AITC Canada Resource Listing

Tour a farm or processing facility from the comfort of your couch! FarmFood360° is a series of virtual farm and processing facility tours throughout Canada. Students can test their knowledge at the end of each tour.

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.

The Hydroponic tank is a simple and fun example of closed-loop farming, a recirculating system and integrated multi-tropic agriculture. Demonstrating the combination of growing plants in water through hydroponics and raising aquatic animals in tanks through aquaculture. Both systems work together, the plants cleaning the water for the fish gets converted into plant food, this helps achieve the final goal of healthy plants and healthy fish.

This guide supports educators in using our 2-tier indoor Light Gardens to teach students about plant growth, food systems, and sustainability. Packed with hands-on activities and curriculum links to bring learning to life!

This guide includes everything you need to know to maintain a healthy, and happy Worm Garden as well as K-6 curriculum linked resources to use in your classroom!

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.

Colour, cut out, and fold your own paper fortune teller! Students can quiz each other and learn something new about agriculture. This resource was modified for use from Agriculture in the Classroom Manitoba for use in Prince Edward Island.

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!

Use this activity to help students visualize and understand agricultural land use.

Take a quick dive into aquaculture as it relates to the Maritimes region. Students will explore the concepts of design and computational thinking as they relate to tackling ocean challenges and innovations. This resource will inspire curiosity and engagement in the great ocean.

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.

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.

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.

Edible Enterprises is an engaging, hands-on project that empowers students to dive into the world of food production, entrepreneurship, and marketing—all while developing real-world skills! Through interactive lessons, students will:

✅ Create and market their own food product—from concept to consumer!
✅ Explore food production, sustainability, and safety in a meaningful way.
✅ Discover career pathways in food, agriculture, and business.
✅ Master marketing strategies and customer profiling to bring their product to market.
✅ Gain practical cooking skills while understanding the full food supply chain.

This unit plan provides everything you need to spark curiosity, innovation, and critical thinking in your students. Download now and start inspiring the next generation of food innovators!

Special thank-you to FEAD for supporting the development of this resource. 

FEAD (Female Entrepreneurs in Agri-Food Development) is a National non-profit dedicated to empowering and advancing women entrepreneurs in the dynamic food processing sector.

This poster by Egg Farmers of Canada depicts and explains the anatomy of an egg, including nutritional facts and the nutritional value label.

This fun colouring book introduces students to life on the farm in Prince Edward Island. Students will colour animals, crops, tractors, and more! It's a great way to spark curiosity about where our food comes from.

This resource was adapted from Agriculture in the Classroom Nova Scotia for use in Prince Edward Island.

This teaching resource featuring Canadian farmers, veterinarians, and researchers provides grades 7–12 classes with a fun and helpful overview of the Canadian food cycle in six videos. Students apply their learning and reflect on how their food is produced.

Learn all about fertilizer's important role in crop production! Through case studies and labs, students will then explore the relationship between fertilizers, the environment, and federal regulations, such as the Clean Water Act.

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

This group jigsaw activity can be used as a stand-alone resource and/or as a complement to the Amazing Agriculture Adventure Wheat Grinding Station.

Check out this book for discovery into the subject of soil science. Explore topics like the properties of soil, nutrients, and soil testing through puzzles, quizzes, and more! Also, get to know an agriculture engineer by reading an exclusive interview.

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.

Guardians of the Grasslands is a short documentary that explores the current state of one of the world’s most endangered ecosystems - the grasslands in the Great Plains - and the role that cattle play in its survival. As we reach new critical levels in the loss of these iconic landscapes, there are important truths we must face about humanity’s relationship with the land and our food.

This poster highlights how farmers follow the "4 R's" when applying nutrients to ensure the new plants have proper food to grow healthy and strong.

Engage students in growing plants! Students will plant seeds in water gel crystals to enhance their ability to observe the growth of roots, stems, and leaves over several days. Then, explore how plants are grown in hydroponic systems.

This interactive tool allows students to independently explore the macro and micro nutrients that plants need to grow, and learn why they are needed.

Using either Journey 2050 or Farmers 2050 virtual applications, interactive activities, and hands-on lessons, students will explore important concepts, such as sustainable agriculture and how we are going to feed a growing world in the future.

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.