Grade 4 students learn all about agriculture
By Joan Janzen
It was that time of year again when Grade 4 students visited the Kindersley Museum for the annual Fall Food Farms. On Thursday, September 12, Simplot Growers Solutions teamed up with Saskatchewan Agriculture in the Classroom for a day of hands-on agriculture learning. Grade 4 students from Westberry Elementary in Kindersley, North West Central School in Plenty, and Westcliffe Composite School in Marengo participated.
Grade 4 students from North West Central School in Plenty, Westberry Elementary School in Kindersley and Westcliffe Composite School in Marengo learned about where their food comes from on Thursday, September 12, at the Kindersley Museum. Fall Food Farms was hosted by Simplot Growers Solutions and Saskatchewan Agriculture in the Classroom. Photo by Joan Janzen
At the Fall Food Farm, the Grade 4 students learned how to make ice cream and tasted it! Photo by Joan Janzen
Jackie Oswald teaches the students how to form buns out of bread dough. The buns in the oven were all shapes and sizes. Photo by Joan Janzen
Jackie’s Delicious Delights and helpers were in the kitchen, showing the students how bread is made. Meanwhile, various stations were positioned in the museum, where the kids learned how to preserve vegetables, tried out recipes, and discovered how to make ice cream, French fries, and hamburger patties.
There was a lot of slicing, mixing, and shaping of burgers and buns at the museum. It was a full-meal-deal taste experience for the kids as they learned all about the agriculture industry that surrounds their communities.
They also had the opportunity to get a close-up look at some harvest equipment. The Fall Food Farm offers a valuable addition to local classrooms every year. Students discovered all kinds of new information and skills throughout the day. For example, wheat, not flour, comes out of a combine; yeast makes things puffy; and how to shape hamburger meat into patties and bread dough into buns—plus a whole lot more.
The students not only learned a lot but also had a whole lot of fun.