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Curriculum Resource Planner

The program is designed to help teachers plan for the upcoming year through science and social studies strands.

Save Time. This program is developed to reduce the teacher workload by providing a fully planned resource.

Save Money. Low price of admission, $2 per student and $2 per chaperone.

Plan your Fall 2008 visit. Download the Field Trip Planner.

Curriculum Connections to Markham Fair - Grade 1-6 (PDF, 49KB)

Curriculum Connections to Markham Fair - Intermediate (PDF, 25KB)

Curriculum Connections to Markham Fair - Kindergarten (PDF, 26KB)

Education Guide (PDF, 190KB)

Enhance your curriculum by bringing your class out to experience first hand learning at the Markham Fair.

Download and Print the activity sheets:

Rabbits (PDF, 38KB)

Goats and Sheep (PDF, 92KB)

Chickens (PDF,34KB)

Download and Print the Educational Scavenger Hunt:

Educational Scavenger Hunt (PDF, 180KB) updated September 21, 2009

Scavenger Hunt Teachers Plan (PDF, 11KB)

Download and print a high quality map. The printable file is quite large. (PDF, 2.1MB)

Farm Creativity Contest

Attention Teachers - Submit a class set of postcards for a chance to win a computer for your classroom and a set of classroom resources.

For more information see Farm Creativity Contest at www.ofac.org

Virtual Farm Tours

Each Canadian farm shown on this site is real and is the home of the family you'll meet in the video clips. you will see question marks once you arrive at the different types of farms.

Take the tour at www.farmissues.com

Links

• Here is a link to the education page for the OAFE Kids page. www.farmsfoodfun.com. This is a great website full of interactive games, facts, arts and crafts and trivia for teachers and students to use when learning about agriculture.
  
  
• As well, this is a link to www.oafe.org for teachers to view as a resource. In addition to link to the newsletter, this is great for teachers to download different activities, the catalogue, etc. 

OAFE newsletter for teachers

The latest issue of the OAFE newsletter for teachers, Update #59, is now available!

This issue of Update focuses on Vitamins and Minerals as it relates to nutrition and healthy eating.  Strategies are provided which are designed to incorporate the Ontario Ministry of Education curriculum from Family Studies, Health and Physical Education and Science and Technology.  It includes a variety of teaching techniques which support and promote literacy, numeracy and student success.

You can access the newsletter at: http://www.oafe.org/user_files/newsletters/oafe_update__59_2.pdf