Alberta Grade 8
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- Science
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Curricular outcomes:
Scientific Curiosity and Vaccine Discoveries
- Goal: Encourage students at all grade levels to develop a critical sense of wonder and curiosity about scientific and technological endeavours.
Critical Thinking & Evaluating Information/ Navigating the World of Online (Mis)Information
- Applicable to all units
- Scientific Inquiry- Attitudes: Students will be encouraged to: Seek and apply evidence when evaluating alternative approaches to investigations, problems and issues (e.g., take the time to accurately gather evidence and use instruments carefully; consider observations, ideas and perspectives from a number of sources during investigations and before drawing conclusions and making decisions)
Diversity of Living Things/ Immune System & How Vaccines Help Prevent Diseases
- Science- Cells & Systems
- CS8.1. Investigate living things; and identify and apply scientific ideas used to interpret their general structure, function and organization
- CS8.2. Investigate and describe the role of cells within living things
- CS8.3. Interpret the healthy function of human body systems, and illustrate ways the body reacts to internal and external stimuli
- CS8.4. Describe areas of scientific investigation leading to new knowledge about body systems and to new medical applications
Environment & Climate Change
- Science- Freshwater & Saltwater Systems
- WS8.1. Describe the distribution and characteristics of water in local and global environments, and identify the significance of water supply and quality to the needs of humans and other living things
- WS8.2. Investigate and interpret linkages among landforms, water and climate
- WS8.3. Analyze factors affecting productivity and species distribution in marine and freshwater environments
- WS8.4. Analyze human impacts on aquatic systems; and identify the roles of science and technology in addressing related questions, problems and issues
Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Scientific Curiosity and Vaccine Discoveries
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Inquiry activities/answer guides
2. Critical Thinking & Evaluating Information
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Video worksheet/answers
- Inquiry activities/answer guides
- Numeracy activity/answers
3. Navigating the World of Online (Mis)Information
- Inquiry activities
4. Diversity of Living Things
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
5. Immune System & How Vaccines Help Prevent Diseases
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Video worksheet/answers
- Numeracy activity/answers
- Social Studies
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Curricular outcomes:
DIMENSIONS OF THINKING
- 8.S.1 develop skills of critical thinking and creative thinking:
- analyze the validity of information based on context, bias, source, objectivity, evidence and reliability to broaden understanding of a topic or an issue
RESEARCH FOR DELIBERATIVE INQUIRY
- 8.S.7 apply the research process:
- develop a position that is supported by information gathered through research
- determine how information serves a variety of purposes and that the accuracy or relevance of information may need verification
- practise the responsible and ethical use of information and technology
- plan and conduct a search, using a wide variety of electronic sources
- develop a process to manage volumes of information that can be made available through electronic sources
- evaluate the relevance of electronically accessed information to a particular topic
- make connections among related, organized data, and assemble various pieces into a unified message ¾ refine searches to limit sources to a manageable number
- 8.S.9 develop skills of media literacy:
- examine techniques used to enhance the authority and authenticity of media messages
- examine the values, lifestyles and points of view represented in a media message
- analyze the impact of television, the Internet, radio and print media on a particular current affairs issue
SOCIAL STUDIES AND ABORIGINAL PERSPECTIVES AND EXPERIENCES
- For historical and constitutional reasons, an understanding of Canada requires an understanding:
- of Aboriginal perspectives
- of Aboriginal experiences
Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Critical Thinking & Evaluating Information
- 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
- Inquiry activities
3. Indigenous History on Turtle Island
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- 8.S.1 develop skills of critical thinking and creative thinking:
- English Language Arts (ELA)
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Curricular outcomes:
General Outcome 1
- 1.1 Discover and Explore
- revise understanding and expression of ideas by connecting new and prior knowledge and experiences
- review, reread, discuss and reflect on oral, print and other media texts to explore, confirm or revise understanding
- seek out and consider diverse ideas, opinions and experiences to develop and extend own ideas, opinions and experiences
- discuss and respond to ways that forms of oral, print and other media texts enhance or constrain the development and communication of ideas, information and experiences
1.2 Clarify and Extend
- acknowledge the value of the ideas and opinions of others in exploring and extending personal interpretations and perspectives
- reconsider and revise initial understandings and responses in light of new ideas, information and feedback from others
General Outcome 2
- 2.1 Use Strategies and Cues
- use strategies to supplement and extend prior knowledge and experiences when interpreting new ideas and information
- monitor understanding; skim, scan or read slowly and carefully, as appropriate, to enhance comprehension
- 2.2 Respond to Texts
- expect that there is more than one interpretation for oral, print and other media texts, and discuss other points of view
- discuss how techniques, such as word choice, balance, camera angles, line and framing, communicate meaning and enhance effects in oral, print and other media texts
- 2.3 Understand Forms, Elements and Techniques
- summarize the content of media texts, and discuss the choices made in planning and producing them
General Outcome 3
- 3.1 Plan and Focus
- identify and trace the development of arguments, opinions or points of view in oral, print and other media texts
- select the most appropriate information sources for topic, audience, purpose and form
- 3.2 Select and Process
- obtain information from a variety of sources, such as artifacts, debates, forums, biographies, autobiographies, surveys, documentaries, films, CDROMs, charts and tables, when conducting research
- adjust rate of reading or viewing to suit purpose and density of information in print or other media texts
- develop and use criteria for evaluating the usefulness, currency and reliability of information for a particular research project
- 3.3 Organize, Record and Evaluate
- evaluate the relevance and importance of gathered information; address information gaps
General Outcome 5
- 5.1 Respect Others and Strengthen Community
- compare ways in which oral, print and other media texts reflect specific elements of cultures or periods in history
Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Critical Thinking & Evaluating Information
- 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
- Inquiry activities
- 1.1 Discover and Explore
Curriculum-Related Themes Throughout the Year
- Reflecting on hardships and courage during WWII (November)
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Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Remembrance Day / Veterans Day / Armistice Day
- Reflecting on leadership and the skills needed to help make a difference for ourselves and others (December)
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Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Christmas in No Man’s Land - Reflecting on Kindness
- 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)
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Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Black History Month
2. Refugee Experiences
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Inquiry activities
- Celebrating Inspiring Women in STEM (March)
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Applicable KBI lessons:
1. International Women's Day - Celebrating Inspiring Women in STEM
- 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)
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Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Immunization Awareness Week
2. The Spread of Infectious Diseases
3. Scientific Curiosity and Vaccine Discoveries
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Inquiry activities/answer guides
- Indigenous History on Turtle Island - pre-contact, contact, treaties, colonialism, The Indian Act (June)
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Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Indigenous History on Turtle Island