Description

In this lesson, students will begin their journey at a grocery store where farm products are bought and sold and explore a sustainable farm and learn about soil conservation, crop rotation, and water pollution. Students will also visit a waste facility and learn how fertile soil is created from waste products, walk through a recycling facility and learn how old packaging is recycled into new packaging and visit the shop where the farm products are being packaged and sold back to the grocery store.

Objectives

• Explain the roles of producers and consumers
• Define the term sustainable and explain its importance
• Understand how food gets from the farm to the grocery store
• Consider the importance of what they are purchasing from local stores
  
• Promote sustainable lifestyles in regard to food production and consumption
  

Curriculum Connections Summary

• Ontario - Mathematics - Algebra (Coding) & Science
• Quebec - Science
• New Brunswick - Science
• Nova Scotia - ICT & Science
• Alberta - CTF & Science
• British Columbia - ADST & Science
• Manitoba - Science
• Prince Edward Island - Science
• Saskatchewan - Science & Social Studies
• Newfoundland & Labrador - Science
• Yukon Territories - Follow's B.C.'s Curriculum
• Northwest Territories - Follows Alberta's Curriculum
• Nunavut - Follows Alberta's Curriculum