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 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.

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.

Joining us on Feeding Innovation this week is Madeline Rodrigue who, at the time of this interview, worked at Farm & Food Care Ontario. Madeline speaks to their mission at Farm & Food Care Ontario, what they're doing to accomplish that mission, as well as some of the joint programs AgScape and Farm & Food Care Ontario work on together. Madeline discusses her education and her career experiences that led her to Farm & Food Care Ontario. We also talk about our organizations shared goals of bridging rural and urban communities together, so that everyone has a connection and understanding to our food, and the people who grow it.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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!"

Students will learn about the growth, production, and nutritional value of an Ontario local food, specifically beans. Students will be able to identify different kinds of beans and will learn about art and creation of mosaics by through using beans.

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!

Students will analyze a variety of food advertisements and conduct research to uncover the information that food advertisements exclude or misconstrue. Students will then use the knowledge they gain to create their own informative and factual food advertisements.

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.

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.

This resource is designed to meet the curriculum expectations for Grade 3-4 Social Studies. Students will identify seven different communities and some products and services available in each community as well as an understanding of the relationship between geography and features of the community.

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.

AgScape, in collaboration with 4H Ontario developed a holiday activity kit for all ages containing 4 ornament crafts each with a fun fact. Take a picture with your craft hanging in your home on a tree or in the windowsill and share your photos/social media posts with AgScape and 4-H Ontario.

In partnership with 4-H Ontario, we bring you the 2022 Holiday Activity Kit. This kit contains 4 foldable geometric activities (e.g. turkey, sheep, reindeer and horse) that can help students creatively learn about math while also being artistic.

This resource is designed to meet the curriculum expectations for Grades 5-7 Language and The Arts. Students will identify the different components of a label, analyse their eating habits and the influence of various factors on their personal food choices, and demonstrate an understanding of how colours emit a variety of feelings and emotions. Students will also demonstrate an understanding of the importance of appropriate lettering on a label and design a cereal box label applying the techniques that they learned.

This resource looks at Invasive Species in Ontario. Students learn about the impacts invasive species have on agriculture, the environment, economy and society. Students will have the opportunity to research common invasive species, get outside and explore their local green space, work with a variety of media/technology and learn how they can make a difference. Links to Science, Language, Visual Arts and Health and Physical Education.