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Agriculture
Websites
Essential
questions:
1.
a) What is agriculture?
b) How does agriculture on the Island affect me?
2.
What role does soil play in agriculture?
3.
How do plants gorwn on the Island contribute to
our lives?
4.
How do farm animals contribute to Island life?
5.
How do we celebrate agriculture on PEI?
Essential
Question: 
1a)
What is Agriculture?
Living
off the Land
Pioneer
farming and use of land:
http://www.projects.yrdsb.edu.on.ca/pioneer/land.htm
General
farm theme activities:
http://www.abcteach.com/farm/farmtoc.htm
Explore
cyberspace farms and activities for children, courtesy of Kansas
farms:
http://www.cyberspaceag.com/
Careers
in Agriculture
Careers
in Agriculture:
http://www.agriscience.ca
Greenheyes
Farm:
http://www.greenheyes.com
Statistics
Canada Learning Resources:
http://www.statcan.ca/english/edu/index.htm
Where’s
agriculture?:
http://www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/wheresagr
PEI
Agriculture and Forestry:
http://www.gov.pe.ca/af/agweb
Agri-Quiz:
http://www.statcan.ca/english/kits/agric/quiz/agriq1.htm
Agriculture
in the Classroom, PEI:
http://www.edu.pe.ca/agriculture
Agriculture
in the Classroom, Canada:
http://www.aitc.ca
Essential Question:
1b) How does agriculture on the Island affect me?
Our
Connection to the Farm
Introduction
to agriculture on PEI:
http://www.peisland.com/agrtour/
Great
food choices and agriculture online quiz for children:
http://www.kidfood.org/grow_it/healthy.html
Farming
as a Way of Life
Farm school - family farm life in Ohio, including Native farming:
http://www2.kenyon.edu/projects/farmschool/
Dairy
farms:
www.moomilk.com
www.michigan.gov/mikids
(Yikes
Central - Making Dairy Farms Safe)
(Way
Back When - Making Butter)
http://www.ext.vt.edu/resources/4h/virtualfarm/dairy/dairy.html
Mixed
Farming:
www.michigan.gov/mikids
(Our
Backyard - Growing Corn)
Life
on a farm:
http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/sfarm.htm
Poultry
Farms:
http://www.ext.vt.edu/resources/4h/virtualfarm/poultry/poultry.html
Beef
Farms:
http://www.ext.vt.edu/resources/4h/virtualfarm/beef/beef.html
Fruit
Farming:
http://www.kidsfarm.com/crops.htm
Farm
Safety
Learn
more about farm safety for kids:h
http://www.fs4jk.org/kidsmain.html
Essential Question:
2. What role does soil play in agriculture?
Properties
of Soil
Soil
for kids:
http://www.blm.gov/nstc/soil/Kids/
Learn
about soil:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geology/soil
Interactive
soil safari:
http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/soil/soil_safari.html
How
much soil is there?:
http://ltpwww.gsfc.nasa.gov/globe/app_soil/hmsoil.htm
Length
of time to create soil:
http://ltpwww.gsfc.nasa.gov/globe/inch/soiltime.htm
Learn more about soil pits in Kansas:
http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/fieldday/kids/
Soil
songs:
http://ltpwww.gsfc.nasa.gov/globe/songs/songs.htm
Soil
gallery:
http://ltpwww.gsfc.nasa.gov/globe/soilgall/gallery.htm
Soil
stories:
http://ltpwww.gsfc.nasa.gov/globe/stories/stories.htm
http://ltpwww.gsfc.nasa.gov/globe/pit/pittales.htm
Explore
Dirtland:
http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/dlc-me/zoo/zdmain.html
Learn
about soil and what’s really going on underground:
http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/soil/
Soil
science education page for children:
http://ltpwww.gsfc.nasa.gov/globe/
Soil
and the Environment
http://www.peisland.com/agrtour/
Island
Soil Testing:
http://www.gov.pe.ca/af/soilfeed/
Soil
testing steps slideshow:
http://www.gov.pe.ca/af/soilfeed/slideshow2/index.php3
Fertilizing
Island soil:
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/chip/english/farming/fertile.htm
Soil
management:
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/chip/english/farming/tending.htm
Island
songs:
Island hymn
http://www.gov.pe.ca/infopei/onelisting.php3?number=13513
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/island/tune2%20island.htm
Stompin
Tom Connors - ‘Bud the Spud’:
http://www.alsimmons.com/lyrics/tl_budthespud
http://www.stompintom.com/
Lennie
Gallant - ‘Island Clay’:
http://www.lenniegallant.com/
Allan
Rankin - ‘Your Island Will Disappear’
http://www.allanrankin.com/songs/onesong.php3?number=19
‘Prince
Edward island is Heaven to me"
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/island/tune1%20pei.htm
Online
tunebook - ‘The Farmer’s Reel’:
http://members.shaw.ca/tunebook/
Products
Made From Soil
PEI
Dirt Shirt:
http://www.peiemporium.com/Clothing/PEIDirt_Shirts/peidirt_shirts.html
PEI
Pottery links:
http://www.peipottery.com/
Essential Question:
3. How do plants grown on the Island contribute to our lives?
Life
Needs of a Plant
Explore
a variety of aspects of plant life in this Island-made online resource:
http://www.edu.pe.ca/plantsandus/
Canadian
Forestry Association:
http://www.canadianforestry.com/
Tree
Canada Foundation:
http://www.treecanada.ca/
Variety
of plants activities:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/themes/plants.shtml
Uses
of Plants
Create
a cyber salad:
http://hhmi.org/coolscience/vegquiz/plantparts.html
My
first garden:
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/firstgarden/index.html
PEI
Potato Museum:
http://www.peipotatomuseum.com/
Potato
facts:
http://www.ultimatepotato.ca/potatofacts.htm
http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/aboutind/products/plant/potatoes.htm
Tour
a potato chip plant:
http://www.goldenflake.com/tour/lowband/modtour.htm
Learn
about other crop varieties on the Island:
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/chip/english/farming/crop_varieties.htm
Blueberries:
http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/aboutind/products/plant/blueberry.htm
Learn
more about wild blueberries, complete with map:
http://www.wildblueberries.com/wbana/aboutwb.html
Cranberries:
http://www.thecranberrylady.com
http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/aboutind/products/plant/cranberry.htm
Strawberries:
http://res2.agr.ca/kentville/pubs/fact00-01/index_e.htm
http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/aboutind/products/plant/strawberry.htm
Raspberries:
http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/aboutind/products/plant/raspberry.htm
Apples:
http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/aboutind/products/plant/apples.htm
Help
Bud and Sprout learn about the importance of plants in the Great
Plant Escape online activity:
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/index.html
Learn
about the history of maple syrup, the making of maple syrup, interesting
facts and recipes.
http://www.cleary.ca/en/index.html
Plants
and the Environment
Explore
a year in the life of a tree; uses for trees:
http://www.domtar.com/arbre/english/start2.htm
Marram
Grass
http://www.ifdn.com/inp/nshock/Beach/Marram.htm
Watching
Plants Grow
Gardening for kids:
http://www.cln.org/themes/gardening.html
Nutrition
in the garden:
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/nutrition/index/index.html
Nova
Scotia native plants and their uses:
http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mnh/nature/nhns/index.htm
Essential Question:
4. How do farm animals contribute to Island Life?
Animals
in Agriculture and Their Changing Role
PEI
Hog Commodity Marketing Board:
http://www.peipork.pe.ca
Variety
of pig activities for students:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/themes/pig.shtml
Farms
around the world:
http://www.disknet.com/indiana_biolab/farms.htm
Safety
Around Animals
Ontario
Cattlemen's Association farm tools website:
http://www.cattle.guelph.on.ca/kids_cattle/beef_everywhere/equipment_01.html
Another
link to farm equipment:
http://www.kidsfarm.com/equipment.htm
Farm animals in Colorado:
http://www.kidsfarm.com/farm.htm
Cyberfarm
from Kansas:
http://www.cyberspaceag.com/
An
elementary class' webpage about the farm:
http://www.perry-lake.k12.oh.us/pes/GradeLevelWebsites/Kindergarten/kohl/Farm/Farm.htm
Farm
animal coloring pages:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/coloring/farm.shtml
Story
of milk:
http://www.moomilk.com/tour.htm
Cows
Grassroots project:
http://www.edu.pe.ca/gulfshore/cows.htm
Cows
activities:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/themes/cow.shtmlcow
Island
farm animals:
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/chip/english/farming/livestock.htm
Honey:
http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/aboutind/products/plant/honey.htm
Farm
animals:
http://www.lethsd.ab.ca/mmh/kindergarten/farm.htm
http://www.sae.k12.nf.ca/farm/default.html
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/themes/farmanimals.shtml
Farmlife - a day on a farm in Britain:
http://www.greenheyes.com/pages/frameset01.htm
Pigs:
http://www.pork4kids.com
Turkey
activities:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/themes/turkey.shtml
Ducks
activities:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/themes/duck.shtml
Fox
farming:
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/chip/english/farming/foxes.htm
Animals
in other cultures:
Buffalo
for Plains Indians:
http://americanhistory.si.edu/hohr/buffalo/
Kosher
foods in Judaism:
http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/carolrb/judaism/judai1.html
Islam
and pigs:
http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/carolrb/islam/dailylife.html
Animal Legends:
http://www.planetozkids.com/oban/legends.htm
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/tod/adventure/f_nation/animyth.htm
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/legends.htm
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Museum/7765/legend.htm
Essential Question:
5. How do we celebrate agriculture on PEI?
Celebrations
and Events
Orwell
Corner Historic Village:
http://www.orwellcorner.isn.net/index.html
Online
farm storybook:
http://www.magickeys.com/books/farm/index.html
Life
on a farm:
http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/sfarm.htm
Agricultural
ideas for science fairs:
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids/fair/ideasframe.htm
Incredible
egg:
http://www.aeb.org/kidsandfamily/table_of_contents.htm
Introduction
to agriculture:
http://www.agr.state.il.us/kidspage/index.html
Farm
safety for kids:
http://www.fs4jk.org/
Last
updated: March 23, 2005
Created
by:
Elizabeth Tumblin, Dr. Rose Mary Garrett, Wendy McIsaac, Joanne
Stubbs, Glen Gallant
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