With this resource, students will use the Grow BC GIS map to examine BC commodities and develop core competency skills through investigation, research analysis, the sharing of findings, and collaboration.
The goal of this unit is to help students to create meaningful, informed connections between the vegetables that they eat and the agricultural process involved in producing them.
Use one or more of the 32 activities in this data bank to help your students delve deeper into food promotion and marketing practices, their impact on specific groups of individuals, and the development of a food philosophy.
The focus of this unit is on water in agriculture. It begins with a broad introduction to the theme of water, then focuses specifically on the role that water plays in farming. 2001
In this activity, students design and carry out an experiment to determine how altering watering conditions ( temperature, amount, size of droplet, time of day, mulching, type of soil, etc.) can affect plant growth. 2017
In this activity, students design and carry out an experiment to determine how altering watering conditions (temperature, amount, size of the droplet, time of day, mulching, type of soil, etc.) can affect plant growth.
Download this poster above or order a printed version of the handout; either 18"W x 25"H (with English on front and French on back) or 8.5"x11" (English only) here for free de
What's in Your Lunchbox? is a hands-on, interactive resource that connects kids to where their food comes from. Students learn which crops, animals and plant parts are needed in order to make the foods that they commonly eat.
