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Intro to Ontario Agri-Food Education Inc. (OAFE)

The first episode of Ontario Agri-Food Education Inc.’s resource enhancement series, this four minute video is an introduction to the organization, products and services offered to educators.

Together, we can educate the next generation.
 

Pizza Perfect

This episode enhances the resource “Pizza Perfect” and the nutritional component that links to the four food groups in Canada’s Food Guide.

Geared to students in grades 3 and 4, this episode includes a video, interactive game and a PDF of Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide.

Abobe Acrobat Reader required.

Food! To Your Good Health – Vitamins, Minerals and Nutrients

This episode enhances the resource Food! To Your Good Health for students grade 9 -12. With a focus on healthy eating and nutrition, the information is taken up a notch and goes through nutrition in some detail through video, interactive game and many informative PDFs including a PDF of Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide.

VeggieMania!

This podcast was created to complement the VeggieMania Grades 3-5 Teacher Guide for teachers to use in their classrooms.

This resource makes learning about vegetables fun. The Teacher Guide is full of games and activities to engage students and teach them about the nutritional values of vegetables.

This podcast has an interactive game, two activity sheets, a reference PDF and a PDF of Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide to show the link between vegetables and their place in our diets. There are many
helpful links to different online resources.

Teacher Workshops: Food for Thought!

OAFE’s Professional Development Workshops provide a wide range of curriculum linked teaching strategies, ideas for student activities and assessment suggestions from the environment to healthy eating topics.

book FSI: Food Scene Investigation

This podcast was created to complement the Labelling Literacy Teachers’ Guide for Grades 4-6 and designed for use in the classroom by both students and teachers.

This resource teaches students about reading and understanding food label contents. Using labels from common food products, students will learn how to interpret and understand information on labels in order to make well-informed, healthy, food choices.

This podcast includes an interactive game, two activity sheets, a PDF of Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide, and links to other helpful resources on the internet.
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OAFE Podcast - Episodes

1. What is OAFE?

Ontario Agri-Food Education Inc. is a non-government, non-profit charitable organization that was established in 1991 to increase awareness of the agriculture and food industry by providing resources and programs for Ontario education. Through both government funding and membership support, we provide accurate, balanced and non-biased curriculum linked resources and information about agriculture, food production and rural issues in Ontario.

2. What does OAFE do?

OAFE promotes agricultural awareness by reaching out to the teachers who are ultimately responsible for teaching the next generation of consumers and the future of our province. We have a variety of products and services that we provide.

We develop curriculum linked resources, conduct teacher workshops, participate in agri-food education events, support fair and farm educational programs. OAFE promotes general agricultural awareness as well as to teachers. We are recognized provincially, nationally and internationally as a leader in the development of educational resources with Ontario agriculture and food as the main theme.

3. What is the OAFE PODCAST?

OAFE is enhancing the resources we offer by using new technology. A podcast is a method using an application such as iTunes to subscribe and receive files on a computer. These files can be a variety of formats. Some are video clips, while others are interactive games or information in PDFs and can be a combination of any or all the above. They become an interactive tool for teachers to further engage students.

4. Can I get involved in the podcast project?

Built into the Teacher’s Section of the podcasts there is a “Feedback” mechanism. You need to be on the internet in order to complete the feedback section. In this section, you are asked several questions and you answer through a rating system. There is also a space where you can enter your comments, observations and suggestions. Through this, OAFE will be able to tailor the podcasts to the needs of teachers.

5. What’s ahead?

New podcasts will be launched regularly throughout the year. As new podcasts become available, they will be promoted in our electronic newsletter ‘Update’ for teachers (Sign up for the newsletter from our OAFE homepage). If you sign up to our podcasts and open your iTunes, iPodder (Juice) or NetNewsWire you will see all the titles that are available for download (new or existing).

6. Why a podcast?

Technology is moving at lightning speed. Children are fast to adapt to these changes and crave new and exciting technology. A podcast allows us to send you large interactive files to use in the classroom. The episodes are curriculum linked and have interactive components that enhance the learning experience. New episodes will be made available often. Update your lessons with these interactive resources.

7. How can I use the OAFE podcast?

These podcasts are free to anyone wishing to download them. Activity sheets, games and other podcast materials can be copied and used as long as it is for classroom use. Any other purpose requires written permission from the Executive Director of Ontario Agri-Food Education Inc.

The podcast episodes can be burned to a CD/DVD, saved to a memory stick or another device such as an iPod for easy transport to your classroom.