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Animals | Environment | Food | Fun Zone | General | Health | Plants/Crops | Science | Social | Soil | Water

Animals

When is a Cow More Than a Cow? - All parts of beef cattle are utilized to produce important by-products you use everyday.

Environment

Time for Action on Climate Change

Glacier National Park - Imagine a class field trip with your students to the crown jewel of the Rockies without leaving the classroom. Motivate your students to learn by online discovery and inquiry. Kalispell Public Schools, Glacier National Park, Tempest Technologies, and the Information Technology Research Centre (iTRC) welcome you.

Eco-Kids - A fun-filled, interactive website with activities and information on the environment and ecology for both teachers and students.

Environmental Kids Club - A great interactive, easy to use site that provides many activities and ideas on environmental stewardship.

Pembina Institute - The Pembina Institute is one of the most prominent Canadian organizations working on climate change policy and solutions.

Food

Plastic Fork Diaries - A fun website containing stories, recipes and information all about food, food safety, production, health information etc.

Leafy Greens Council - The National Leafy Greens Council provides market, nutritional, and educational information to consumers, produce growers and produce buyers. Promotional materials such as our Leafy Greens Lesson Plans encourage our younger consumers to understand the nutritional benefits and the cancer-fighting and prevention elements of leafy greens; and hopefully to encourage the increase in consumption of leafy greens at home.

Canadian Egg Marketing Agency - This is where you will find an eggs-traordinary supply of information on eggs.  We have egg recipes, nutritional and educational resources, egg facts, egg crafts and a playground for children (little and grown-up), egg data and other egg-related site links.

Got Milk - A website filled with information, games and activities about dairy farming and milk products

Alphabet Soup - Farm Animal Teaching Ideas - Alphabet Soup--for the young and the "young at heart"! Alphabet Soup contains thematic units, holiday units, games and activities for kids; teacher and parent resources; and crafts, humor and recipes for all! Be sure to check out the Kindergarten Kafe, recipes dictated by 5-year-olds! Includes plenty of free printables!

Fun Zone

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada - An interactive web-game where kids find out how agriculture touches their lives. From the games they play to using every-day household products, agriculture is everywhere!

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General

Agriculture in the Classroom Canada - A national directory of all the Agriculture in the Classroom organizations across the country

First Nations Agricultural Council of Saskatchewan – A new organization devoted to sustainable agriculture for status Indians both on and off reserve. Check out their programs for youth and education.

Florida Department of Agriculture

Guildord County Schools webquests - A website with numerous webquests from around the world organized by grade and subject.

Scholastic - Lesson, activities, tools, games, and resources for students, teachers, administrators, parents and librarians. Designed to help kids learn!

SMILE - Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement - The SMILE program is designed to enhance the elementary and high school learning of Science and Mathematics through the use of the phenomenological approach.

Utah Agriculture in the Classroom - Utah Agriculture in the Classroom (AITC) provides training and resources for teachers to use as a vehicle to teach across existing curriculum. Teachers. Excellent links to lesson plans and web activities.

Ag Care - AGCare provides science- and research-based information and policy initiatives on pesticide use, crop biotechnology developments, nutrient management and other related environmental issues surrounding field and horticultural crop production in Ontario.

Florida Department Agriculture - A good source of general information regarding science fair project ideas, food safety, and careers.

K-2 - A website containing links to and brief descriptions of dozens of other websites on a variety of topics.

Farming in Saskatchewan - Comprehensive website detailing Saskatchewan crops, animals, weather, and history of the first pioneers who settled on the prairies. Appropriate for elementary students.

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Health

Canadian Council of Food and Nutrition - The Canadian Council of Food and Nutrition is a multi-sectoral, science-based organization on food and nutrition policy and information.

Health Freggie Tales, Ottawa, ON - Educational games, recipes, and information regarding vegetables and the importance of a healthy diet.

Plants/Crops

National Corn Growers Association - Welcome to "Corn in the Classroom," a web-based curriculum that utilizes examples from the corn industry to teach kids mathematics, science, language arts, social studies and even music and art. The curriculum is divided into nine different units and based on the real-life experiences of a Minnesota farm family.

Science

International Plant Nutrition Institute - News and current information about phosphate and the phosphate industry in Canada.

Kansas State Education - An Interactive site with information about soil, weather, farm equipment, crops, weeds and more.

Social

Virginia 4-H - A fun way to view various aspects of farm life through videos, 360 degree photos along with puzzles and games.

Soil

"Ag"-tivities for Soil-Minded Citizens - Activities for elementary, middle and high school level students all about soil.

How Much Soil is there? - An interactive activity using an apple to demonstrate how much of the earth is suitable for growing crops.

The Dirt on Soil - This project introduces students to the idea of soil as a living entity made up of a diversity of organisms living in a complex three dimensional habitat.

Soil Science Education - A website all about soil. Includes activities, resources, current events and more.

Water

National Water Research Institute - Website contains links to other sites that contain educational resource on water. Project Wet - The mission of Project WET is to reach children, parents, educators, and communities of the world with water education. We invite you to join us in educating children about the most precious resource on the planet – water.

Teach Great Lakes - This section of TEACH (The Education And Curriculum Homesite) is specifically geared toward K-12 educators looking for resources to teach about the Great Lakes and its fisheries.

Freshwater facts for Canada and the world.

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