Curriculum expectations
From the Common Framework of Science Learning Outcomes K-12, Pan-Canadian Protocol for Collaboration on School Curriculum, Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC), 1997.
- Describe ways in which plants are important to living things and the environment.
- Identify parts of different plants that provide humans with useful products, and describe the preparation that is required to obtain these products and how our supply of useful plants is replenished.
- Ask questions that lead to exploration and investigation.
- Make and record relevant observations and measurements, using written language, pictures, and charts.
- Identify common objects and events, using terminology and language that others understand.
- Identify examples of scientific questions and technological problems that are currently being studied.
- Describe instances where scientific ideas and discoveries have led to new inventions and applications.
Tomatosphere is sponsored by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Heinz Canada Ltd, HeinzSeed, Ontario Centres of Excellence, Stokes Seeds and the University of Guelph.
How to Feed a Martian
- Table of Contents
- Background Information and Notes
- Curriculum Expectations
- Activity 1: Selecting Foods
- Activity 2: Food Storage/Dehydration
- Cross-curricular Extension Activity
- Assessment
- Storage Times for Crops
- Crop Characteristics
- Food Preference Chart for Dehydrated Food
- Canada's Food Guide (Simplified Version)
- Links
Teacher Resources
- NEW Four Optional Units
- NEW Aerocapture technology
- 2008 Teachers' Guide
- Tips 'n' Tricks
- Tomatosphere Project Overview
- PDF Resources [Printable charts from the Teachers' Guide]
- Astronaut Mike Fincke talks about the importance of Tomatosphere [Video]
- NEW Tomatoes in Space [Video]
- International Space Station
- Introduction to Tomatosphere [Video]
- CSA Teachers' Conference
- NEW CSA Teacher Resources
- Heinz Tomato Breeding Program
- Tomatosphere Supplies
