Ontario Guide, Outcomes, and Lessons

Click here to access the Curriculum Connections showing curriculum outcomes for the different KBI learning modules/lessons and links to accompanying lesson resources.

Made by a Grade 4 teacher in Ontario.

Kids Boost Immunity (KBI) provides educational content (lessons and support materials) developed by teachers and where needed, health experts, that is directly linked to curriculum and is available completely for free. Each lesson is paired with an online quiz that students can take on a laptop, tablet, or phone. Every time a student scores 80% or higher on a quiz, we donate life-saving vaccines to UNICEF Canada. To learn more about KBI, click here.

Click on the overarching curriculum themes below to see the curriculum outcomes that match KBI educational content.

Knowledge is Power

Curricular outcomes:

ELA: Digital Media Literacy

A2.2- demonstrate an understanding of how to navigate online environments safely, manage their privacy and personal data, and interact in a way that supports their well-being and that of others, including seeking appropriate permission
A2.3- gather, evaluate, and use information, considering validity, credibility, accuracy, and perspectives, to construct knowledge, create texts, and demonstrate learning
A2.4- demonstrate an understanding of the forms, conventions, and techniques of digital and media texts, consider the impact on the audience, and apply this understanding when analyzing and creating texts
A2.5- demonstrate an understanding of the interrelationships between the form, message, and context of texts, the intended audience, and the purpose for production

ELA: Critical Thinking In Literacy

C3.5- identify explicit and implicit perspectives communicated in various texts, explain how these perspectives are conveyed, give some evidence of any biases the texts may contain, and suggest how such biases could influence an audience

Science: Scientific Expectations

A1.1- use a scientific research process and associated skills to conduct investigations
A1.2- use a scientific experimentation process and associated skills to conduct investigations
A1.5- communicate their findings, using science and technology vocabulary and formats that are appropriate for specific audiences and purposes

Health

D1.2 – Identify risks associated with the use of communications technology, including Internet use, texting, and gaming, and describe precautions and strategies for using these technologies safely.

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Critical Thinking & Evaluating Information

Unit Plan Overview

Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
Lesson worksheet/answers
Video worksheet/answers
Inquiry activities/answer guides
Numeracy activity/answers

Community

Curriculum outcomes:

Science: Life Science

B1.1- assess positive and negative impacts of human activities on habitats and communities, while taking different perspectives into account
B1.2- analyse the impact of the depletion or extinction of a species on its habitat and community, and describe possible actions to prevent such depletions or extinctions
B2.3- describe the relationship of organisms in a food chain, and classify organisms as producers, consumers, or decomposers
B2.4- demonstrate an understanding of a food web as the interconnection of multiple food chains in a natural community
B2.5- describe how animals are categorized according to their diet, and categorize various animals as carnivores, herbivores, or omnivores

Science: STEM Skills & Connections

A3.3- analyse contributions to science and technology from various communities

Social Studies: Heritage & Identity

A1.2- compare aspects of the daily lives of different groups within a few early societies, including at least one First Nation and one Inuit society, and explain how differences were related to the social organization of that society
A1.4- compare a few early societies, including at least one First Nation and one Inuit society, in terms of their relationship with the environment, and describe some key similarities and differences in environmental practices between these societies and present-day Canada
A2.5- evaluate evidence and draw conclusions about ways of life and relationships with the environment in a few early societies, including at least one First Nation and one Inuit society, with an emphasis on aspects of the interrelationship between the environment and life in those societies
A3.2- demonstrate the ability to extract information on daily life in a few early societies, including at least one First Nation and one Inuit society, from visual evidence
A3.5- describe the importance of the environment for a few early societies, including at least one First Nation and one Inuit society, with a particular focus on how the local environment affected the ways in which people met their physical needs
A3.6- identify and describe some of the major scientific and technological developments in the ancient and medieval world, including some from at least one First Nation and one Inuit society
A3.7- describe how a few early societies, including at least one First Nation and one Inuit society, were governed

ELA: Literacy Connections & Applications

A3.2- demonstrate an understanding of the historical contexts, contributions, lived experiences, and perspectives of a diversity of individuals and communities, including those in Canada, by exploring the concepts of identity, self, and sense of belonging in a variety of culturally responsive and relevant texts
A3.3- explain themes explored in First Nations, Métis, and Inuit cultures to demonstrate an understanding of the varied identities, perspectives, relationships, legacies, truths, and ways of knowing, being, and doing

ELA: Foundations of Language

B1.5- use appropriate word choice, including new vocabulary, varied adjectives and adverbs to elaborate, a variety of sentence types, and cohesive sentences during formal and informal communication, to support audience comprehension

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Classifying Living Things

Unit Plan Overview

Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
Lesson worksheet/answers
Video worksheet/answer guide

2. Life on Turtle Island

Unit Plan Overview

Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
Lesson worksheet/answers

Curriculum-Related Themes Throughout the Year

Reflecting on hardships and courage during WWII (November)

Curricular outcomes:

Language:

Literacy Connections and Applications
- A3.3- explain themes explored in First Nations, Metis, and Inuit cultures to demonstrate an understanding of the varied identities, perspectives, relationships, legacies, truths, and ways of knowing, being, and doing.
Comprehension Strategies:
- C2.1- identify and explain prior knowledge from various sources, including personal experiences, that they can use to make connections and understand new texts.
- C2.5- describe how the ideas expressed in texts connect to their knowledges and lived experiences, the ideas in other texts, and the world around them.
- C3.2 – make local and global inferences, using explicit and implicit evidence, to extend their understanding of various texts.

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Remembrance Day / Veterans Day / Armistice Day

Lesson Plan/Activity

Being kind and building leadership skills to help make a difference to others (December)

Curricular outcomes:

Health:

D2.5- demonstrate an understanding of how choices they make every day can have a positive impact on their mental health.
D3.3- demonstrate an understanding of different strategies they can use to manage stress in situation in which they have some control, as well as to adapt to challenging situations over which they have less immediate influence.

Language:

D2.1- draft texts of various forms and genres, including narrative, persuasive, and informational texts, using a variety of media, tools, and strategies
D2.3- establish a personal voice in their texts, using varies language and elements of style to express their thoughts, feelings, and opinions about a topic, and using a tone appropriate to the form and genre.
D3.2 – publish and present texts they have created, using selected media and tools, and explain how each helped them communicate their intended message.

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Winter Break - Spreading Kindness

Lesson Plan/Activities

Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
Activity - Making A Difference
Activity - Compare and Contrast special things at this time of year
Activity - Recipe book
Activity - Shape Poem

Highlighting some key inspirational leaders during Black History Month as well as some experiences of refugees from different parts of the world (February)

Curricular outcomes:

Comprehension Strategies:

C2.1- identify and explain prior knowledge from various sources, including personal experiences, that they can use to make connections and understand new texts.
C2.5- describe how the ideas expressed in texts connect to their knowledges and lived experiences, the ideas in other texts, and the world around them.
C3.2 – make local and global inferences, using explicit and implicit evidence, to extend their understanding of various texts.

Science:

A3.1- describe practical applications of science and technology concepts in various occupations, including skilled trades, and how these application address real world problems.
A3.3- analyze contributions to science and technology from various communities.

Social Studies:

A1.3- describe some of the ways in which their daily life differs from the lives of young people from different backgrounds in a few early societies, including at least one First Nation and one Inuit society.

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Black History Month

2. Refugee Experiences

Unit Plan Overview

Lesson worksheet/answers
Inquiry activities

Celebrating Inspiring Women in STEM (March)

Curricular outcomes:

Comprehension Strategies:

C2.1- identify and explain prior knowledge from various sources, including personal experiences, that they can use to make connections and understand new texts.
C2.5- describe how the ideas expressed in texts connect to their knowledges and lived experiences, the ideas in other texts, and the world around them.
C3.2 – make local and global inferences, using explicit and implicit evidence, to extend their understanding of various texts.

Language:

D2.1- draft texts of various forms and genres, including narrative, persuasive, and informational texts, using a variety of media, tools, and strategies
D2.3- establish a personal voice in their texts, using varies language and elements of style to express their thoughts, feelings, and opinions about a topic, and using a tone appropriate to the form and genre.
D3.1 produce final texts using a variety of techniques and tools, including simple digital design and production tools, to achieve the intended effect

Science:

A3.1- describe practical applications of science and technology concepts in various occupations, including skilled trades, and how these application address real world problems.
A3.3- analyze contributions to science and technology from various communities.

Social Studies:

A1.1- compare social organization in a few early societies, including at least one First Nation and one Inuit society.

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. International Women's Day - Celebrating Inspiring Women in STEM

Unit Plan Overview

Literacy builder worksheets/answer guides
Inquiry activities

Caring for the environment (Earth Month in April)

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Environment & Climate Change

Unit Plan Overview

Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
Lesson worksheet/answers
Video worksheet/answers
Inquiry activities/answer guides
Numeracy activity/answers

Communicable illnesses, preventing pandemics and learning about immunization. Suggested during flu season, immunization awareness week, and school vaccinations (if applicable)

Curricular outcomes:

Comprehension Strategies:

C2.1- identify and explain prior knowledge from various sources, including personal experiences, that they can use to make connections and understand new texts.
C2.5- describe how the ideas expressed in texts connect to their knowledges and lived experiences, the ideas in other texts, and the world around them.
C3.2 – make local and global inferences, using explicit and implicit evidence, to extend their understanding of various texts.

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Immunization Awareness Week

2. The Spread of Infectious Diseases

3. Scientific Curiosity and Vaccine Discoveries

Unit Plan Overview

Lesson worksheets/answers

Click on the headings below to see a description of all the core lessons for this grade

Click here to access the Curriculum Connections showing curriculum outcomes for the different KBI learning modules/lessons and links to accompanying lesson resources.

Made by a Grade 5 teacher in Ontario.

Kids Boost Immunity (KBI) provides educational content (lessons and support materials) developed by teachers and where needed, health experts, that is directly linked to curriculum and is available completely for free. Each lesson is paired with an online quiz that students can take on a laptop, tablet, or phone. Every time a student scores 80% or higher on a quiz, we donate life-saving vaccines to UNICEF Canada. To learn more about KBI, click here.

Click on the overarching curriculum themes below to see the curriculum outcomes that match KBI educational content.

Ways of Knowing

Curricular outcomes:

ELA: Literacy Connections & Applications

A2.2- demonstrate an understanding of how to navigate online environments safely, manage their privacy and personal data, and interact in a way that supports their well-being and that of others, including seeking appropriate permission
A2.3- gather, evaluate, and use information, considering validity, credibility, accuracy, and perspectives, to construct knowledge, create texts, and demonstrate learning
A2.5- demonstrate an understanding of the interrelationships between the form, message, and context of texts, the intended audience, and the purpose for production

ELA: Comprehensive Understanding

C3.5- identify explicit and implicit perspectives communicated in various texts, explain how these perspectives are conveyed, give some evidence of any biases the texts may contain, and suggest how such biases could influence an audience
C3.8- identify the critical thinking skills they used to analyze and evaluate various texts, and explain how these skills have helped them better understand the texts

ELA: Composition

D1.3- gather and record information and content relevant to a topic, using multiple textual sources; verify the reliability of sources, using simple criteria; and record the creator and source of all content created by others

Science STEM Skills & Connections

A1.1- use a scientific research process and associated skills to conduct investigations
A1.5- communicate their findings, using science and technology vocabulary and formats that are appropriate for specific audiences and purposes

Math: Data Literacy

D1.1- explain the importance of various sampling techniques for collecting a sample of data that is representative of a population
D1.6 - analyse different sets of data presented in various ways, including in stacked-bar graphs and in misleading graphs, by asking and answering questions about the data, challenging preconceived notions, and drawing conclusions, then make convincing arguments and informed decisions

Social Studies: Heritage & Identity

A2.2- gather and organize information on interactions among Indigenous peoples, among Europeans, and between Indigenous and European people in what would eventually become Canada, using a variety of primary and secondary sources that present various perspectives
A2.4- interpret and analyse information and evidence relevant to their investigations, using a variety of tools

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Critical Thinking & Evaluating Information

Unit Plan Overview

Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
Lesson worksheet/answers
Video worksheet/answers
Inquiry activities/answer guides
Numeracy activity/answers

Relationships

Curricular outcomes:

Social Studies: Heritage & Identity

A1.1- describe some of the positive and negative consequences of contact between Indigenous peoples and European explorers and settlers in what would eventually become Canada
A1.2- analyse aspects of contact between Indigenous peoples and European explorers and settlers in what would eventually become Canada to determine ways in which different parties benefited from each other
A1.3- explain some of the ways in which interactions among Indigenous peoples, among European explorers and settlers, and between Indigenous and European people in what would eventually become Canada are connected to issues in present-day Canada
A2.2- gather and organize information on interactions among Indigenous peoples, among Europeans, and between Indigenous and European people in what would eventually become Canada, using a variety of primary and secondary sources that present various perspectives
A3.3- describe the main motives for Europeans’ exploration of Indigenous lands that were eventually claimed by Canada and for the establishment of permanent European settlements
A3.5- describe significant aspects of the interactions between Indigenous peoples and European explorers and settlers in what would eventually become Canada
A3.7- describe some significant differences among Indigenous peoples and between selected Indigenous and European communities in what would eventually become Canada

Social Studies: People & Environments

B3.3- describe some First Nations, Métis, and Inuit governance structures that currently exist in Canada

Science: Earth & Space Systems

E1.3- analyse how First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities use their knowledges and ways of knowing to conserve energy and resources

ELA: Foundations of Language

B2.2- demonstrate an understanding of a variety of words, acquire and use explicitly taught vocabulary in various contexts, including other subject areas, and use generalized morphological knowledge to analyze and understand new words in context

ELA- Comprehensive Understanding

C1.7- read, listen to, and view various forms of texts by diverse First Nations, Métis, and Inuit creators to make meaning through Indigenous Storywork about First Nations, Métis, and Inuit histories, cultures, relationships, communities, groups, nations, and lived experiences
C3.7- explain how texts created by First Nations, Métis, and Inuit individuals, communities, groups, or nations are influenced by historical periods, cultural experiences, and events, and how they relate to current lived experiences

ELA- Literacy Connections & Applications

A3.2- demonstrate an understanding of the historical contexts, contributions, lived experiences, and perspectives of a diversity of individuals and communities, including those in Canada, by exploring the concepts of identity, self, and sense of belonging in a variety of culturally responsive and relevant texts
A3.3- explain themes explored in First Nations, Métis, and Inuit cultures to demonstrate an understanding of the varied identities, perspectives, relationships, legacies, truths, and ways of knowing, being, and doing

Health: Social-Emotional Learning Skills

A1.4- apply skills that help them build relationships, develop empathy, and communicate with others as they participate in learning experiences in health and physical education, in order to support healthy relationships, a sense of belonging, and respect for diversity

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Life on Turtle Island

Unit Plan Overview

Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
Lesson worksheet/answers

2. Cooperation and Colonization

Unit Plan Overview

Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
Lesson worksheet/answers

Governing Bodies

Curricular outcomes:

Social Studies: People & Environments

B3.2- describe the jurisdiction of different levels of government in Canada, as well as of some other elected bodies (i.e., federal, provincial, territorial, and municipal governments; band councils; school boards), and some of the services provided by each
B3.7- describe key actions taken by governments, including Indigenous governments, to solve some significant national, provincial/territorial, and/or local issues

Social Studies: Heritage & Identity

A3.5- describe significant aspects of the interactions between Indigenous peoples and European explorers and settlers in what would eventually become Canada

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Canada's Three Levels of Government

Unit Plan Overview
Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
Lesson worksheet/answers
Numeracy activity/answers

2. Refugee Experiences

Unit Plan Overview

Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
Lesson worksheet/answers

Science

Curricular outcomes:

Science: STEM Skills & Connections

A3.2- investigate how science and technology can be used with other subject areas to address real-world problems

Science: Life Systems

B2.1- identify systems of the human body, and describe their basic function
B2.4- identify various diseases and medical disorders in humans and the organs and/or body system or systems that they affect
B1.1- assess effects of a variety of social and environmental factors on human health, and describe ways in which individuals can reduce the harmful effects of these factors and take advantage of those that are beneficial
B1.2- evaluate beneficial and harmful effects of various technologies on human health and body systems, while taking different perspectives into consideration

ELA: Foundations of Language

B2.2- demonstrate an understanding of a variety of words, acquire and use explicitly taught vocabulary in various contexts, including other subject areas, and use generalized morphological knowledge to analyze and understand new words in context

ELA- Literacy Connections & Applications

A3.2- demonstrate an understanding of the historical contexts, contributions, lived experiences, and perspectives of a diversity of individuals and communities, including those in Canada, by exploring the concepts of identity, self, and sense of belonging in a variety of culturally responsive and relevant texts

ELA: Literacy Connections & Applications

A2.2- demonstrate an understanding of how to navigate online environments safely, manage their privacy and personal data, and interact in a way that supports their well-being and that of others, including seeking appropriate permission
A2.3- gather, evaluate, and use information, considering validity, credibility, accuracy, and perspectives, to construct knowledge, create texts, and demonstrate learning

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Germs, The Body's Defense System, & How Vaccines Help

Lesson Plan

Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
Lesson worksheet/answers

2. The Spread of Infectious Diseases

Curriculum-Related Themes Throughout the Year

Remembrance/Veterans/Memorial Day (November)

Curricular outcomes:

C2.1 identify and explain prior knowledge from various sources, including personal experiences, that they can use to make connections and understand new texts
C2.5 – describe how the ideas expressed in texts connect to their knowledges and lived experiences, the ideas in other texts, and the world around them
C3.2 – Make local and global inferences, using explicit and implicit evidence, to extend their understanding of various texts

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Remembrance Day / Veterans Day / Armistice Day

Lesson Plan/Activity

Being kind and building leadership skills to help make a difference to others (December)

Curricular outcomes:

Health:

D2.6 – demonstrate an understanding of their role, and the limits of their role, in helping others who may need mental health support
D3.4- demonstrate an understanding of how our attitudes about mental health affect those around us and how they might contribute to or prevent creating stigma

Language:

D1.2 – generate and develop ideas about various topics, such as topics related to diversity, equity, and inclusion and to other subject areas, using a variety of strategies, and drawing on various resources, including their own lived experiences.
D2.3 – establish a personal voice in their texts, using varied language and elements of style to express their thoughts, feelings, and opinions about a topic, and using a tone appropriate to the form and genre
D3.1 – produce final texts using a variety of techniques and tools, including simple digital design and production tools, to achieve the intended effect

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Winter Break - Spreading Kindness

Lesson Plan/Activities

Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
Activity - Making A Difference
Activity - Compare and Contrast special things at this time of year
Activity - Recipe book
Activity - Shape Poem

Highlighting some key inspirational leaders during Black History Month as well as some experiences of refugees from different parts of the world (February)

Curricular connections:

Language

C2.1 identify and explain prior knowledge from various sources, including personal experiences, that they can use to make connections and understand new texts
C2.5 – describe how the ideas expressed in texts connect to their knowledges and lived experiences, the ideas in other texts, and the world around them
C3.2 – Make local and global inferences, using explicit and implicit evidence, to extend their understanding of various texts

Social Studies:

B3.1 – describe the major rights and responsibilities associated with citizenship in Canada
B3.2- describe the jurisdiction of different levels of government in Canada, as well as of some other elected bodies and some of the services provided by each

Science

A3.2- investigate how science and technology can be used with other subject areas to address real-world problems
A3.3 analyse contributions to science and technology from various communities

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Black History Month

Celebrating Inspiring Women in STEM (March)

Curricular outcomes:

Social Studies

B3.4- Describe the shared responsibility of various levels of government for providing some services and for dealing with selected social and environmental issues
B3.7 – Describe key actions taken by governments, including Indigenous governments, to solve some significant national, provincial/territorial, and/or local issues
B3.8 explain why different groups may have different perspectives on specific social and environmental issues
B3.9 describe some different ways in which citizens can take action to address social and environmental issues

Science

A3.2- investigate how science and technology can be used with other subject areas to address real-world problems
A3.3 analyse contributions to science and technology from various communities

Language

C2.1 identify and explain prior knowledge from various sources, including personal experiences, that they can use to make connections and understand new texts
C2.5 – describe how the ideas expressed in texts connect to their knowledges and lived experiences, the ideas in other texts, and the world around them
C3.2 – Make local and global inferences, using explicit and implicit evidence, to extend their understanding of various texts

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. International Women's Day - Celebrating Inspiring Women in STEM

Unit Plan Overview

Literacy builder worksheets/answer guides
Inquiry activities

Caring for the environment (Earth Month in April)

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Environment & Climate Change

Unit Plan Overview

Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
Lesson worksheet/answers
Video worksheet/answers
Inquiry activities/answer guides
Numeracy activity/answers

Learning about immunization. Suggested during flu season, immunization Awareness Week, and school vaccinations if applicable.

Curricular outcomes:

Language

C2.1 identify and explain prior knowledge from various sources, including personal experiences, that they can use to make connections and understand new texts
C2.5 – describe how the ideas expressed in texts connect to their knowledges and lived experiences, the ideas in other texts, and the world around them
C3.2 – Make local and global inferences, using explicit and implicit evidence, to extend their understanding of various texts

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Immunization Awareness Week

2. The Spread of Infectious Diseases

3. Scientific Curiosity and Vaccine Discoveries

Unit Plan Overview

Lesson worksheets/answers

Click on the headings below to see a description of all the core lessons for this grade

Click here to access the Curriculum Connections showing curriculum outcomes for the different KBI learning modules/lessons and links to accompanying lesson resources.

Made by a Grade 6 teacher in Ontario.

Kids Boost Immunity (KBI) provides educational content (lessons and support materials) developed by teachers and where needed, health experts, that is directly linked to curriculum and is available completely for free. Each lesson is paired with an online quiz that students can take on a laptop, tablet, or phone. Every time a student scores 80% or higher on a quiz, we donate life-saving vaccines to UNICEF Canada. To learn more about KBI, click here.

Click on the overarching curriculum themes below to see the curriculum outcomes that match KBI educational content.

Critical Thinking

Curricular outcomes:

Math

E2.6- determine the surface areas of prisms and pyramids by calculating the areas of their two-dimensional faces and adding them together
D1.6- analyse different sets of data presented in various ways, including in histograms and broken-line graphs and in misleading graphs, by asking and answering questions about the data, challenging preconceived notions, and drawing conclusions, then make convincing arguments and informed decisions

Science: STEM Skills & Connections

A1.1- use a scientific research process and associated skills to conduct investigations
A1.2- use a scientific experimentation process and associated skills to conduct investigations
A1.5- communicate their findings, using science and technology vocabulary and formats that are appropriate for specific audiences and purposes

Language: Literacy Connections & Applications

A2.2- demonstrate an understanding of how to navigate online environments safely, manage their privacy and personal data, and interact in a way that supports their well-being and that of others, including seeking appropriate permission
A2.3- gather, evaluate, and use information, considering validity, credibility, accuracy, and perspectives, to construct knowledge, create texts, and demonstrate learning
A2.4- demonstrate an understanding of the forms, conventions, and techniques of digital and media texts, consider the impact on the audience, and apply this understanding when analyzing and creating texts
A2.5- demonstrate an understanding of the interrelationships between the form, message, and context of texts, the intended audience, and the purpose for production

Social Studies: Heritage & Identity

A2.2- gather and organize information from a variety of primary and secondary sources

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Critical Thinking & Evaluating Information

Unit Plan Overview

Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
Lesson worksheet/answers
Video worksheet/answers
Inquiry activities/answer guides
Numeracy activity/answers

Citizenship & Community

Curricular outcomes:

Language: Literacy Connections & Applications

A3.3- explain themes explored in First Nations, Métis, and Inuit cultures to demonstrate an understanding of the varied identities, perspectives, relationships, legacies, truths, and ways of knowing, being, and doing
A2.7 communicate and collaborate with various communities in a safe, respectful, responsible, and inclusive manner when using online platforms and environments, including digital and media tools, and demonstrate cultural awareness with members of the community

Language: Foundations of Language

B2.2- demonstrate an understanding of a variety of words, acquire and use explicitly taught vocabulary in various contexts, including other subject areas, and use generalized morphological knowledge to analyze and understand new words in context

Social Studies: Heritage & Identity

A1.2- analyse some of the contributions that various First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities and individuals have made to Canada
A1.4- explain how various groups and communities, including First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities, have contributed to the goal of inclusiveness in Canada
A2.1- formulate questions to guide investigations into different perspectives on the historical and/or contemporary experiences of a few distinct communities, including First Nations, Métis, and/or Inuit communities, in Canada
A2.2- gather and organize information from a variety of primary and secondary sources that present different perspectives on the historical and/or contemporary experience of a few communities, including First Nations, Métis, and/or Inuit communities, in Canada
A2.5- evaluate evidence and draw conclusions about perspectives on the historical and/or contemporary experience of a few distinct communities, including First Nations, Métis, and/or Inuit communities, in Canada
A2.6- communicate the results of their inquiries, using appropriate vocabulary
A3.5- describe significant events or developments in the history of two or more First Nations, Métis, and/or Inuit communities in Canada and how these events affected the communities’ development and/or identities

Health Education: Social & Emotional Learning Skills (Healthy Living)

A1.6- apply skills that help them think critically and creatively as they participate in learning experiences in health and physical education, in order to support making connections, analysing, evaluating, problem solving, and decision making

Health Education: Healthy Living

D1.1- demonstrate ways of being inclusive, respectful, and accepting, and describe how this benefits everyone, including themselves

Science: STEM Skills & Connections

A3.3- analyse contributions to science and technology from various communities

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Indigenous Experiences of Colonization

Unit Plan Overview

Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
Lesson worksheet/answers
Inquiry activities/answer guides

Interconnections

Curricular outcomes:

Science: STEM Skills & Connections

A3.2- investigate how science and technology can be used with other subject areas to address real-world problems

Science: Life Systems

B1.2- analyse a local issue related to biodiversity while considering different perspectives; plan a course of action in response to the issue; and act on their plan
B2.1- describe the distinguishing characteristics of different groups of organisms, and use these characteristics to further classify these organisms using a classification system
B2.2- demonstrate an understanding of biodiversity as the diversity of life on Earth, including the diversity of organisms within species, among species in a community, and among communities and the habitats that support them
B2.5- describe interrelationships within species, between species, and between species and their natural environment, and explain how these interrelationships sustain biodiversity
B2.7- explain how climate change contributes to a loss of biodiversity, and describe the impact of this loss

Math: Number

B1.6- describe relationships and show equivalences among fractions and decimal numbers up to thousandths, using appropriate tools and drawings, in various contexts

Social Studies: Peoples & Environments

B1.1- explain why Canada participates in specific international accords and organizations
B1.2- analyse responses of Canadian governments, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and individual citizens to an economic, environmental, political, and/or social issue of international significance
B1.3- explain why some environmental issues are of international importance and require the participation of other regions of the world, along with that of Canada, if they are to be effectively addressed
B2.3- analyse and construct different types of maps, both print and digital, as part of their investigations into global issues, their impact, and responses to them
B2.5- evaluate evidence and draw conclusions about global issues of political, social, economic, and/or environmental importance, their impact on the global community, and responses to the issues
B3.1- identify some of the major ways in which the Canadian government interacts with other nations of the world
B3.2- describe Canada’s participation in different international accords, organizations, and/or programs
B3.3- describe several groups or organizations through which Canada and Canadians are involved in global issues
B3.4- describe the responses of the Canadian government and some NGOs to different disasters and emergencies around the world
B3.6- identify some significant political, social, and economic interactions between Canada and other regions of the world, and describe some ways in which they affect these regions

Health Education: Healthy Living

D2.6- make informed decisions that demonstrate respect for themselves and others

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Diversity of Living Things

Unit Plan Overview

Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
Lesson worksheet/answers
Video worksheet/answers
Numeracy activity/answers

2. Environment & Climate Change

Unit Plan Overview

Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
Lesson worksheet/answers
Video worksheet/answers
Inquiry activities/answer guides
Numeracy activity/answers

3. Canada's Interactions with the Global Community

Unit Plan Overview

Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
Lesson worksheet/answers
Video worksheet/answers
Inquiry activities/answer guides
Numeracy activity/answers.

4. Global Inequality

Unit Plan Overview

Lesson worksheet/answers
Inquiry activities/answer guides

Curriculum-Related Themes Throughout the Year

Reflecting on hardships and courage during WWII (November)

Curricular outcomes:

Language:

C2.1 – Identify and explain prior knowledge from various sources, including personal experiences and learning in other subject areas, that they can use to make connections and understand new texts.
C2.3- make predictions using background knowledge and textual information, pose questions to check whether their predictions were correct, and, if not, adjust their understanding.
C2.5- explain how the ideas expressed in texts connect to their knowledges and lived experiences, the ideas in others texts, and the world around them.

Social Studies:

A1.2 – analyse some of the contributions that various First Nations, Metis, and Inuit communities and individuals have made to Canada
A1.1 – explain how various features, including built, physical, and social features of communities can contribute to identities in and images of a territory and/or country, and assess the contribution of some of these features to images of and identities of Canada.

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Remembrance Day / Veterans Day / Armistice Day

Lesson Plan/Activity

Building Leadership Skills To Help Others (December)

Curricular outcomes:

Health:

D1.5 – demonstrate an understanding of the interconnections between a person’s thoughts, emotions, and actions, and of the potential impact of positive and negative thinking on mental health

Language:

C2.1 – Identify and explain prior knowledge from various sources, including personal experiences and learning in other subject areas, that they can use to make connections and understand new texts.
C2.3- make predictions using background knowledge and textual information, pose questions to check whether their predictions were correct, and, if not, adjust their understanding.
C2.5- explain how the ideas expressed in texts connect to their knowledges and lived experiences, the ideas in others texts, and the world around them.

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Winter Break - A Time To Reflect on Making a Difference

Lesson Plan/Activities

Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
Activity - Making A Difference
Activity - Compare and Contrast special things at this time of year
Activity - Recipe book

Highlighting some key inspirational leaders during Black History Month as well as some experiences of refugees from different parts of the world (February)

Curricular outcomes:

Social Studies:

A1.2 – analyse some of the contributions that various First Nations, Metis, and Inuit communities and individuals have made to Canada
A1.1 – explain how various features, including built, physical, and social features of communities can contribute to identities in and images of a territory and/or country, and assess the contribution of some of these features to images of and identities of Canada.
B1.2 – analyse responses of Canadian governments, non-governmental organizations (NGO), and individual citizens to an economic, environmental, political, and/or social issues of international significance
B3.2- Describe Canada’s participation in different international accords, organizations, and/or programs
B3.4-Describe the responses of the Canadian government and some NGOs to different disasters and emergencies around the world.

Science:

A3.1- describe practical applications of science and technology concepts in various occupations, including skilled trades, and how these applications address real-world problems.
A3.2- investigate how science and technology can be used with other subject areas to address real-world problems
A3.3 – analyse contributions to science and technology from various communities.

Language:

C2.1 – Identify and explain prior knowledge from various sources, including personal experiences and learning in other subject areas, that they can use to make connections and understand new texts.
C2.3- make predictions using background knowledge and textual information, pose questions to check whether their predictions were correct, and, if not, adjust their understanding.
C2.5- explain how the ideas expressed in texts connect to their knowledges and lived experiences, the ideas in others texts, and the world around them

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Black History Month

2, Refugee Experiences

Unit Plan Overview

Lesson worksheet/answers
Inquiry activities

Celebrating Inspiring Women in STEM (March)

Curricular outcomes:

Science:

A3.1- describe practical applications of science and technology concepts in various occupations, including skilled trades, and how these applications address real-world problems.
A3.2- investigate how science and technology can be used with other subject areas to address real-world problems
A3.3 – analyse contributions to science and technology from various communities.
B2.4- describe ways in which biodiversity within and among communities is essential for maintaining the resilience of these communities.
B2.5 – describe interrelationships within species, between species and their natural environment, and explain how these interrelationships sustain biodiversity.
E1.1 – analyse the impact that conditions in space have on humans engaged in space exploration, and explain how humans meet their social, emotional, and physiological needs in space
E1.3- evaluate the social and environmental impacts of space exploration while taking various perspectives into consideration.

Social Studies:

A1.1- explain how various features, including built, physical, and social features of communities, can contribute to identities in and images of a territory and/or country
A1.2 – analyse some of the contributions that various First Nations, Metis, and Inuit communities have made to Canada.

Language:

C2.1 – Identify and explain prior knowledge from various sources, including personal experiences and learning in other subject areas, that they can use to make connections and understand new texts.
C2.3- make predictions using background knowledge and textual information, pose questions to check whether their predictions were correct, and, if not, adjust their understanding.
C2.5- explain how the ideas expressed in texts connect to their knowledges and lived experiences, the ideas in others texts, and the world around them

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. International Women's Day - Celebrating Inspiring Women in STEM

Unit Plan Overview

Literacy builder worksheets/answer guides
Inquiry activities

Understanding communicable diseases and how they are spread, and learning about immunization. Suggested during flu season, immunization awareness week, and school vaccinations (if applicable)

Curricular outcomes:

Language:

C2.1 – Identify and explain prior knowledge from various sources, including personal experiences and learning in other subject areas, that they can use to make connections and understand new texts.
C2.3- make predictions using background knowledge and textual information, pose questions to check whether their predictions were correct, and, if not, adjust their understanding.
C2.5- explain how the ideas expressed in texts connect to their knowledges and lived experiences, the ideas in others texts, and the world around them.

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Immunization Awareness Week

2. The Spread of Infectious Diseases

3. Scientific Curiosity and Vaccine Discoveries

Unit Plan Overview

Lesson worksheets/answers

Click on the headings below to see a description of all the core lessons for this grade

Click here to access the Curriculum Connections showing curriculum outcomes for the different KBI learning modules/lessons and links to accompanying lesson resources.

Made by a Grade 7 teacher in Ontario.

Kids Boost Immunity (KBI) provides educational content (lessons and support materials) developed by teachers and where needed, health experts, that is directly linked to curriculum and is available completely for free. Each lesson is paired with an online quiz that students can take on a laptop, tablet, or phone. Every time a student scores 80% or higher on a quiz, we donate life-saving vaccines to UNICEF Canada. To learn more about KBI, click here.

Click on the overarching curriculum themes below to see the curriculum outcomes that match KBI educational content.

Health

Curricular outcomes:

Health: Social-Emotional Learning Skills

A1.6- apply skills that help them think critically and creatively as they participate in learning experiences in health and physical education, in order to support making connections, analysing, evaluating, problem solving, and decision making
A1.2- apply skills that help them to recognize sources of stress and to cope with challenges, including help-seeking behaviours, as they participate in learning experiences in health and physical education, in order to support the development of personal resilience

Health: Healthy Living

D1.1- describe benefits and dangers, for themselves and others, that are associated with the use of computers and other digital technologies
D1.4- identify sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBIs), and describe their symptoms

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. The Spread of Infectious Diseases

Science

Curricular outcomes:

Science- STEM Skills & Connections

A3.2- investigate how science and technology can be used with other subject areas to address real-world problems
A3.3- analyse contributions to science and technology from various communities

Science- Life Systems

B1.1- assess the impact of various technologies on the environment
B1.2- assess the effectiveness of various ways of mitigating the negative and enhancing the positive impact of human activities on the environment
B2.1-explain that an ecosystem is a network of interactions among living organisms and their environment
B2.2- identify biotic and abiotic components in an ecosystem, and describe the interactions between them
B2.3-describe roles and relationships between producers, consumers, and decomposers within an ecosystem

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Diversity of Living Things

Unit Plan Overview

Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
Lesson worksheet/answers
Numeracy activity/answers

2. Environment & Climate Change

Unit Plan Overview

Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
Lesson worksheet/answers
Video worksheet/answers
Inquiry activities/answer guides
Numeracy activity/answers

History

Curricular outcomes:

Social Studies: New France & BNA

A1.2- analyse some of the main challenges facing various individuals, groups, and/or communities, including First Nations, Métis, and Inuit individuals and/or communities, in Canada between 1713 and 1800 and ways in which people responded to those challenges
A1.3-analyse the displacement experienced by various groups and communities, including First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities, who were living in or who came to Canada between 1713 and 1800
A2.2- gather and organize information and evidence about perspectives of different groups and communities, including First Nations, Métis, and/or Inuit communities, on some significant events, developments, and/or issues related to the shift in power in colonial Canada from France to Britain, using a variety of primary sources
A2.6- evaluate evidence and draw conclusions about perspectives of different groups and communities, including First Nation, Métis, and/or Inuit communities, on some significant events, developments, or issues related to the shift in power in colonial Canada from France to Britain
A2.7- communicate the results of their inquiries using appropriate vocabulary
A3.2- identify a few key treaties of relevance to Indigenous people during this period, including wampum belts exchanged, and explain the significance of some of these agreements for different people and communities in Canada
A3.3- analyse themes explored in First Nations, Metis, and Inuit cultures to demonstrate an understanding of the varied identities, perspectives, relationships, legacies, truths, and ways of knowing, being, and doing.
A3.4- identify key social and economic changes that occurred in and/or affected Canada during this period , and explain the impact of some of these changes on various individuals, groups, and/or communities, including First Nations, Métis, and/or Inuit individuals and communities
A3.7- describe significant interactions between various individuals, groups, and institutions in Canada during this period

Language

C1.7- read, listen to, and view various forms of texts by diverse First Nations, Metis, and Inuit creators to make meaning through Indigenous Storywork about First Nations, Metis, and Inuit histories, cultures, relationships, communities, groups, nations, and lived experiences.
C2.1- identify and explain prior knowledge from various sources, including personal experiences and learning in other subject areas, that they can use to make connections and understand new texts
C2.5- explain how the ideas expressed in texts connect to their knowledges and lived experiences, the ideas in other texts, and the world around them
C2.6- Summarize and record the main idea and supporting details in various texts, and draw well-supported conclusions.
C3.7- explain how various topic, such as diversity, inclusion, and accessibility, are addressed in texts, analyse the insights or messages conveyed, and identify different positions presented.

Social Studies: Canada 1800-1850

B1.1- analyse social and political values and significant aspects of life for some different groups and communities, including First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities, in Canada between 1800 and 1850
B1.2- analyse some of the challenges facing individuals, groups, and/or communities, including First Nations, Métis, and Inuit individuals and/or communities, in Canada between 1800 and 1850
B1.3- analyse the displacement experienced by various groups and communities, including Indigenous communities, who were living in or who came to Canada between 1800 and 1850
B2.7- communicate the results of their inquiries using appropriate vocabulary

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Life on Turtle Island

Unit Plan Overview

Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
Lesson worksheet/answers

English Language Arts (ELA)

Curricular outcomes:

Language: Literacy Connections & Applications

A2.2- demonstrate an understanding of how to navigate online environments safely, manage their privacy, personal data, and security, and interact in a way that supports their well-being and that of others, including seeking appropriate permission
A2.3- conduct research, considering accuracy, credibility, and perspectives, with a focus on misinformation, disinformation, and curated information, to construct knowledge, create texts, and demonstrate learning, while respecting legal and ethical considerations
A2.4- evaluate the use of the various forms, conventions, and techniques of digital and media texts, consider the impact on the audience, and apply this understanding when analyzing and creating texts
A2.5- demonstrate an understanding of the interrelationships between the form, message, and context of texts, the intended and unintended audience, and the purpose for production

Language: Comprehension

C1.2- analyze a variety of text forms and genres, including cultural text forms, and explain how their characteristics help communicate meaning
C1.3- analyze text patterns, such as cause and effect in an expository text, and text features, such as a bibliography and accessible fonts, associated with various text forms, including cultural texts, and explain how they help readers, listeners, and viewers understand the meaning
C1.5- identify various elements of style in texts, including voice, word choice, word patterns, and sentence structure, and analyze how each element helps create meaning and is appropriate for the text form and genre
C2.2- identify a variety of purposes for engaging with texts, select texts from diverse creators that are suitable for the purposes, and explain why the selections are appropriate
C2.4- select suitable strategies, such as visualizing, reading ahead, asking questions, and consulting references and other texts or sources of information, to monitor and confirm their understanding of various texts and solve comprehension problems
C3.5- explain explicit and implicit perspectives communicated in various texts, including narrative texts, provide any evidence that could suggest bias in these perspectives, and suggest ways to avoid any such bias
C3.8- compare the critical thinking skills they used when analyzing and evaluating various texts, identify the skills that best supported their understanding, and explain why they were effective

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Critical Thinking & Evaluating Information

Unit Plan Overview

Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
Lesson worksheet/answers
Video worksheet/answers
Inquiry activities/answer guides
Numeracy activity/answers

2. Navigating the World of Online (Mis)Information

Unit Plan Overview

Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
Inquiry activities/answer guides

Curriculum-Related Themes Throughout the Year

Reflecting on hardships and courage during WWII (November)

Curricular outcomes:

Language

A3.3- analyse themes explored in First Nations, Metis, and Inuit cultures to demonstrate an understanding of the varied identities, perspectives, relationships, legacies, truths, and ways of knowing, being, and doing.
A3.2 – demonstrate an understanding of the historical contexts, contributions, lived experiences, and perspectives of a diversity of individuals and communities, including those in Canada, by exploring and analyzing the concepts of identity, self, and sense of belonging in a variety of culturally responsive and relevant texts
C1.7- read, listen to, and view various forms of texts by diverse First Nations, Metis, and Inuit creators to make meaning through Indigenous Storywork about First Nations, Metis, and Inuit histories, cultures, relationships, communities, groups, nations, and lived experiences.
C2.1- identify and explain prior knowledge from various sources, including personal experiences and learning in other subject areas, that they can use to make connections and understand new texts
C2.5- explain how the ideas expressed in texts connect to their knowledges and lived experiences, the ideas in other texts, and the world around them
C2.6- Summarize and record the main idea and supporting details in various texts, and draw well-supported conclusions.
C3.7- explain how various topic, such as diversity, inclusion, and accessibility, are addressed in texts, analyse the insights or messages conveyed, and identify different positions presented

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Remembrance Day / Veterans Day / Armistice Day

Lesson Plan/Activity

Building Leadership Skills To Make A Difference For Others (December)

Curricular outcomes:

Health:

A1.2- apply skills that help them to recognize sources of stress and to cope with challenges, including help-seeking behaviours, as they participate in learning experiences in health and physical education, in order to support the development of personal resilience

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Winter Break - A Time To Reflect on Making a Difference

Lesson Plan

Inquiry/creative activities

Highlighting some key inspirational leaders during Black History Month as well as some experiences of refugees from different parts of the world (February)

Curricular outcomes:

Language:

A1.1- analyze and explain how transferable skills can be used to support communication in various cultural, social, linguistic, and domain-specific contexts, and apply them when reading, listening to, viewing, and creating texts of various forms
A2.1- evaluate and explain their rights and responsibilities when interacting online with appropriate permission, and make decisions that contribute positively to the development of their digital identity and those of their communities
A2.2- demonstrate an understanding of how to navigate online environments safely, manage their privacy, personal data and security, and interact in a way that supports their well-being and that of others, including seeking appropriate permission
A2.3- conduct research, consider accurate, credibility, and perspectives, with a focus on misinformation, disinformation, and curated information, to construct knowledge, create texts, and demonstrate learning, while respecting legal and ethical concerns
A3.2 – demonstrate an understanding of the historical contexts, contribution, lived experiences, and perspectives of a diversity of individuals and communities, including those in Canada, by exploring and analyzing the concepts of identity, self, and sense of belonging in a variety of culturally responsive and relevant texts
A3.3 – analyze themes exploring in First Nations, Metis, and Inuit cultures to demonstrate and understanding of the varied identities, perspectives, relationships, legacies, truths, and ways of knowing, being and doing.
C1.7- read, listen to, and view various forms of texts by diverse First Nations, Metis, and Inuit creators to make meaning through indigenous Storywork about First Nations, Metis, and Inuit histories, cultures, relationships, communities, groups, nations and lived experiences.
C2.1 – identify and explain prior knowledge from various sources, including personal experiences and learning in other subject areas, that they can use to make connections and understand new texts
C2.3- make predictions using background knowledge and textual information, pose questions to check whether their predictions were correct, and, if not, adjust their understanding
C2.5- explain how the ideas expressed in texts connect to their knowledges and lived experiences, the ideas in other texts, and the world around them
C3.2- make local and global inferences, using explicit and implicit evidence, to develop interpretations about various texts and to extend their understanding

Science- STEM Skills & Connections

A3.2- investigate how science and technology can be used with other subject areas to address real-world problems
A3.3- analyse contributions to science and technology from various communities

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Black History Month

2. Refugee Experiences

Unit Plan Overview

Lesson worksheet/answers
Inquiry activities

Celebrating Inspiring Women in STEM (March)

Curricular outcomes:

Language:

A2.3- conduct research, consider accurate, credibility, and perspectives, with a focus on misinformation, disinformation, and curated information, to construct knowledge, create texts, and demonstrate learning, while respecting legal and ethical concerns
C2.1 – identify and explain prior knowledge from various sources, including personal experiences and learning in other subject areas, that they can use to make connections and understand new texts
C2.3- make predictions using background knowledge and textual information, pose questions to check whether their predictions were correct, and, if not, adjust their understanding
C2.5- explain how the ideas expressed in texts connect to their knowledges and lived experiences, the ideas in other texts, and the world around them
C3.2- make local and global inferences, using explicit and implicit evidence, to develop interpretations about various texts and to extend their understanding

Science- STEM Skills & Connections

A3.2- investigate how science and technology can be used with other subject areas to address real-world problems
A3.3- analyse contributions to science and technology from various communities

Geography:

A1.2- compare and contrast the perspectives of some different groups on the challenges and opportunities presented by the natural environment

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. International Women's Day - Celebrating Inspiring Women in STEM

Unit Plan Overview

Literacy builder worksheets/answer guides
Numeracy activity
Inquiry activities

Understanding communicable diseases and how they are spread, and learning about immunization. Suggested during flu season, immunization awareness week, and school vaccinations (if applicable)

Curricular outcomes:

Language:

A2.3- conduct research, consider accurate, credibility, and perspectives, with a focus on misinformation, disinformation, and curated information, to construct knowledge, create texts, and demonstrate learning, while respecting legal and ethical concerns
C2.1 – identify and explain prior knowledge from various sources, including personal experiences and learning in other subject areas, that they can use to make connections and understand new texts
C2.3- make predictions using background knowledge and textual information, pose questions to check whether their predictions were correct, and, if not, adjust their understanding
C2.5- explain how the ideas expressed in texts connect to their knowledges and lived experiences, the ideas in other texts, and the world around them
C3.2- make local and global inferences, using explicit and implicit evidence, to develop interpretations about various texts and to extend their understanding

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Immunization Awareness Week

2. The Spread of Infectious Diseases

3. Scientific Curiosity and Vaccine Discoveries

Unit Plan Overview

Lesson worksheet/answers

Click on the headings below to see a description of all the core lessons for this grade

Click here to access the Curriculum Connections showing curriculum outcomes for the different KBI learning modules/lessons and links to accompanying lesson resources.

Made by a Grade 8 teacher in Ontario.

Kids Boost Immunity (KBI) provides educational content (lessons and support materials) developed by teachers and where needed, health experts, that is directly linked to curriculum and is available completely for free. Each lesson is paired with an online quiz that students can take on a laptop, tablet, or phone. Every time a student scores 80% or higher on a quiz, we donate life-saving vaccines to UNICEF Canada. To learn more about KBI, click here.

Click on the overarching curriculum themes below to see the curriculum outcomes that match KBI educational content.

Science

Curricular outcomes:

Science: STEM Skills & Connections

A3.2- investigate how science and technology can be used with other subject areas to address real-world problems
A3.3- analyse contributions to science and technology from various communities

Science: Life Science

B2.1- demonstrate an understanding of cells, using cell theory
B2.2-identify organelles and other cell components, including the nucleus, cell membrane, cell wall, chloroplasts, vacuole, mitochondria, and cytoplasm, and explain their basic functions
B2.5- describe various unicellular and multicellular organisms, and compare ways in which these two types of organisms meet their basic needs

Science: Earth & Space Systems

E2.1- identify the states of water on Earth’s surface, their distribution, relative amounts, and circulation, and the conditions under which they exist
E2.3- explain how human activity and natural phenomena cause changes in the water table
E2.4- identify factors, including climate change, that have contributed to the melting of glaciers and polar ice-caps, and describe the effects of this phenomenon on local and global water systems
E2.6-describe various indicators of water quality, and explain the impact of human activity on those indicators
E1.1- assess the social and environmental impact of the scarcity of fresh water, and propose a plan of action to help address fresh water sustainability issues

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Diversity of Living Things

Unit Plan Overview

Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
Lesson worksheet/answers

2. Environment & Climate Change

Unit Plan Overview

Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
Lesson worksheet/answers
Video worksheet/answers
Inquiry activities/answer guides
Numeracy activity/answers

History

Curricular outcomes:

History: Canada 1850-1890

A1.2- assess the impact that limitations with respect to legal status, rights, and privileges had on First Nations, Métis, and Inuit individuals and/or communities in Canada between 1850 and 1890
A2.2- gather and organize information and evidence about perspectives of different groups and communities, including First Nations, Métis, and/or Inuit communities, on some significant events, developments, and/or issues that affected Canada and/or people in Canada during this period, using a variety of primary sources and secondary sources
A2.6- evaluate evidence and draw conclusions about perspectives of different groups and communities, including First Nations, Métis, and/or Inuit communities, on some significant events, developments, and/or issues in Canada during this period
A3.2- describe key political and legal developments that affected First Nations, Métis, and Inuit people during this period, including treaties, government policies, and the Indian Act and other legislation
A3.3- identify some key factors that contributed to the establishment of the residential school system

History: Canada 1890-1914

B1.2- analyse some ways in which challenges affected First Nations, Métis, and Inuit individuals, families, and communities during this period, with specific reference to treaties, the Indian Act, the reserve system, and the residential school system
B3.1- identify factors contributing to some key issues, events, and/or developments that specifically affected First Nations, Métis, and Inuit in Canada between 1890 and 1914
B3.3- identify key political and legal changes that occurred in and/or affected Canada during this period, and explain the impact of some of these changes on various individuals, groups, and/or communities, including First Nations, Métis, and Inuit individuals and/or communities
B3.5- describe significant examples of cooperation and conflict in Canada during this period

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Indigenous History on Turtle Island

Lesson Plan

Lesson worksheet

English Language Arts (ELA)

Curricular outcomes:

Language: Literacy Connections & Applications

A2.2- demonstrate an understanding of how to navigate online environments safely, manage their privacy, personal data, and security, and interact in a way that supports their well-being and that of others, including seeking appropriate permission
A2.3- conduct research, considering accuracy, credibility, and perspectives, with a focus on misinformation, disinformation, and curated information, to construct knowledge, create texts, and demonstrate learning, while respecting legal and ethical considerations
A2.4- evaluate the use of the various forms, conventions, and techniques of digital and media texts, consider the impact on the audience, and apply this understanding when analyzing and creating texts
A2.5- demonstrate an understanding of the interrelationships between the form, message, and context of texts, the intended and unintended audience, and the purpose for production

Language: Comprehension

C1.2- analyze a variety of text forms and genres, including cultural text forms, and explain how their characteristics help communicate meaning
C1.3- analyze text patterns, such as cause and effect in an expository text, and text features, such as a bibliography and accessible fonts, associated with various text forms, including cultural texts, and explain how they help readers, listeners, and viewers understand the meaning
C1.5- identify various elements of style in texts, including voice, word choice, word patterns, and sentence structure, and analyze how each element helps create meaning and is appropriate for the text form and genre
C2.2- identify a variety of purposes for engaging with texts, select texts from diverse creators that are suitable for the purposes, and explain why the selections are appropriate
C2.4- select suitable strategies, such as visualizing, reading ahead, asking questions, and consulting references and other texts or sources of information, to monitor and confirm their understanding of various texts and solve comprehension problems
C3.5- explain explicit and implicit perspectives communicated in various texts, including narrative texts, provide any evidence that could suggest bias in these perspectives, and suggest ways to avoid any such bias
C3.8- compare the critical thinking skills they used when analyzing and evaluating various texts, identify the skills that best supported their understanding, and explain why they were effective

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Critical Thinking & Evaluating Information

Unit Plan Overview

Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
Lesson worksheet/answers
Video worksheet/answers
Inquiry activities/answer guides
Numeracy activity/answers

2. Navigating the World of Online (Mis)Information

Unit Plan Overview

Inquiry activities

Geography

Curricular outcomes:

Geography: Global Inequalities

B1.1- analyse some interrelationships among factors that can contribute to quality of life
B1.2- analyse how various factors have affected the economies of specific developed and developing countries around the world
B1.3- assess the effectiveness of various programs and policies aimed at improving the quality of life in various countries
B1.4- assess the effectiveness of media in improving the quality of life in some countries/regions around the world
B2.5- evaluate evidence and draw conclusions about issues related to global development and quality of life
B3.1- identify and describe the significance of several indicators that are commonly used to measure quality of life on a global scale
B3.5- identify various groups and organizations that work to improve quality of life
B3.8- identify and describe various factors that can contribute to economic development

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Global Inequality

Unit Plan Overview

Lesson worksheet/answers
Video worksheet/answers
Inquiry activities/answer guides

Curriculum-Related Themes Throughout the Year

Reflecting on hardships and courage during WWII (November)

Curricular outcomes:

History:

A3.1 – identify factors contributing to some key events or developments that occurred in and/or affected Canada between 1850 and 1890, and explain the historical significance of some of the these events for different individuals, groups, and/or communities, including First Nations, Metis, and Inuit individuals and/or communities
A3.6- describe significant instances of cooperation and conflict in Canada during this period.
A3.7- identify a variety of significant individuals and groups in Canada during this period, and explain their contributions to heritage and/or identities in Canada

Language:

A1.1- analyze and explain how transferable skills can be used to support communication in various cultural, social, linguistic, and domain-specific contexts, and apply them when reading, listening to, viewing, and creating texts of various forms
A2.1- evaluate and explain their rights and responsibilities when interacting online with appropriate permission, and make decisions that contribute positively to the development of their digital identify and those of their communities.
A2.2- demonstrate and understanding of how to navigate online environments safely, manage their privacy, personal data, and security, and interact in a way that supports their well-being and that of others, including seeking appropriate permission.
C2.1- identify and explain prior knowledge from various sources, including personal experiences and learning in other subject areas, that they can use to make connections and understand new texts
C2.3- make predictions using background knowledge and textual information, pose questions to confirm or refute their predictions, and revise or refine their understanding as indicated.
C2.5- connect, compare, and contrast the ideas expressed in texts and their knowledges and lived experiences, the ideas in other texts, and the world around them.

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Remembrance Day / Veterans Day / Armistice Day

Lesson Plan/Activity

Reflecting on leadership qualities that foster kindness (December)

Curricular outcomes:

Language:

A1.1- analyze and explain how transferable skills can be used to support communication in various cultural, social, linguistic, and domain-specific contexts, and apply them when reading, listening to, viewing, and creating texts of various forms
A2.1- evaluate and explain their rights and responsibilities when interacting online with appropriate permission, and make decisions that contribute positively to the development of their digital identify and those of their communities.
A2.2- demonstrate and understanding of how to navigate online environments safely, manage their privacy, personal data, and security, and interact in a way that supports their well-being and that of others, including seeking appropriate permission.
C2.1- identify and explain prior knowledge from various sources, including personal experiences and learning in other subject areas, that they can use to make connections and understand new texts
C2.3- make predictions using background knowledge and textual information, pose questions to confirm or refute their predictions, and revise or refine their understanding as indicated.
C2.5- connect, compare, and contrast the ideas expressed in texts and their knowledges and lived experiences, the ideas in other texts, and the world around them.

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Christmas in No Man’s Land - Reflecting on Kindness

Lesson Plan

Inquiry/creative activities

Highlighting some key inspirational leaders during Black History Month as well as some experiences of refugees from different parts of the world (February)

Curricular outcomes:

Science

A3.2- investigate how science and technology can be used with other subject areas to address real-world problems
A3.3- analyse contributions to science and technology from various communities
B2.2- identify organelles and other cell components, including the nucleus, cell membrance, cell wall, chloroplasts, vacuole, mitochondria, and cytoplasm, and explain their basic functions.

Geography:

B1.1- analyse some interrelationships among factors that can contribute to quality of life
B1.3- assess the effectiveness of various programs and policies aimed at improving the quality of life in various countries.
B3.5- identify various groups and organization that work to improve quality of life, and describe their focus.

Language:

A1.1- analyze and explain how transferable skills can be used to support communication in various cultural, social, linguistic, and domain-specific contexts, and apply them when reading, listening to, viewing, and creating texts of various forms
A2.1- evaluate and explain their rights and responsibilities when interacting online with appropriate permission, and make decisions that contribute positively to the development of their digital identify and those of their communities.
A2.2- demonstrate and understanding of how to navigate online environments safely, manage their privacy, personal data, and security, and interact in a way that supports their well-being and that of others, including seeking appropriate permission.
C2.1- identify and explain prior knowledge from various sources, including personal experiences and learning in other subject areas, that they can use to make connections and understand new texts
C2.3- make predictions using background knowledge and textual information, pose questions to confirm or refute their predictions, and revise or refine their understanding as indicated.
C2.5- connect, compare, and contrast the ideas expressed in texts and their knowledges and lived experiences, the ideas in other texts, and the world around them.

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Black History Month

2. Refugee Experiences

Unit Plan Overview

Lesson worksheet/answers
Inquiry activities

Celebrating Inspiring Women in STEM (March)

Curricular outcomes:

Science

A3.2- investigate how science and technology can be used with other subject areas to address real-world problems
A3.3- analyse contributions to science and technology from various communities

Language:

A1.1- analyze and explain how transferable skills can be used to support communication in various cultural, social, linguistic, and domain-specific contexts, and apply them when reading, listening to, viewing, and creating texts of various forms
A2.1- evaluate and explain their rights and responsibilities when interacting online with appropriate permission, and make decisions that contribute positively to the development of their digital identify and those of their communities.
A2.2- demonstrate and understanding of how to navigate online environments safely, manage their privacy, personal data, and security, and interact in a way that supports their well-being and that of others, including seeking appropriate permission.
C2.1- identify and explain prior knowledge from various sources, including personal experiences and learning in other subject areas, that they can use to make connections and understand new texts
C2.3- make predictions using background knowledge and textual information, pose questions to confirm or refute their predictions, and revise or refine their understanding as indicated.
C2.5- connect, compare, and contrast the ideas expressed in texts and their knowledges and lived experiences, the ideas in other texts, and the world around them.

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. International Women's Day - Celebrating Inspiring Women in STEM

Unit Plan Overview

Literacy builder worksheets/answer guides
Numeracy activity
Inquiry activities

Understanding communicable diseases and how they are spread, and learning about immunization. Suggested during flu season, immunization awareness week, and school vaccinations (if applicable)

Curricular outcomes:

Language:

A1.1- analyze and explain how transferable skills can be used to support communication in various cultural, social, linguistic, and domain-specific contexts, and apply them when reading, listening to, viewing, and creating texts of various forms
A2.1- evaluate and explain their rights and responsibilities when interacting online with appropriate permission, and make decisions that contribute positively to the development of their digital identify and those of their communities.
A2.2- demonstrate and understanding of how to navigate online environments safely, manage their privacy, personal data, and security, and interact in a way that supports their well-being and that of others, including seeking appropriate permission.
C2.1- identify and explain prior knowledge from various sources, including personal experiences and learning in other subject areas, that they can use to make connections and understand new texts
C2.3- make predictions using background knowledge and textual information, pose questions to confirm or refute their predictions, and revise or refine their understanding as indicated.
C2.5- connect, compare, and contrast the ideas expressed in texts and their knowledges and lived experiences, the ideas in other texts, and the world around them.

Science

A1.1 use scientific research process and associated skills to conduct investigations
A1.2 use a scientific experimentation process and associated skills to conduct investigations
A3.2- investigate how science and technology can be used with other subject areas to address real-world problems
A3.3- analyse contributions to science and technology from various communities

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Immunization Awareness Week

2. The Spread of Infectious Diseases

3. Scientific Curiosity and Vaccine Discoveries

Unit Plan Overview

Lesson worksheets/answers

Click on the headings below to see a description of all the core lessons for this grade

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Science

Curricular outcomes:

Science: STEM Skills & Connections

A2.3- analyse how the development and application of science is economically, culturally, and socially contextualized, by investigating real-world issues
A2.4- apply scientific literacy skills when investigating social and environmental issues that have personal, local, and/or global impacts

Science: Biology

B1.1- assess impacts of climate change on the sustainability of local and global ecosystems, describe local or global initiatives for combatting climate change, and identify solutions to address some of the impacts
B1.2- assess impacts of climate change on communities in Canada, including First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities
B2.1- investigate interactions between the biosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, and atmosphere, and explain why these interactions are important for ecosystem sustainability
B2.4- investigate factors and processes, including biodiversity, air and water quality, soil health, and succession, and explain how they contribute to ecosystem sustainability
B2.6- identify and use various indicators of climate change to describe the impacts of climate change on local and global ecosystems, and analyse how human activities contribute to climate change

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Environment & Climate Change

Unit Plan Overview

Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
Lesson worksheet/answers
Video worksheet/answers
Inquiry activities/answer guides
Numeracy activity/answers

Issues in Canadian Geography

Curricular outcomes:

Geography: Changing Populations

D1.1- analyse the impact of selected population trends on people living in Canadian communities
D1.2- identify global demographic disparities that are of concern to people living in Canada, and assess the roles of individuals, organizations, and governments in Canada in addressing them
D2.1- identify factors that influence where immigrants settle in Canada, and assess the opportunities and challenges presented by immigration and cultural diversity in Canada
D2.3- analyse social, political, and economic impacts of Canada’s immigration and refugee policies

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Refugee Experiences

Unit Plan Overview

Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
Lesson worksheet/answers

English Language Arts (ELA)

Curricular outcomes:

Language: Literacy Connections & Applications

A2.2- demonstrate an understanding of how to navigate online environments safely, manage their privacy, personal data, and security, and interact in a way that supports their well-being and that of others, including seeking appropriate permission
A2.3- conduct research, considering accuracy, credibility, and perspectives, with a focus on misinformation, disinformation, and curated information, to construct knowledge, create texts, and demonstrate learning, while respecting legal and ethical considerations
A2.4- evaluate the use of the various forms, conventions, and techniques of digital and media texts, consider the impact on the audience, and apply this understanding when analyzing and creating texts
A2.5- demonstrate an understanding of the interrelationships between the form, message, and context of texts, the intended and unintended audience, and the purpose for production

Language: Comprehension

C1.2- analyze a variety of text forms and genres, including cultural text forms, and explain how their characteristics help communicate meaning
C1.3- analyze text patterns, such as cause and effect in an expository text, and text features, such as a bibliography and accessible fonts, associated with various text forms, including cultural texts, and explain how they help readers, listeners, and viewers understand the meaning
C1.5- identify various elements of style in texts, including voice, word choice, word patterns, and sentence structure, and analyze how each element helps create meaning and is appropriate for the text form and genre
C2.2- identify a variety of purposes for engaging with texts, select texts from diverse creators that are suitable for the purposes, and explain why the selections are appropriate
C2.4- select suitable strategies, such as visualizing, reading ahead, asking questions, and consulting references and other texts or sources of information, to monitor and confirm their understanding of various texts and solve comprehension problems
C3.5- explain explicit and implicit perspectives communicated in various texts, including narrative texts, provide any evidence that could suggest bias in these perspectives, and suggest ways to avoid any such bias
C3.8- compare the critical thinking skills they used when analyzing and evaluating various texts, identify the skills that best supported their understanding, and explain why they were effective

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Critical Thinking & Evaluating Information

Unit Plan Overview

Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
Lesson worksheet/answers
Video worksheet/answers
Inquiry activities/answer guides
Numeracy activity/answers

2. Navigating the World of Online (Mis)Information

Unit Plan Overview

Inquiry activities

Curriculum-Related Themes Throughout the Year

Reflecting on hardships and courage during WWII (November)

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Remembrance Day / Veterans Day / Armistice Day

Reflecting on leadership qualities that foster kindness (December)

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Christmas in No Man’s Land - Reflecting on Kindness

Lesson Plan

Inquiry/creative activities

Highlighting some key inspirational leaders during Black History Month as well as some experiences of refugees from different parts of the world (February)

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Black History Month

2. Refugee Experiences

Unit Plan Overview

Lesson worksheet/answers
Inquiry activities

Celebrating Inspiring Women in STEM (March)

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. International Women's Day - Celebrating Inspiring Women in STEM

Unit Plan Overview

Literacy builder worksheets/answer guides
Numeracy activity
Inquiry activities

Understanding communicable diseases and how they are spread, and learning about immunization. Suggested during flu season, immunization awareness week, and school vaccinations (if applicable)

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Immunization Awareness Week

2. The Spread of Infectious Diseases

3. Scientific Curiosity and Vaccine Discoveries

Unit Plan Overview

Lesson worksheets/answers

Indigenous History on Turtle Island - pre-contact, contact, treaties, colonialism, The Indian Act (September and June)

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Indigenous History on Turtle Island

Holistic Reflection Activity

Click on the headings below to see a description of all the core lessons for this grade

All Subjects

Critical Thinking and Evaluating Information

The Critical Thinking and Evaluating Information lessons on Kids Boost Immunity are aligned with multiple subjects within the Ontario curriculum. These lessons provide examples of how misinformation can sway opinion, often by creating a sense of fear. A checklist evaluation method enables student to assess the trustworthiness of information sources. Other evaluation strategies include learning how to recognize personal bias and using a scientific approach to test ideas. For older grades there are lessons in designing experiments, creating a working hypotheses, exploring biases, and understanding correlation versus causation.

Science

A. Scientific Investigation Skills and Career Exploration

A1.1 formulate scientific questions about observed relationships, ideas, problems, and/or issues, make predictions, and/or formulate hypotheses to focus inquiries or research
A1.3 identify and locate print, electronic, and human sources that are relevant to research questions
A1.7 select, organize, and record relevant information on research topics from various sources, including electronic, print, and/or human sources (e.g., websites for public health organizations, federal and provincial government publications, reference books, personal interviews), using recommended formats and an accepted form of academic documentation
A1.9 analyse the information gathered from research sources for reliability and bias
A2.1 identify and describe a variety of careers related to the fields of science under study (e.g., meteorologist, medical illustrator, geochemist, optical physicist) and the education and training necessary for these careers

B. Biology: Tissues, Organs, and Systems of Living Things

B1.3 describe public health strategies related to systems biology (e.g., cancer screening and prevention programs; vaccines against the human papillomavirus [HPV] and measles, mumps, and rubella [MMR]; AIDS education), and assess their impact on society [AI, C].
- Sample issue: Early-childhood vaccination programs have greatly reduced the incidence of certain diseases and the social and medical costs associated with them. Influenced by controversial studies arguing that there may be health risks associated with such vaccines, some parents have chosen not to vaccinate their children, which could lead to a resurgence of these potentially deadly diseases.
B2.1 use appropriate terminology related to cells, tissues, organs, and systems of living things, including, but not limited to: absorption, anaphase, capillaries, concentration, differentiation, diffusion, meristematic, mesophyll, phloem, prophase, red blood cells, regeneration, stomate, and xylem [C]
B2.7 use a research process to investigate a disease or abnormality related to tissues, organs, or systems of humans or plants (e.g., heart disease, tobacco mosaic virus, wheat rust) [IP, PR, C]
B3.4 explain the primary functions of a variety of systems in animals (e.g., the circulatory system transports materials through the organism; the respiratory system supplies oxygen to and removes carbon dioxide from the body)
B3.5 explain the interaction of different systems within an organism (e.g., the respiratory system brings oxygen into the body, and the circulatory system transports the oxygen to cells) and why such interactions are necessary for the organism’s survival

Civics and Citizenship

B. Civic Awareness
- B1.4 communicate their own position on some issues of civic importance at the local, national, and/or global level (e.g., equitable availability of extracurricular activities in schools, a local land-use conflict, poverty or violence in the local community, electoral reform, the debate over Sharia law in Ontario, the level of Canada’s contribution to international development assistance, food security, Aboriginal land rights), explaining how their position is influenced by their beliefs/values
- B2.2 explain, with reference to issues of civic importance, the roles and responsibilities of different levels of government in Canada (e.g., federal, provincial and territorial, municipal, Indigenous governments) and of key figures at each level
- B2.3 describe, with reference to both the federal and provincial governments, the functions of the three branches of government in Canada (i.e., executive, legislative, judicial) and the roles/responsibilities of key positions within governments (e.g., the governor general, a lieutenant governor, the prime minister, a premier, cabinet ministers, a leader of the opposition, a speaker, the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada), and explain how the branches help ensure political and social stability in Canada
- B2.4 explain, with reference to issues of civic importance, how various groups and institutions (e.g., lobby groups, unions, the media, NGOs, international organizations) can influence government policy
- B3.5 identify examples of human rights violations around the world (e.g., hate crimes, torture, genocide, political imprisonment, recruitment of child soldiers, gender-based violence and discrimination), and assess the effectiveness of responses to such violations
C. Civic Engagement in Action
- C1.2 describe a variety of ways in which they could make a civic contribution at the local, national, and/or global level
- C1.3 explain how various actions can contribute to the common good at the local, national, and/ or global level

Click on the headings below to see a description of all the core lessons for this grade

All Subjects

Critical Thinking and Evaluating Information

The Critical Thinking and Evaluating Information lessons on Kids Boost Immunity are aligned with multiple subjects within the Ontario curriculum. These lessons provide examples of how misinformation can sway opinion, often by creating a sense of fear. A checklist evaluation method enables student to assess the trustworthiness of information sources. Other evaluation strategies include learning how to recognize personal bias and using a scientific approach to test ideas. For older grades there are lessons in designing experiments, creating a working hypotheses, exploring biases, and understanding correlation versus causation.

Biology

A1. Scientific Investigation Skills

A1.1 formulate relevant scientific questions about observed relationships, ideas, problems, or issues, make informed predictions, and/or formulate educated hypotheses to focus inquiries or research
A1.3 identify and locate a variety of print and electronic sources that enable them to address research topics fully and appropriately
A1.5 conduct inquiries, controlling relevant variables, adapting or extending procedures as required, and using appropriate materials and equipment safely, accurately, and effectively, to collect observations and data
A1.7 select, organize, and record relevant information on research topics from a variety of appropriate sources, including electronic, print, and/or human sources, using suitable formats and an accepted form of academic documentation
A1.9 analyse the information gathered from research sources for logic, accuracy, reliability, adequacy, and bias
A2.1 identify and describe a variety of careers related to the fields of science under study (e.g., zoologist, botanist, geneticist, ecologist, pharmacologist, farmer, forester, horticulturalist) and the education and training necessary for these careers

B. Diversity of Living Things

B2.1 use appropriate terminology related to biodiversity, including, but not limited to: genetic diversity, species diversity, structural diversity, protists, bacteria, fungi, binomial nomenclature, and morphology [C]
B2.2 classify, and draw biological diagrams of, representative organisms from each of the kingdoms according to their unifying and distinguishing anatomical and physiological characteristics (e.g., vertebrate or invertebrate organisms, vascular or nonvascular plants) [PR, AI, C]
B2.4 create and apply a dichotomous key to identify and classify organisms from each of the kingdoms [PR, AI, C]
B3.1 explain the fundamental principles of taxonomy and phylogeny by defining concepts of taxonomic rank and relationship, such as genus, species, and taxon
B3.2 compare and contrast the structure and function of different types of prokaryotes, eukaryotes, and viruses (e.g., compare and contrast genetic material, metabolism, organelles, and other cell parts)
B3.3 describe unifying and distinguishing anatomical and physiological characteristics (e.g., types of reproduction, habitat, general physical structure) of representative organisms from each of the kingdoms
B3.4 explain key structural and functional changes in organisms as they have evolved over time (e.g., the evolution of eukaryotes from prokaryotes, of plants from unicellular organisms)

Science

A1.1 formulate relevant scientific questions about observed relationships, ideas, problems, or issues, make informed predictions, and/or formulate educated hypotheses to focus inquiries or research
A1.3 identify and locate a variety of print and electronic sources that enable them to address research topics fully and appropriately
A1.5 conduct inquiries, controlling relevant variables, adapting or extending procedures as required, and using appropriate materials and equipment safely, accurately, and effectively, to collect observations and data
A1.6 compile accurate data from laboratory and other sources, and organize and record the data, using appropriate formats, including tables, flow charts, graphs, and/or diagrams
A1.7 select, organize, and record relevant information on research topics from a variety of appropriate sources, including electronic, print, and/or human sources, using suitable formats and an accepted form of academic documentation
A1.9 analyse the information gathered from research sources for logic, accuracy, reliability, adequacy, and bias
A2.1 identify and describe a variety of careers related to the fields of science under study (e.g., nuclear medicine technician, nurse practitioner, hematologist, dietitian, geneticist) and the education and training necessary for these careers

C. Microbiology

C1.2 analyse ethical issues related to the use of microorganisms in biotechnology (e.g., with respect to the use of bacterial insecticides, the patenting of modified microorganisms) [AI, C]

The Individual and the Economy

C4. Economic Inequality

C4.1 explain how various factors contribute to income inequality
C4.2 explain how governments, firms, and non-governmental organizations respond to economic inequalities

Click on the headings below to see a description of all the core lessons for this grade

All Subjects

Critical Thinking and Evaluating Information

The Critical Thinking and Evaluating Information lessons on Kids Boost Immunity are aligned with multiple subjects within the Ontario curriculum. These lessons provide examples of how misinformation can sway opinion, often by creating a sense of fear. A checklist evaluation method enables student to assess the trustworthiness of information sources. Other evaluation strategies include learning how to recognize personal bias and using a scientific approach to test ideas. For older grades there are lessons in designing experiments, creating a working hypotheses, exploring biases, and understanding correlation versus causation.

Science (University Prep)

C. Pathogens and Disease

C1.1 analyse, on the basis of research, the impact, both positive and negative, of scientific and technological advances intended to prevent the spread of illness and disease [IP, PR, AI, C]
C1.2 evaluate the impact of individual choices (e.g., with respect to vaccination, the proper use of antibiotics or mosquito repellent) on the control of pathogens and the prevention of disease [AI, C]
C2.1 use appropriate terminology related to pathogens and diseases, including, but not limited to: parasite, epidemiology, pathogenesis, and vector [C]
C2.2 analyse, on the basis of inquiry, the effects of various treatments on pathogenesis (e.g., the effect of mouthwash or penicillin on the growth of bacteria) [PR, AI]
C2.3 analyse, using prepared slides or computer simulations, the characteristics, properties, and virulence of various bacteria [PR, AI]
C3.2 describe the mode of transmission of various diseases, including those that are insect-borne (e.g., malaria, encephalitis), airborne (e.g., influenza, tuberculosis), water-borne (e.g., cholera, poliomyelitis), sexually transmitted (e.g., HIV/AIDS), and food-borne (e.g., mad cow disease, trichinosis, salmonella)
C3.3 explain how the human immune response acts as a natural defence against infection
C3.4 describe the role of vaccines, antibiotics, antiretrovirals, and other drug therapies and antiseptics in the control of pathogenesis
C3.5 describe non-medical ways to protect oneself from contracting pathogenic disease in a variety of situations (e.g., aseptic techniques such as wearing sterile gloves; proper personal hygiene such as frequent and thorough hand washing; the use of insect repellent)
C3.6 describe some of the means used by international non-governmental organizations (e.g., Médecins sans Frontières, Oxfam, Ryan’s Well Foundation, UN agencies, the Stephen Lewis Foundation) to control the spread of disease (e.g., distribution of vaccines, medication, malaria nets; installing wells so people have access to clean water; public education on strategies for transmission prevention)
C3.7 describe aseptic techniques used in the workplace, and explain their importance in preventing the spread of pathogens (e.g., cooking meat to a safe temperature and refrigerating leftovers quickly to avoid growth of bacteria in restaurant food; frequent hand sanitizing and use of sterile gloves in hospitals to prevent the spread of pathogens to vulnerable populations)

E. Science and Public Health Issues

E1.1 assess the impact of scientific research and technological advances on public health around the world (e.g., widespread immunization for diseases such as polio, telemedicine for people in remote areas, new drug therapies to combat disease) [AI, C]
E1.2 assess, on the basis of research, the effectiveness of a municipal, provincial, or federal government initiative intended to protect the public health of Canadians (e.g., immunization programs, smoking bans, Health Canada advisories) [IP, PR, AI, C]
E2.2 analyse and interpret, using a case study or research data, scientific evidence regarding the effectiveness of a public health program intended to reduce disease transmission (e.g., distribution of bed nets to fight malaria; safe injection sites for intravenous drug users; programs to encourage hand washing in hospitals to stop the spread of C. difficile) [AI, C]
E2.3 use a research process to investigate public health strategies developed to combat a potential pandemic (e.g., SARS, C. difficile, avian flu) [IP, PR]
E2.4 use a research process to locate a media report on a public health issue (e.g., the handling of SARS, the banning of bisphenol-A in plastic bottles), summarize its arguments, and assess them from a scientific perspective [IP, PR, AI, C]
E3.1 describe the characteristics according to which a pandemic is classified (e.g., the strain of a virus, its mode of transmission)
E3.2 explain how pandemics have affected humanity throughout history (e.g., the bubonic plague of 1347–1352 in Europe, the cholera pandemic of 1817–1823 in Asia, the global Spanish influenza pandemic of 1918–1920, the contemporary AIDS pandemic)
E3.3 explain the impact of various threats to public health, including infectious diseases (e.g., hepatitis, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, sexually transmitted diseases), chronic diseases (e.g., cardiovascular disease, diabetes, asthma), and environmental factors (e.g., climate change, air pollution, chemical pollutants, radiation)
E3.4 explain a variety of social factors that can promote the rapid spread of infectious diseases (e.g., global population growth, international travel, poor sanitation, lack of clean drinking water)
E3.5 describe public health measures, including legislation, that are used for the protection of the public (e.g., quarantines, vaccinations, water chlorination, regulations on what items travellers can bring into a country)
E3.6 explain why some populations are particularly susceptible to specific health problems (e.g., the risk of diabetes among First Nations populations; the risk of thalassemia among Mediterranean populations; the risk of pneumonia and tuberculosis among people with HIV/AIDS)

Science (Workplace Prep)

D. Disease and its Prevention

D1.1 evaluate the effectiveness of a public policy measure or technological advance intended to control the spread of disease (e.g., mandatory immunization, screening for tuberculosis, quarantine) [AI, C]
D1.2 evaluate the impact, current and/or potential, of an individual’s choice not to participate in a public health strategy intended to reduce the spread of disease (e.g., a hospital worker who does not follow recommendations regarding hand washing; a worker in a retirement home who does not get a flu shot) [AI, C]
D1.3 analyse, on the basis of research, the advantages and disadvantages of selected technologies used to try to control disease (e.g., the effectiveness of pharmaceuticals at combating disease; the side effects of a variety of drugs) [IP, PR, AI, C]
D2.1 use appropriate terminology related to the prevention of disease, including, but not limited to: communicable, non-communicable, microorganism, pathogen, disease, epidemiology, vector, immunization record, quarantine, pandemic, vaccine, antiseptic, sterilization, disinfection, and pasteurization [C]
D2.3 investigate the effects of various drug therapies (e.g., different antibiotic discs) on the growth of bacteria [PR, AI]
D3.1 describe modes of transmission of some communicable diseases, including those that are insect-borne (e.g., malaria, encephalitis), airborne (e.g., influenza, tuberculosis), waterborne (e.g., cholera, poliomyelitis), sexually transmitted (e.g., HIV/AIDS), and food-borne (e.g., mad cow disease, trichinosis, salmonella)
D3.2 identify the causes and symptoms of various diseases (e.g., AIDS, influenza, salmonella, West Nile virus), and describe measures intended to prevent their spread
D3.3 describe the reasons for immunization against specific diseases, the function of records of immunization in Ontario, and the importance of maintaining a personal immunization schedule
D3.4 describe the use of vaccines, antibiotics, antiseptics, and other medical measures, both conventional and alternative, intended to control disease
D3.5 explain the differences between bacteria and viruses in terms of their size, structure, and reproduction, and the methods used to control their spread

Biology

A1. Scientific Investigation Skills

A1.1 formulate relevant scientific questions about observed relationships, ideas, problems, or issues, make informed predictions, and/or formulate educated hypotheses to focus inquiries or research
A1.3 identify and locate a variety of print and electronic sources that enable them to address research topics fully and appropriately
A1.6 compile accurate data from laboratory and other sources, and organize and record the data, using appropriate formats, including tables, flow charts, graphs, and/or diagrams
A1.7 select, organize, and record relevant information on research topics from a variety of appropriate sources, including electronic, print, and/or human sources, using suitable formats and an accepted form of academic documentation
A1.9 analyse the information gathered from research sources for logic, accuracy, reliability, adequacy, and bias
A2.1 identify and describe a variety of careers related to the fields of science under study (e.g., scientific journalist, fisheries and wildlife officer, physician, infectious disease researcher, geneticist) and the education and training necessary for these careers

C. Diversity of Living Things

Evolution is the process of biological change over time based on the relationships between species and their environments. The theory of evolution is a scientific explanation based on a large accumulation of evidence.

C1. Analyse the economic and environmental advantages and disadvantages of an artificial selection technology, and evaluate the impact of environmental changes on natural selection and endangered species;
C2. Investigate evolutionary processes, and analyse scientific evidence that supports the theory of evolution;
C3. Demonstrate an understanding of the theory of evolution, the evidence that supports it, and some of the mechanisms by which it occurs.

E. Homeostasis

E2.1 use appropriate terminology related to homeostasis, including, but not limited to: insulin, testosterone, estrogen, nephron, dialysis, pituitary, synapse, and acetylcholine [C]
E2.2 plan and construct a model to illustrate the essential components of the homeostatic process (e.g., create a flow chart that illustrates representative feedback mechanisms in living things) [IP, AI, C]
E2.3 plan and conduct an investigation to study a feedback system (e.g., stimulus response loop) [IP, PR, AI]
E3.1 describe the anatomy and physiology of the endocrine, excretory, and nervous systems, and explain how these systems interact to maintain homeostasis
E3.2 explain how reproductive hormones act in human feedback mechanisms to maintain homeostasis (e.g., the actions of male and female reproductive hormones on their respective body systems)
E3.3 describe the homeostatic processes involved in maintaining water, ionic, thermal, and acid–base equilibrium, and explain how these processes help body systems respond to both a change in environment and the effects of medical treatments (e.g., the role of feedback mechanisms in water balance or thermoregulation; how the buffering system of blood maintains the body’s pH balance; the effect of medical treatments on the endocrine system; the effects of chemotherapy on homeostasis)

Equity and Social Justice

A1. Exploring
- A1.1 explore a variety of topics related to equity and social justice (e.g., media representations of women in politics, effects of social networking on activism) to identify topics for research and inquiry
- A1.2 identify key concepts (e.g., through discussion, brainstorming, use of visual organizers) related to their selected topics
- A1.3 formulate effective questions to guide their research and inquiry
A2. Investigating
- A2.2 locate and select information relevant to their investigations from a variety of primary sources
- A2.3 based on preliminary research, for each investigation formulate a hypothesis, thesis statement, or research question, and use it to focus their research
A3. Processing Information
- A3.1 assess various aspects of information gathered from primary and secondary sources
B1. Approaches and Perspectives
- B1.3 explain how individual and systemic factors (e.g., fear, greed, isolation, pressure to conform, poverty, individual and systemic discrimination) can cause or perpetuate inequity and social injustice
C2. Leadership
- C2.3 analyse equity and social justice issues that have been confronted by various religious leaders and movements, and assess the contributions that specific religious leaders and movements have made to the advancement of equity and social justice

World Cultures

D1.1 demonstrate an understanding of the dynamics of power relations within specific cultural groups
D2.1 explain the impact of colonization on Aboriginal communities in Canada and other countries

Families in Canada

D1.1 analyse the significance of recent demographic trends relating to the lives of individuals

Analysing Current Economic Issues

E3. International Economic Power and Inequality

E3.1 analyse data on global economic disparities and explain the main causes and effects of economic marginalization
E3.2 assess responses to economic disparity by various intergovernmental organizations
E3.3 explain how various social movements and social justice organizations address global economic inequality, and assess their effectiveness

The Environment and Resource Management

E1.1 analyse the role of governments in protecting the environment, locally, nationally, and globally

Legal Studies

E1.3 explain some key similarities and differences between Canada’s system of government and that of other countries

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