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.

The Manitoba Seed Kit is a hands-on, interactive resource that introduces your class to the diversity of crops grown right here in Manitoba.

Students learn to identify seed types through interactive classification processes and build awareness of how these crops are used as food, animal feed, fibre, and biofuels, as well as being a source of ingredients for many everyday products.

There are 3 activities included in this kit:

• Activity 1: Seed Classification
• Activity 2: Which Crop am I?
• Activity 3: Invent a Crop (To be used as an application and/or assessment activity)

Plus, cross-curricular activity suggestions that can be used as application and/or assessment activities.

Each Manitoba Seed Kit also comes with the educational and beautifully illustrated book about seeds, It All Starts with a Seed - How Food Grows.

Thank you to our seed sources: 

• Pitura Seeds
• CANTERRA Seeds
• Fisher Seeds
• Herbsigwil Farms
• Imperial Seed
• Wild Man Ricing

Special thanks to AITC-SK for your inspiration in creating this kit.

Drawing from CropLife’s Real Farm Lives videos, which follows the McKennas, a multigenerational Prince Edward Island farm family, these interactive and engaging resources on carrots, turnips and potatoes aim to help Grade 10 and 11 students explore the value of Canada’s agriculture and food system. The resource includes a lesson plan on each of the featured vegetables, including a presentation and recipe.

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.

Are you going on a road trip? Learn about agriculture in Manitoba as you drive through the province with these fun bingo cards! Look for the items on your bingo card, colour them, and get five spaces in a row to win!

Flip, flip, flip – Students can colour, cut and staple these booklets, then flip them and watch them become magically animated! Watch the bean sprout and grow, see how potatoes grow or watch how soil is formed.

Colour, cut out, and fold your own paper fortune teller! Students can then quiz each other and learn something new about agriculture.

The Agriculture Innovation Match-Up Game provides an interactive lesson and playing cards to help students explore how agriculture has changed over time and is always innovating to find new ways to produce food sustainably and efficiently. This learning kit contains a Teacher Guide and 4 card sets of 20 cards/set with historical and present agricultural images. The lesson connects to general learning outcomes in Kindergarten, grade 1 and grade 2 science and specific learning outcomes in grade 2 social studies.

Students will discover how agriculture has evolved over time and is always innovating to find new ways to produce food sustainably and efficiently by creating a timeline using agriculture innovation cards. This learning kit contains a teacher guide, lesson plan, innovation worksheet, and 4 – 30 card sets used to play a game that illustrates agriculture innovations throughout history.

Put your students into the shoes of a new agriculture reporter. They will learn about agriculture while they search for the next big news story for their editor.

Students can use this Scavenger Hunt in their home to find the dozens of agricultural products they use every day, and not just food!

Test your students' knowledge of some of Manitoba's foundational crops and animals with this interactive online trivia game. All the answers can be found in our Foundations of Manitoba Agriculture Virtual Resource Hub. The Foundations of Manitoba Agriculture is made possible thanks to generous support from our 2022 Presenting Sponsor, Peak of the Market.

Download all five of these fun agriculture-related word searches for your students to try!

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.

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.

Biodiversity and Water takes Grade 8 students on a journey through the ways in which biodiversity in general, and agrobiodiversity in particular, play significant roles in maintaining our water resources so that they can be used by humans, animals and plants.

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.

This hands on learning activity allows students to make delicious bread and butter using simple household tools. A great opportunity to learn about micro-organisms and basic chemical changes.

Built on Agriculture is a four-part documentary series that pays tribute to the people who settled the plains of Manitoba and what they achieved. Part 1 -The Selkirk Settlers: Lord Selkirk’s compassion for the Scottish crofters helped seed the Canadian prairies with a population that helped retain the land for Canada. They faced many struggles surviving the early decades and becoming successful farmers. Because of their success the prairies were then settled by waves of immigrant farmers attracted by free land and fueled by the Canadian Government’s support for the railroad. Teachers, please note — During the discussion of the battle in June of 1816 between men from the North West Company and the Selkirk settlers (15:48 – 16:10 in the video) Dr. Jack Bumstead uses the term ‘mixed bloods’ to describe the men from the North West Company. While this term was commonly used in the past, it is no longer acceptable. You may want to use this instance as a teachable moment and have a discussion with you students about how language evolves with greater cultural awareness and as part of the work of reconciliation. Part 2 - The Institutions: The Grain Exchange, grain pools, private grain companies and The Canadian Wheat Board all contributed to agriculture growth in Manitoba and western Canada. Women played a major role in establishing agriculture growth and a healthy farm family. Part 3 - The Farmers: Five Manitoba farmers are profiled to give insight into the hardships and variety of modern-day farming. Noted experts comment on the concerns and the opportunities that are part of the modern farmer’s world. Just what is the future of the family farm? Part 4 - Feeding the World: Industry trends, consumer trends, technology, equipment, and climate all will contribute to the future of agriculture in the next century. What has food science contributed? What are science, business and government working toward in the future to produce better, healthier food in larger quantities? Part 1 - The Selkirk Settlers and Part 3 - The Farmers have both been recognized with Regional Emmy nominations.

Why was milk being dumped in parts of Canada when the COVID-19 pandemic first hit? Have your students look beyond the headlines to think critically about how and why COVID-19 is affecting the many sectors of the Canadian dairy industry.

How did COVID-19 affect Canada’s agriculture system and food supply? Listen to CBC Radio One: The Current with Matt Galloway – “Securing Canada’s Food Supply” and use the worksheet provided to assess students' understanding.

A snapshot of Canada's Food Guide and nutritional information.

Canola was developed right here in Manitoba in 1974. Canola oil is found in many of the foods we eat, including salad dressing, margarines, cookies, and granola bars. Canola oil can be found in non-edible products such as lipstick, hand cream, soap, lip balm, bath oils, sunscreen, lotion, and print ink. In this fun and surprisingly challenging activity, you and your students learn how to grade canola oil and crush canola seeds. You’ll also learn why it’s important to do a good job! This package includes instructional guide, canola seeds, seed counter, roller and tape – everything you need to teach this hands-on activity for all grade levels. The kit can be ordered from Manitoba Canola Growers by contacting info@canolagrowers.com.

By integrating historical events such as World War II with skills such as farming and survival off the land, students remember and learn from the past in order that they can work towards a positive future. Students explore, observe and examine tulip bulbs. They are tasked with identifying various locations in their school yard that are suitable to plant their bulbs based on various criteria, including different growing conditions. By monitoring and collecting data from these locations during the plant’s growth cycle, they enhance their understanding of the tulip cycle. Activities include: Planting tulip bulbs History of the Netherlands 1944 Force growing bulbs Growing spring bulbs Spring in the Netherlands 1945 And more This program was created to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Canadian Forces’ role in the Liberation of Europe at the end of World War II.

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. Download the kit in French and English.

Join third-generation Manitoba chicken farmer, Rachel, for a virtual tour of her family-owned and operated broiler chicken farm, provided courtesy of Manitoba Chicken Producers. Discover how Rachel cares for her chickens and the technology used to provide the chickens with nutritious food, clean water, safe shelter, living space, and health care. Download the lesson plan, connected to the grade 4 curriculum. Choose to do one or all of the suggested activities with your class after attending the tour. We've included a K-W-L worksheet, a crossword, and a math activity for you to either print or send to students electronically. All worksheets are fillable PDFs if your students are able to fill them out electronically.

Are you showing your students the film Cowspiracy? Use these resources to provide different viewpoints, encourage critical thinking, foster media literacy, and stimulate meaningful debates between your students.

Learn about farm animals and their babies with this fun crossword. Answers are included for early spellers.

Download these free printable crosswords to help your students learn more about crops and animals raised in Manitoba.