Farm Safety:

1.  Go to the following website and learn the Farm Hand Signals and later take the Tractor Readiness Quiz:

http://www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/farmsafety/kids/what.html

Task: Demonstrate three of the Farm Hand Signals to your class.


2.  Visit the following sites and learn more about farm safety:

http://www.fs4jk.org/livestock_safety.htm

http://www.fs4jk.org/chemical_safety.htm

http://www.fs4jk.org/grain_safety.htm

http://www.fs4jk.org/atv_safety.htm


Task: Choose one area of farm safety and create a poster on how to be safe around the farm.


3. Watch the following video on farm safety:

Gardening:

1.  Visit these websites and learn how to grow a plant from a seed:

http://www.homeandgardensite.com/ChildrensSite/vegetable_garden.htm

http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/ve/Vegetable_farming

Task: Plant a bean seed and track its growth. Make sure to water it everyday! :)

Soil:

1. Visit the following website and learn about soil:

http://www.kidsgeo.com/geology-for-kids/0002-the-earths-soil.php

2.  Go to the following website and print off and complete the soil experiment.

http://tlc.howstuffworks.com/family/science-projects-for-kids-soil-experiments1.htm

Christmas Tree Farming in Nova Scotia

1.  Visit the following website and learn about Balsam Fir Trees in Lunenburg County:

http://www.christmastreeproducers.com/kids.html

2.  Learn about Tree Care at the following site:

http://www.christmastreeproducers.com/treetips.html

Task: Create a poster or brochure about proper Christmas tree care.

Project Task:

1) Call or visit a local Christmas tree farm and interview the farmers on their business.
2) Collect digital photos on the Christmas tree farm and develop a Power Point on how we farm trees in Nova Scotia.
3) Do a Google Search on how to make a wreath.
4) Explain or find a video to share how to make a wreath to your classmates.

Where Do My Meals Come From?

1.Go to the following website and play the game:

http://www.foodafactoflife.org.uk/Activity.aspx?siteId=15&sectionId=66&contentId=175

2.  Create your own farm:

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/lessonplans/animals/makeafarm.html

Chickens:

Just for Fun!
Watch this Chicken Dance video and feel free to dance along! :)




Task: Visit this website and use Inspiration to create a Graphic Organizer on chickens.

http://www.kiddyhouse.com/Farm/Chicken/


1.  Watch this slideshow on the life cycle of chicks:

http://www.schenectady.k12.ny.us/users/title3/Future%20Grant%20Projects/Projects/EggChick/Egg%20To%20Chick3_files/frame.htm


Task: Print and make the Chicken Cruncher and play this with a friend.

http://www.nschicken.com/images/stories/kids/nova%20scotia%20chicken%20cruncher.pdf

Sheep:

1.  Read this document about sheep or use Natural Reader to have it read to you.

http://gov.ns.ca/agri/agaware/teacher/68-71sheep.pdf


Task: Complete a Cloze Pro quiz on the information you have learned. Make sure you save all your work , print or email to the teacher.

2.  Read the following fact sheet about sheep and explain to a partner what you have learned:

http://www.ncagr.gov/cyber/kidswrld/general/barnyard/sheep.htm

Cows:

1.  Check out these videos about milking a cow and explore these websites:
http://moomilk.com/virtual-tour
http://www.kiddyhouse.com/Farm/Cows/

Task: Use Inspiration to create a graphic organizer which shows what you have learned about cows.

IPP Project Ideas:

• Find pictures on the Internet of different types of farms, save them as jpegs, and develop a powerpoint on farms and describe the type of farm. Add voice over, text and video if possible. Present to class.
• Use Inspiration to create a graphic organizer for each animal you have learned about.
• Use the program Comic Life to create a comic strip called "A Day in the Life of a Farmer".
• Match the Farm Safety Hand Signals.
• Visit a local farm and interview a farmer. Record this and take pictures to create a Power Point to present to the class.
• Follow the directions for growing a plant from a seed and chart its growth.
• Visit Ross Farm Museum and take pictures. Use the pictures to create a Power Point to the class.
• Write a poem or song about your favorite aspect of the farming industry