Canadian Agriculture at a Glance: Teacher's kit

The Canadian Agriculture at a Glance teacher's kit (96-328-MWE, free) reaps another eight lessons with today's release of additional free online teaching activities. This fourth set of activities brings the total to 29 lessons that complement the new Canadian Agriculture at a Glance.

January's lessons illustrate that agriculture and agriculture-related industries are an all-season activity. The focus is on science and technology with such lessons as "A science-fiction harvest", "Dairy farming goes high tech," and "There's a pig in your closet." Two lessons, "Where were your ancestors in 1871?" and "They're here to farm," bring history into the classroom.

These classroom activities give high school students the opportunity to learn about agriculture in Canada using Canadian Agriculture at a Glance (96-325-XPB, $49), which was released on June 9, 2004. This 340-page book contains 40 fascinating, easy-to-read analytical articles, complete with full-colour photos, graphs and other illustrations, making agriculture more accessible to everyone.

The kit is of use to teachers of a wide variety of subjects including geography, mathematics, science, history and family studies. Each activity is multi-disciplinary and recognizes the range of learning styles within the classroom.

The final set of lessons will become available in March.

For more information contact Gaye Ward (613-951-3172), Agriculture Division.