Grains on the Go

In Class Experience

Grade 3: Soil Horizons: This experience is connected to Ontario grade 3 Science and Technology curriculum, specifically strand E – Soils in the Environment, and requires a 100-minute learning block per class. Click here for detailed curriculum connections.

During the experience, students learn:

• What soil is and what affects it
• Nutrients and additives (i.e. fertilizer and manure) and why they are beneficial to soil health
• Ways grain farmers use their soil to help the environment
• Five soil horizons (bedrock, parent material, subsoil, topsoil, organic layers.

NOTE: The Grains Educator will require access to a projector & the ability to connect a Windows laptop (or access to a school computer already connected).

Trailer Experience

This experience is connected to Ontario curriculum for a variety of grades and is best suited for grades 3 through 6.

The content of the trailer is divided into the following four main topics:

• Grains in our lives: shows where grains go after harvest
• Health and nutrition: explains what a whole grain is, myths and facts about grains, what nutrients are in the five most grown grains in Ontario and why they are good for our bodies
• The environment: information about the different elements of sustainability on the grain farm
• Growing grains: the story of a year on a grain farm told through what happens during each season, explains some of the technology in the grain industry, stages of growth in a crop and does a little look into the future in grain farming

This experience requires a 35-minute learning block for a class of 20 students; 45-minute block for a class of 30.

NOTE: This experience requires ample space to maneuver and park the truck and trailer, a staff member to be present during arrival & departure to ensure student safety, AND access to electricity.