Grade 3 Science Global Focus

Learning Activity 1

Raven's Quest - Hope, Apartment 11 Productions, URL: https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/ravens-quest-gr-1-3-social-studies/videos/hope, Published 2019/07/01, Accessed 2022/07/05.

Four Sacred Medicines, Northern College, URL: https://www.northernc.on.ca/indigenous/four-sacred-medicines/, Accessed 2022/08/04.

International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative website, IPSI, URL: https://satoyama-initiative.org/, Published 2022, Accessed 2022/08/04.

United Nations Iraq website, United Nations, URL: https://iraq.un.org/, Published 2022, Accessed 2022/08/04.

IRAQ-ARCHITECTURE-TRADITION, Hussein Faleh/AFP/Getty Images

Braiding, screenshot from Raven's Quest - Hope, Apartment 11 Productions, URL: https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/ravens-quest-gr-1-3-social-studies/videos/hope, Published 2019/07/01, Accessed 2022/03/01.

Braided corn, screenshot from Raven's Quest - Hope, Apartment 11 Productions, URL: https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/ravens-quest-gr-1-3-social-studies/videos/hope, Published 2019/07/01, Accessed 2022/03/01.

IRAQ-ENVIRONMENT-ECONOMY-TRADITION-REED, Asaad Niazi/AFP/Getty Images

Picking squash, screenshot from Raven's Quest - Hope, Apartment 11 Productions, URL: https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/ravens-quest-gr-1-3-social-studies/videos/hope, Published 2019/07/01, Accessed 2022/03/01.

UN Sustainable Development Goals - Overview, UNICEF Georgia, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-iJM02m_Hg, Published 2018/04/25, Accessed 2022/05/26.

United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal 2, United Nations, URL: https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/news/communications-material/, Published 2015, Accessed 2022/03/01.

Learning Activity 2

Why do we consume only a tiny fraction of the world's edible plants?, John Warren, World Economic Forum, URL: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/01/why-do-we-consume-only-a-tiny-fraction-of-the-world-s-edible-plants, Published 2016/01/15, Accessed 2022/08/04.

National Festival of Breads website, National Festival of Breads, URL: https://nationalfestivalofbreads.com/, Published 2022, Accessed 2022/08/04.

Factbox: Corn plant and products made from corn, Reuters Staff, Thomson Reuters, URL: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-biorefinery-cargill-factbox-idUSTRE68S4Y220100929, Published 2010/09/29, Accessed 2022/08/04.

Rice, Path to the Plate, Texas A&M Agrilife Extension, URL: https://pathtotheplate.tamu.edu/youth/food/rice/, Accessed 2022/08/04.

Finding Stuff Out - Where Does Food Come From, Apartment 11 Productions, URL: https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/finding-stuff-out-gr-1-4-science/videos/where does-food-come, Published 2017/07/14, Accessed 2022/05/26.

TVOKNews - New Canadian Food Guide, TVO, OECA, URL: https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/tvok-news-big-picture/videos/new-canadian-food-guide, Published 2019/02/06, Accessed 2022/05/26.

Learning Activity 3

View of wildflowers and the Tatoosh Range from the Skyline.., Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket/Getty Images

Raven's Quest 2 - Marissa, Apartment 11 Productions, URL: https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/ravens-quest-gr-1-3-social-studies/videos/marissa?utm_source=citc&utm_medium=citc&utm_campaign=citc, Published 2019/06/24, Accessed 2022/05/26.

Kenyan lady inspecting watermelon growing in her garden, Farm Images/Universal Images Group/Getty Images

Daily Life In Canada, NurPhoto/NurPhoto/Getty Images

Learning Activity 4

Hero Elementary Season 1 - Plant Problem, Portfolio Entertainment, URL: https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/hero-elementary-gr-1-3-science/videos/plant-problem, Published 2020/09/24, Accessed 2022/05/26.

Beans grows from the earth, time lapse video 4K resolution clip. One axis linear camera motion, Darkves/Vetta/Getty Images

Homework Zone Interstitials - How do plants drink water?, TVOKids, OECA, URL: https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/homework-zone-interstitials-gr-2-5/videos/how-do-plants-drink-water, Published 2010, Accessed 2022/05/26.

Grade 3: Lesson 6 - Colouring with Chlorophyll!, Science North, URL: https://youtu.be/pnL783HRgik, Published 2020/05/27, Accessed 2022/03/01.

Drought - The Dr. Binocs Show, Peekaboo Kidz, Rajshri, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5a6yHSI0L0, Published 2018/04/20, Accessed 2022/05/26.

Learning Activity 5

Slow moving up over the black ants colony who is builds his new anthill in the desert, Vladimir1965/Creatas Video+ / Getty Images Plus/Getty Images

Top View of Basil Plant Growing out of the Fertile Soil, Phantom Gravity/Creatas Video+ / Getty Images Plus/Getty Images

Male treading soil to make handmade bricks Java, Spotmatik/Photolibrary Video/Getty Images

Long Island Soil Health Champions, AmericanFarmland, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FDnCCSiBHI, Published 2019/01/08, Accessed 2022/03/01.

Learning Activity 6

Growing Food in the Algerian Desert, World Food Programme, URL: https://www.wfp.org/stories/growing-food-algerian-desert, Published 2017/02/28, Accessed 2022/08/04.

Learning Activity 7

Seed Germination and Time Lapse With Lens Flare Macro, mphillips007/Creatas Video+ / Getty Images Plus/Getty Images

Learning Activity 8

The Ontario Curriculum Grades 1-8: Science and Technology, Ontario Ministry of Education, © Queen's Printer for Ontario, URL: http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/elementary/scientec18currb.pdf, Published 2007, Accessed 2022/08/04.

The Future of Farming, TDC, © TDC.video, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qmla9NLFBvU, Published 2017/05/17, Accessed 2022/05/20.

Agrivoltaics: Solar Panels Bring Life to Struggling Farms, NowThis News, Group Nine Media Inc, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_hRm-WFM1M, Published 2020/09/07, Accessed 2022/05/20.

The Agenda with Steve Paikin - Growing Vertical Farming, TVO, OECA, URL: https://www.tvo.org/video/growing-vertical-farming, Published 2020/09/07, Accessed 2022/07/06.

Learning Activity 9

Raven's Quest - Marissa, Apartment 11 Productions, URL: https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/ravens-quest/videos/marissa, Published 2019/06/24, Accessed 2022/07/05.

Raven's Quest - Quill, Apartment 11 Productions, URL: https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/ravens-quest/videos/quill, Published 2018/03/14, Accessed 2022/07/05.

10 Vegetables You Can Regrow from Kitchen Scraps - Get FREE SEEDS!, Learn to Grow, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtmyE12e8LI, Published 2020/04/14, Accessed 2022/03/01.

NYC School Uses Hydroponic Farm to Make Healthy School Lunches | One Small Step, NowThis Earth, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOEo6rlvFYE, Published 2020/03/16, Accessed 2022/03/01.

Cheyenne Sundance in a greenhouse, image: Cheyenne Sundance, URL: https://www.foodnetwork.ca/food-network-insider/blog/food-injustice-inspired-23-year-old-start-her-own-farm-plus-advice/, Accessed 2022/05/12.

Urban Farming Series: Sundance Harvest, The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_Anq9IgoWc, Published 2021/03/02, Accessed 2022/05/12.

School Grown Doors Open Timelapse at Eastdale Collegiate, FoodShare Toronto, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5-Af5t8oPw, Published 2014/05/28, Accessed 2022/03/01.

Learning Activity 10

Local Ethiopian farmers look on as a field researcher examines the soil of a hillside, Debre Berhan, Ethiopia, VW Pics/Universal Images Group/Getty Images

Availability of soil water to plants as affected by soil moisture content and meteorological conditions 1, O.T. Denmead & R. H. Shaw, Agronomy Journal, Published 1962, Accessed 2022/08/11. 54(5), 385-390.

Soil and environmental issues in sandy soils, J. Huang & A.E. Hartemink, Earth-Science Reviews, Published 2020, Accessed 2022/08/11. 208, 103295.

Erosion, National Geographic Resource Library, National Geographic Society, URL: https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/erosion/, Accessed 2022/08/11.

What is Erosion? Effects of Soil Erosion and Land Degradation, World Wildlife Fund, URL: https://www.worldwildlife.org/threats/soil-erosion-and-degradation, Accessed 2022/08/11.

Wind Erosion: Problem, Processes, and Control, J. Tatarko, USDA-ARS Engineering & Wind Erosion Research Unit, URL: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs142p2_019407.pdf, Accessed 2022/08/11.

What is Soil Erosion & Conservation | SOIL CONSERVATION | Dr. Binocs Show, Peekaboo Kidz, Rajshri, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo_ntewAemw, Published 2020/10/06, Accessed 2022/06/21.

Best Management Practices Field Windbreaks, OMAFRA Soils Team, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs, Queen's Printer for Ontario, URL: http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/environment/bmp/AF167.pdf, Accessed 2022/08/11.

Tantalizing tunnel: Fall foliage adds color to western Japan street, The Mainichi, URL: https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20191204/p2a/00m/0na/024000c, Published 2019/12/05, Accessed 2022/08/11.