Suggestions for Integrating Agri/Food Concepts Across the Curriculum
Downloads
10 Reasons to Buy Local Food
A student hand out emphasizing 10 reasons to buy local food. Download here.
Agriculture, Fish and Food in BC Map
A map of BC showing where many food commodities are grown and produced around the province. Download here.
What is Agriculture?
A student hand out that answers the question "What is Agriculture?".
Agricultural Time Line
A list of over 90 different agricultural and settlement events, with an intended Canadian bias. Download here.
What does it take to produce food?
A student hand out for Grades 5/6 that explores the natural and human resources needed to produce food. Download here.
What is a ruminant animal?
For those of you looking to compare digestive systems this summary and concise diagram will give your students a close look at the ruminant. Using the example of the beef steer or dairy cow you and your students can discover why this complex system is so important. Download here.
Also, you can download the image and description of the digestive system of a chicken or a pig.
A Slice of Soil
Fraction/Percent/Ratio Math Grades 5-8
A multi-grade lesson plan dealing with symbolic, pictoral and concrete representation of fractions, percent and ratio. This lesson may be used as:
- an introduction to fractions in grade 5-8
- a review of fractions in grade 6-8
- an introduction to percent in grade 6
Tomatosphere
The spring of 2007 will see the sixth version of Tomatosphere in schools across Canada. The seeds in 2007 will consist of two groups - a control group and a group of seeds which have been exposed to a simulated space environment for a month. This environment, almost a vacuum at -80oC, simulates the conditions if there was a breach in the storage system as a space vehicle proceeded to Mars.
Schools registered by the beginning of February will receive their seeds starting in the 3rd week of February. As in previous years, new registrations will be taken until the supply of seeds is depleted. Currently, more than 7200 classrooms have registered for the 2007 program. Teachers can register their class(es) at www.tomatosphere.org.
Tomatosphere continues to offer this FREE curriculum-based program for teachers through the generosity of its sponsors (see below). Teachers are responsible only for the purchase of the peat pots as the medium for the seed germination. The program is available on-line and includes teacher background information, curriculum connections, student activities, evaluation suggestions, tips ‘n tricks for the teacher and links to other space and agriculture-related programs. At the end of the experiment, teachers submit results and receive a certificate signed by Canadian Space Agency astronaut, Dr. Bob Thirsk, for their students.
Students participate in an authentic science experience; they contribute data which will be of assistance in planning space travel for the future. Results, used in conjunction with experiments conducted at the University of Guelph, will help space scientists plan the food requirements for a mission to Mars.
Over the next few months, the Project Team for Tomatosphere will be evaluating the program and making recommendations for the next three years.
Questions about the program can be directed to the Project Manager, Robert Morrow.
Robert Morrow
P: 905-627-3685
projectmanager@tomatosphere.org
Tomatosphere sponsors:
Canadian Space Agency
University of Guelph
H.J. Heinz Canada
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Ontario Centres of Excellence
Stokes Seeds
