British Columbia Grade 8 – Science & Health
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Made by a Grade 8 teacher in British Columbia.
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Click on the curriculum unit/big ideas below to see a suggested yearly plan on how to integrate KBI in the Grade 8 British Columbia curriculum.
- Science - Start of Year
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Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Critical Thinking & Evaluating Information
Lesson 1; Lesson 2; Lesson 3
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Video worksheet/answers
- Inquiry activities/answer guides
- Numeracy activity/answers
- Science - Being a Scientist
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Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Critical Thinking & Evaluating Information
Lesson 6
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Video worksheet/answers
- Inquiry activities/answer guides
- Numeracy activity/answers
- Science - Life Processes
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Curricular outcomes:
- Relationship between microorganisms and living things: immune system, infectious diseases, vaccination, antibiotics, epidemics
- Characteristics of living things
Applicable KBI lessons:
1. The Immune System & How Vaccines Work
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Video Worksheet/answers
- Numeracy activity/answers
2. The Spread of Infectious Diseases
Lesson Plan
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Numeracy activity/answers
3. Antibiotics
4. Influenza
Lesson Plan
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Numeracy Activity
5. Vaccine Preventable Diseases
Lesson Plan
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Numeracy activity/answers
6. Canada’s Interactions with the Global Community
Lesson 3 - Why Global Health Issues requires cooperation; Lesson 4 - Why did the WHO name vaccine hesitancy a top 10 issue?
- Video worksheet/answers
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Inquiry activities/answers
7. Diversity of Living Things
Lesson 1 - Characteristics of Life; Lesson 3 - Prokaryotic vs Eukaryotic
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Video worksheet/answers
- Inquiry activities/answer guides
- Numeracy activity/answers
- Science - Geological Processes
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Curricular outcomes:
- Major geological events, Earth and its tectonic plates
Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Environment & Climate Change
Lesson 2: What is climate change?
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Video worksheet/answers
- Inquiry activities/answer guides
- Numeracy activity/answers
- Mental Health & Mindfulness
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Applicable KBI lessons
1. Social & Emotional Learning
Taking a break is important too!