Let's Talk Food Resources
Backgrounders
Discover a set of resources curated to get you ready to discuss sustainable agriculture and food security.
Experiment with plants!
STEM Explained
List of hand-on activities connected to plants
Needs of Plants
Backgrounders
Plants have specific needs - light, air, water, nutrients, and space - to survive and reproduce.
Seed Dispersal
Lessons
Students develop and apply the skills of observing, comparing, contrasting, sorting and classifying, to investigate how seeds move from place to place.
Design & Build a Seed Saver
Lessons
Students will work collaboratively to design and build a structure that will protect a seed from the elements.
Design & Build a Travelling Seed
Lessons
Students will work collaboratively to design and build models of seeds that can travel as far as possible.
Design & Build an Irrigation System
Lessons
Students will work collaboratively to design and build a simple irrigation system that transports water to at least two plants from one source without leaking.
Jenny Fortier
Career Profiles
Initiatives Officer and Greenhouse Operator