Alberta Grade 8
Made by a Grade 8 teacher in Alberta.
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. The full Grade 8 Alberta Curriculum Connections document is here.
- Social Studies
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Curricular outcomes:
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
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. Diversity of Living Things
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
2. Immune System & How Vaccines Help Prevent Diseases
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Video worksheet/answers
- Numeracy activity/answers
3. Environment & Climate Change
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Video worksheet/answers
- Inquiry activities/answer guides
- Numeracy activity/answers
- 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
- 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