BC Agriculture in the Classroom Foundation

Summer Institute 2010

The AITC Summer Institute will be held this year in Abbotsford from July 12 - 16th.

To register for the course with UBC please follow the link below:

http://eplt.educ.ubc.ca/programs/institutes/homeec.php

If you are not a student with UBC please follow the link below for admission.

http://eplt.educ.ubc.ca/courses/courses.php#admission

Admission must be completed before April 15, 2010.  The course is filling up so be sure to act quickly.  We look forward to meeting you in Abbotsford in July for a great week.

Summer Institute - 2008

Photos from the July 2008 Summer Institute

Comments from the 2008 Summer Institute

I can't wait to use this stuff - great connections for the units and teacher info and sharing -
needs a website of its own all year round!

Chef Daniel prepared tasty meals  that we can incorporate at school and home. Thanks!

I now have so many great ideas and resources from Ag in the Classroom and the other teachers.

Gale is an excellent educator and will be a life long resource for support in this area. Thank You.

I loved everything - the field trips, guest speakers, meet and greet and THE FOOD!

I loved learning about the new way to grow apples - no ladders!

I will be joining the community garden and incorporating field trips that we did this week with my class.

The food preparation with Daniel was outstanding - I would love to spend a week just in the kitchen working beside a skilled chef,
wish I could go back to high school and be in his class!

Great people, great food and I have so many ideas to bring to my class, made lots of connections for future networking.

It was great to see how many small farmers are trying to make a living at farming - a real good argument for buying local.

Great mix to get out of the classroom and into the community.

The field trips were a HUGE part of the learning.  Gale is an amazing instructor with lots of time, patience, knowledge and resources.

The Chef demos were great and provided excellent models to implement in class and at home.

I now have a much greater awareness of where food comes from, nutrition and an appreciation for agriculture.

Loved meeting teachers from around the province.

I had no idea what to expect, but I was delighted with the hands on exposure.

It was significant for me to realize how directly I am related to agriculture.

I really enjoyed having the farmers in the classroom as well as the farm visits, this made agriculture feel real.

It was great to be able to participate in the process of bringing food to market.

Great critical thinking work.