Choosing Tomorrow's Menu
This module was created to help secondary students explore food, nutrition and sustainable agriculture in British Columbia, as well as the relationship between agriculture, the environment and society.
- Sustainable Resources 11 - Agriculture
- Home Economics: Food and Nutrition 8 - 12
- Health and Career Education/Planning 10
- Social Studies 10 - 11
- Physical Education 11
The Sustainability Road Show
Feeding Frenzy...
Put Your Money Where Your Mouth is
Sustainable Resources 12: Agriculture
Summer Institute Unit Plans:
Ranging in length, these unit plans are full of lesson ideas for your class. Written by Summer Institute participants.
Advertising Local Agricultural Products
This teaching activity allows teachers to integrate marketing and advertising with agriculture. Students will first explore various types of marketing tactics and then use these tactics to create an ad for a locally grown or produced product in their area. Students will consider which products are advertised most, and be encouraged to think critically about the advertising process as well as the influence marketing has on our individual purchasing choices. Although this lesson is designed for Foods and Nutrition Grade 10, it can easily be adapted for other grades and subject areas.
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Hot House Foods
The lessons in this unit are designed to introduce student in Foods and Nutrition courses to the vegetables grown commercially in greenhouses in BC.
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- Exploring Agriculture Through Poetry - English 9
- All About Apples! - Foods and Nutrition 6-9
- BC Honey: The Natural Sweetener - Foods and Nutrition 11-12
- My First Herb Garden - Foods and Nutrition 9
- Pickling as Food Preservation - Foods and Nutrition 10, Science 10
- Preserving the Harvest - Foods and Nutrition 10
- Textile Embellishment with Flowers and Plants - Textiles 11
- ABC - Apples of British Columbia - Food Studies 11-12
- Bee Keeping - Grade 8-11 Science
- The Organic Alternative - Culinary Arts 11
- Vegetarian Diets-Vegetarian Cuisine - Food Studies 11-12
- Think Global Eat Local - Food Studies 11-12
- Blueberries are "Best" - Food Studies 11-12
- Inspired by a Smelly Sweater: Exploring Agricultural Connections of
Animal Fibres, Textiles 12 - Field to Table: Take the Grain Train from BC's Peace River Area and Beyond
- Locavore
- What do you say when
Home Econ/Foods & Nutrition 10 (Free!)
Growing Concerns: Agriculture in BC (Geography 12 / Social Studies 10/11)
- Lesson 1 - Agriculture in BC and its Role in BC's Economy
- Lesson 2 - Sustainability and Land Use Issues
- Lesson 3 - Sustainability and Urban Issues
The Challenge of Change-The Canadian Agriculture and Food Industry (Grades 7-10)
Changes in today's agriculture and food production are the focus of this exciting new resource designed for teachers and students in schools across Canada. Twelve activities are based on three themes-The environment, technology and the economy. For teachers of Social Studies, Science, Technology, Family Studies, and Geography.Food Biotechnology - A Critical Analysis of Current Issues (From our Friends in Ontario)
Language: English
Grades: 11,12
All secondary school career advisors in BC have received a Fields For Your Future: Careers in Agriculture package. This package included a narrative CD, a poster and 4 different informative brochures. Please see our resource order form to order additional copies.
Informative Links
- Top Five Skills Needed in Growing Crops and Raising Domestic Animals
- Educational Institutions in BC that Offer Courses or Programs in Agriculture, Fish or Food-Related Areas
Career Links
- Agriculture Careers
- Agriculture Labour Pool
- Canadian Federation of Agriculture: Careers Agriculture and Agri-Science
- Student and Facilitator Resources
