about project AGRICULTURE
Agriculture infuses every aspect of human life, from the food we eat, to the jobs we do, to the products that we create. project AGRICULTURE provides opportunities to explore agricultural themes, topics, issues and challenges in local and global communities. project AGRICULTURE does this through learning experiences that directly support Alberta elementary Social Studies, Science, Language Arts, Math and Wellness curriculum; and Alberta junior and senior high Social Studies and Science.
All project AGRICULTURE learning sources and activities provide links and support for development of competencies, literacy and numeracy.
project AGRICULTURE encourages students to interact with each other, their school community and agricultural producers and content experts in their outside communities. Elementary students are challenged to create and share projects that demonstrate learning about agriculture with each other and their school communities. Junior and senior high students are challenged to create and share their understandings of current issues connected to agriculture through projects they submit to project AGRICULTURE. Encourage students to explore the many photos on this website and in the learning sources that represent current Alberta farms and farmers.
The question of where our food is raised, grown and processed is of increased interest to many Canadians. Consumers are raising concerns over many different types of issues – like international trade policies, the environmental footprint of food grown and transported from far away, access to local foods, food security and food costs. Spark your thinking and develop a project question with the information in this Spark source.
