduction to the elements of responsible animal care, statistics about livestock farming in Canada, and the methods used to keep farm animals healthy.

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.

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.

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.

This resource takes a closer look at bioenergy in the agri-food sector and provides information on career opportunities and post-secondary education programs related to the industry. Suggested student activities link to curriculum in Chemistry, Biology, Environmental Science, Science and Green Industries.

These infographics provide definitions of plant biotechnology and explores the research and assessment required to get a genetically engineered crop to market. Also included are stories, controversies, and breakthroughs in biotechnology.

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.