By Alice McFarlane

Students create Super-Humans to save the world in agriculture game

Apr 26, 2022 | 3:01 PM

MELFORT, Sask. — Agriculture in the Classroom Saskatchewan (AITC-SK) has launched a new teaching resource that brings nutrition and food education to the next level for students.

Mission Super-Human is an educational classroom game where students assume the role of scientists who must create the ultimate Super-Human to defeat the villains that are taking over the world.

AITC-SK executive director Sara Shymko said Grades 6 and 7 students must work to defeat Mr. Slob. E. Mess, Dr. Broken Broadcast and Madam D. Ception, who want to control the world’s food supply and force people to eat unhealthily.

The only way to defeat the villain is for students to arm themselves with knowledge of important nutrients, and skills in reading food labels, making healthy meal plans and seeing through marketing campaigns.

Shymko said it has been a fun project to work on.

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“At the root of it, agriculture is about food. We believe it is important that young people have the knowledge, skills, and confidence to make healthy food choices,” Shymko said. We’ve developed a unique way to capture student’s attention while meeting curricular outcomes for teachers.”

AITC-SK has already filled 50 Mission: Super-Human orders, with the kits starting to make an appearance in classrooms across the province.

Shymko said they anticipate roughly 15,000 students will use the resource over the next three year.

Teachers can access Mission: Super-Human, and other free curriculum-connected resources by visiting AITC-SK’s website.

Viterra looked after the printing of the Mission: Super-Human kits in Saskatchewan.

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