List of Educational Programs

This series of inquiry based activities helps students understand the less obvious connections between our everyday lives and farming.

Through two-way video conferencing, students meet the dairy cows and calves. Students get a close-up view of the characteristics and needs of cows

Did you know the smallest farm animal plays the greatest role in food production? Your students will learn all about bees with activity kit.

How can you tell if a fibre is natural or made by humans? Or if it’s wool, cotton or polyester? Students will answer this by conducting interesting experiments.

Fun Farm Activities for Daycare Centres and at Home for children 18 months to 4 years old, by the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum

Meet our sheep and learn all about wool through this hands-on session. Students discover the fascinating properties of wool.

During the program, students observe the characteristics of earthworms, study their life cycle and discover how worms contribute to healthy soils.

It’s time to meet the farm animals! Cows, pigs, horses, goats, sheep, rabbits, chickens, turkeys, ducks, and the smallest of them all… honeybees.

Tour the barn through two-way video to meet the sheep, goats, rabbits, and chickens. Students also get to meet the not-so-small pigs!

Meet the horses, beef cattle, donkeys, and an alpaca…up close and personal using two-way video with the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum!