Alberta Beef provides resources for both elementary and secondary classrooms that support Alberta programs of study.

Finding Alberta Beef

Places, Spaces and Stories about Beef Cattle Farming and Ranching in Alberta for Elementary Classrooms

CLICK HERE OR ON THE RESOURCE IMAGES TO GO TO THE FINDING ALBERTA BEEF RESOURCES. This elementary program provides integrated mini units that centre on the importance of agriculture, specifically the impact that beef production has on Canadian and Alberta communities, individuals and quality of life. These resources are designed to support the competencies and specific learning outcomes in Alberta’s Kindergarten to Grade 5 Social Studies, Science and Health/Wellness programs of study. Many activities reinforce literacy and numeracy skills.

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All for the Beef

Basic Meat Cookery Program for CTS Classrooms

CLICK HERE OR ON THE RESOURCE IMAGES TO GO TO THE ALL FOR THE BEEF PROGRAM. Alberta Beef’s All for the Beef program resources support Career and Technology Studies Fod2100 Basic Meat Cookery and includes approaches, strategies, tools, assessment and student learning support for both independent and classroom lab-based learning contexts.

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Finding Alberta Beef

Places, Spaces and Stories about Beef Cattle Farming and Ranching in Alberta for Elementary Classrooms

Teaching Resources provide teaching approaches and activities, as well as assessment supports correlated to curriculum outcomes and competencies. Suggestions for building competencies, literacy and numeracy and differentiating instruction are embedded throughout these resources. Approaches and activities in these teaching resources encourage students to develop understandings of the ways of life involved in raising cattle and contributing to Alberta’s and Canada’s food system while respecting the different choices that people make about their food.

Student Learning Pages are organized around conceptual knowledge and understandings and include information, active learning strategies and graphic organizers. Learning pages include fillable fields for student responses, allowing them to be saved in online classroom folders. The many authentic photos and stories used in the learning pages share the land, resources, experiences and stewardship that are part of Alberta cattle ranching and farming families.

Infographics provide a series of puzzle pieces with images, words, phrases and sentences. These puzzle pieces connect to the activities in the Learning Pages. They can be downloaded in letter or tabloid formats. An Infographic Template provides a simple format with fillable fields that students can use to create their own versions.

Supporting Resources are provided on this webpage. Scroll down to find additional videos and infographics.

Kindergarten and Grade 1

Finding Places and Stories

The Kindergarten/Grade 1 resources are designed around two guiding questions. What can we learn about land and place? How does the environment meet the needs of living things? Click the download buttons to access PDF teaching resources and student learning pages as well as the letter or tabloid format infographic or student template.

Grade 2 and Grade 3

Making Connections to Land and Environments

The Grade 2/Grade 3 resources are designed around three guiding questions. How are farmers and ranchers connected to land and place? Where does our food come from? How do cattle grow in Alberta environments? Click the download buttons to access PDF teaching resources and student learning pages as well as the letter or tabloid format infographic or student template.

Grade 4

Making Contributions to Environments and Communities

The Grade 4 resources are designed around three guiding questions. How do Alberta communities benefit from the contributions of farmers and ranchers? Where are ecosystems found on farms and ranches? What contributes to a healthy eating plan? Click the download buttons to access PDF teaching resources and student learning pages as well as the letter or tabloid format infographic or student template.

Grade 5

Finding Connections to Land, Agriculture and Ways of Life

The Grade 5 resources are designed around two guiding questions. How is agriculture interdependent with the environment? Why do healthy environments provide healthy food choices? Click the download buttons to access PDF teaching resources and student learning pages as well as the letter or tabloid format infographic or student template.


Supporting Resources

The following videos provide additional perspectives on cattle farming and ranching in Alberta and Canada. Many are referenced in some of the Finding Alberta Beef teaching resources. Preview these videos before sharing with students and select those segments that you feel are most appropriate and best support their learning.

The families who raise cattle on Deer Creek Livestock focus on the importance of the environment. Find out more about these families in this video.
Randy and Sandra Radau ranch in Coulee Crest farms, located in Red Deer County. Find out more about their connections to the land and how they ranch in this video.
Ian and Carman Murray ranch on Shoestring Ranch, north of Cochrane. Find out how they work within a living ecosystem on their ranch in this video.
Tom Thompson grew up in farming and agriculture and operates the Winding Creek Ranch. Find about more about the practices he uses to protect the environment in this video.
Jack Vandervalk and his family have a cattle ranch in the Porcupine Hills. Find out how they manage the ranch sustainably to make the land better than when they found it.
Clay Chattaway, along with his sons Morgan and Scott, run the Bar S ranch, located west of Nanton in the Porcupine Hills at the headwaters of Mosquito Creek. The ranch has been in the family for four generations. Find out more about this ranch and family in this video.
The McGrath family ranch near Vermilion, located north of the Battle River. Find out more about ways that Sean and Tanya McGrath and their family focus on being environmentally, socially and economically responsible in this video.
Gerry Taillieu, his wife Cheryl with their son Grant and daughter Amy began ranching at Tomahawk Cattle Ranch. The land is home to a large area of lakebed and is now used mainly for winter grazing. Find out more about their land in this video.
The Weder family farmed in the Peace Country on Spirit View Ranch. Find out more about the ways that Alberta Beef Producers recognize environmental practices used by them and other ranchers in this video.
Raising beef is a way of life in rural Alberta, a family tradition passed down from generation to generation. Watch Alberta Beef: A Day on The Ranch to learn some perspectives on ranching in the past.
Watch this video from Alberta Farming to view winter landscapes on a cattle ranch in Alberta.
Tom Thompson of Winding Creek Ranch in Alberta talks about environmental stewardship in this video from Canada Beef.
The We Put the Best of Canada into our Beef video was produced for Canada Beef and different cattle farming organizations across Canada.
What is the Environmental Impact of the Canadian Beef Industry? shares perspectives on the environment and the impact of raising beef in Canada. Watch this video from Beef Advocacy Canada to learn more from Canadian scientists and farmers.
Ranchers and farmers have a commitment to take care of the land so it can sustain the next generation. Watch this video from Ducks Unlimited to learn more about connections that cattle ranchers have to the land.

These infographics can also be used to reinforce concepts, share facts and explore statistics with students. They can provide additional perspectives to support student learning or enhance your own background knowledge.

Find out more about beef and it’s role in a healthy diet in this infographic.
Find information, facts and statistics as well as the science behind measuring greenhouse gas emissions in this infographic.
Find statistics about the beef cattle industry in Canada in this infographic from Canada Beef.
Find fast facts about the Canadian beef production chain in this infographic from Canada Beef.
This double-sided infographic from Canada Beef provides a perspective on ways that beef production impacts the environment and provides fast facts on beef and nutrition.
Find more facts on the benefits of beef as a source of protein in this infographic from Canada Beef.
These 20 facts about beef and cattle farming and ranching are presented by Canada Beef in this double-sided infographic, along with links to additional information.

All for the Beef

Basic Meat Cookery Program for CTS Classrooms
Alberta Beef’s All for the Beef program resources support Career and Technology Studies Fod2100 Basic Meat Cookery and includes approaches, strategies, tools, assessment and student learning support for both independent and classroom lab-based learning contexts.
Consistent with the approach and structure of CTS courses, this resource facilitates multiple pathways and encourages students to explore and learn based on their interests, prior knowledge and experiences.Icons make navigation through this resource easy by identifying supports for scaffolding, extending, and assessing learning as well as website and video links. Icons also identify:
  • Marketplace information on beef cuts
  • Prep skills for food ingredient and nutrition knowledge
  • Culinary practice tips, strategies and video links for cooking and tenderizing beef
  • Recipes that range from simple sloppy joes to beef satays, roasts, stroganoff and stir fries
  • Chef skills for food safety
All for the Beef program components provide interactive checkboxes and fillable fields for tracking and customizing learning.

All for the Beef Teaching and Learning Resource

Download for teaching approaches, strategies, assessment tools and background information.

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Explore Meat Cookery Student Sourcebook

Download this student sourcebook for learning handouts, beef production and cooking information, culinary practice recipes and graphic organizers.

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Market Cards Sourcebook

Download cards that highlight cooking and tenderizing approaches for retail beef cuts.

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Recipe Cards Sourcebook

Download the full collection of meat cookery recipe cards. Access each recipe separately in the grid below.

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Chef Skills Sourcebook

Download for safe and sanitary kitchen working skills and practices.

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All for the Beef Test Bank

Email Alberta Beef to request the test bank – including multiple choice, true/false and short answer questions – correlated to FOD2100 outcomes. This WORD document allows you to select and customize questions for your own quizzes and tests for part or all of the FOD2100 course. A teacher and student version will be provided.

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Access additional support for learning about the nutritional and production aspects of beef cookery in your classroom here.

Worried About Nutrition?

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Beef Stacks Up

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Seeking Protein

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What Does Protein Look Like?

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Who Am I?

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Worried about Hormones in Cattle?

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Worried about Antibiotic Use?

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Worried about Greenhouse Gas?

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All For The Beef Recipes

Access individual recipe cards by course-correlated outcomes and cooking skills. Culinary Practice Recipes, used as guided lab learning experiences, are indicated by *. These recipes provide information on cooking and tenderizing methods. Note that many of these recipes combine or cross over more than one method. They are categorized for your general reference.



Moist Heat Cooking

Dry Heat Cooking

Marinating to Tenderize

Mechanical Tenderizing

Ethnic or other Preparations