Let’s Play: What Do You See: How Many Canola Flowers, Ladybugs, and Bees?

Did you know? Canola fields are essential for a variety of beneficial insects such as bees, butterflies, spiders, wasps and beetles. Not only do the fields provide a habitat for the insects but the insects in turn help increase crop yields and provide a natural check on insect pest populations.

In this activity, identify how many canola flowers, ladybugs and bees you see on the canola plant. Colour all the flowers yellow, ladybugs red, and the bees yellow. Record your number in the answer box below the canola plant for each plant shown. 

Let’s Play: Doubles Aren’t Trouble!

From one canola seed we can grow many more! Did you know that on average, 1 canola seed, which produces 1 canola plant, will produce an average of 60-100 pods? Each pod will produce approximately 20-30 canola seeds?

Practice your adding in the Doubles Aren’t Trouble activity, roll one die and double your answer to see how many possible canola plants will grow from one seed! 

Let’s Play: Find the Field – Colour by Number

Did you know that canola is a Canadian invention? Canola was developed in the 1970s, using traditional plant breeding techniques, by Canadian plant breeders.

The name ‘Canola’ comes from ‘CAN’ as in Canada and ‘OLA’ as in oil!

In this activity, find the hidden canola field by counting and coloring the objects in the picture. 

Let’s Play: Connect Four-Addition!

Did you know that on average, 1 seed, which produces 1 canola plant, will produce an average of 60-100 pods? Each pod will produce approximately 20-30 canola seeds? In Connect Four: Addition, practice your adding and see how many possible canola plants will grow from one seed! 

Let’s Play: How Much Water to Grow a Bee-you-tiful Golden Flower? 

Just like other plants, canola plants need fertilizer (food), water, sunlight, and the right temperature to grow.

In this activity, find out how  different amounts of water affects the growth canola plants producing more flowers. You will create and read your results from a bar graph.

Let’s Play: Elimination!

Good insects that help the growth of plants, are called beneficial insects, and the insects that are harmful to plants are called non-beneficial insects.

In Elimination, you will pretend you are a canola farmer trying to get rid of the bad insects that are harming your canola plant and practice addition and subtraction.  

Let’s Play: One Metre Canola Dash Madness!

Did you know canola plants grows roughly between 1m-2m tall? The average pod length for canola is 5 cm and the diameter of a seed is 1 mm. (Diameter is the longest distance across a circle from edge to edge of the circle.) 

In this activity challenge other friends in your class to see who can estimate and measure  objects around your classroom the most accurately with the help of your teammates.    

Let’s Play: Area and Perimeter of a Canola Field!

Did you know, every year before seeding a farmer has to think about the area of canola and other crops they want to grow. They start planning very early for this to make sure they have enough seed and fertilizer during seeding time. In this game, you will pretend you are a canola farmer and you will determine the area and perimeter of your field to get the best canola growth possible.   

Let’s Play: Back to Back!

As you can imagine, during seeding, a farmer must know how to add and multiply so they get the best yield possible. Are you as sharp as a canola farmer? In this game, you will demonstrate how well you can add and multiply to determine the best canola yield possible!    

Let’s Play: The Quickest Chef!

Chefs have to sometimes improvise and substitute ingredients. Did you know you can use canola oil in place of butter or shortening in cookie recipes to make a more heart healthy cookie?

You and another chef will play a round of The Quickest Chef to use your knowledge of fractions to determine who can substitute canola for shortening the quickest!  

This game is similar to the card game, war. The winner wants to have the largest pile of cards by the end of the game.    

Let’s Play: Stand Up, Sit Down!

Dairy cows produce an average of 30 litres of milk per day! When fed a diet that includes canola meal, they can produce an extra litre of milk per day. That all adds up! In this activity, let your multiplication and addition skills shine! 

Let’s Play: Let there be cake!

Canola oil is used to cook all sorts of types of tasty treats like cakes and cookies! To make these tasty treats we have to measure ingredients like canola oil during baking, which requires precision and precision involves fractions. Show off your super-mad-fraction-baking-skills in this game!