Welcome to Lessons from our Farm

Characteristics and needs of plantsIn this level we are building on the basics:

  • Characteristics and needs of plants and animals
  • Growth and changes in plants and animals
  • Daily and seasonal cycles

Woven throughout these presentations are five of the big ideas of sustainability – systems, diversity, interdependence, cycles and change over time.

Enhance your lessons using our video series as an introduction to your lesson plan or as a review.

  • Engage all ages in learning as the concepts focused on are foundational with the more advanced information in subtitles
  • The ideas presented are launching pads that offer numerous opportunities to enrich and expand knowledge on the various concepts through conversation and investigation.
  • Create word walls for your students to expand their vocabulary; we use the proper terms to describe products and cycle

Farming Foundations

Characteristics and Needs of Living Things

Tour the Barn and meet all of our animals.

Learn about

  • what their needs are,
  • see the babies and their parents
  • why do we have them
  • how do they compare to us
Lessons on the Farm - Animals

Downloads Available

  • Animal Characteristics Worksheet – How are the parts of farm animals the same or different from us?
  • Starting from Scratch – Students learn about the origins of everyday items and foods.
  • Animal Glossary of Terms – the many words that describe the animals on our farm.
  • The Real Dirt on Beef – the lifecycle of beef cattle and terminology.
  • I Know my ABCs – List something you’d find on the farm for every letter of the alphabet.
  • The Real Dirt on Pigs – the lifecycle and information about pigs.
  • The Real Dirt on Dairy – The lifecycle and information about cows.
  • Did you know – Farming Questions – Trivia Chatterbox
  • Farm Animal Word Search
  • Everything but the Bleat – by-products of goats
  • Everything but the Baa – by-products of sheep
  • Everything but the Cluck – by-products of chickens
  • Everything but the Moo – by-products of cows
  • Everything but the Oink – by-products of pigs

Plants 

Let’s play dress up with Farmer Jim and determine what parts make up a plant.  What do plants need to survive.  The life cycle of a plant. How can we apply this knowledge to our daily lives?

Lessons on the Farm - Plants

Downloads Available

  • Parts of  a Plant – Strawberry – Identify the parts of the plant.
  • Strawberry Journey – Put the images in the proper order for our strawberries journey
  • Parts of a Plant – Pumpkin – label and colour the parts of a pumpkin
  • Farm & Plant Glossary of Terms – learn many of the terms and names you will hear when you learn about a farm.
  • The Real Dirt on Grain – Lots of facts about growing with terms.
  • Planting Puzzle – Follow the lines to see what vegetable is the favourite.
  • Forsythe Family Farms Alphabet Poem
  • Fruit vs Vegetable – How do you tell which is which?
  • Lifecycle of a plant – part 1
  • Lifecycle of a Plant – Seed Germination

Level

Come visit our farm for a hands on experience.  We are open to the public seasonally, May 24th – Dec 24th.