Alberta Guide, Outcomes, and Lessons
Kids Boost Immunity matches the Alberta curriculum outcomes listed below. You can also read a description of the core lessons available for Alberta students. Each grade has a tailored selection of lessons that fit their curricular need. Please note that this is not an exhaustive list of the curricular fit - teachers on KBI have found many more curriculum connections than outlined here! Continue scrolling down to see a short description of the core lessons available for each grade.
CLICK HERE FOR CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS, LESSONS AND SUPPORT RESOURCES.
Made by a Grade 4 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.
- ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND LITERATURE 4
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Curriculum:
ORGANIZING IDEA Vocabulary: Understanding the meaning and formation of words facilitates oral communication, reading, and writing.
LEARNING OUTCOME: Students expand vocabulary and analyze morphemes to communicate in multiple contexts.
- Understanding
- An extensive and varied vocabulary enhances effective communication in a variety of contexts.
- Skills & Procedures
- Confirm word meanings, spellings, or word choices, using a variety of digital or non-digital resources.
LEARNING OUTCOME: Students investigate strategies and connections that support text comprehension.
All KBI modules are applicable.
Lessons have a link to unit/lesson plans on each lesson title. These include adaptable literacy building activities such as: vocabulary worksheets with phonetic structures, spelling exercises, matching definitions to vocabulary terms, sentence writing using vocabulary terms, prefix/ suffix exercises.
- Understanding
- ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND LITERATURE 4 & SCIENCE 4
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Curriculum:
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND LITERATURE 4 ORGANIZING IDEA Comprehension: Text comprehension is supported by applying varied strategies and processes and by considering both particular contexts and universal themes.
LEARNING OUTCOME: Students investigate strategies and connections that support text comprehension.
- Knowledge
- Inferencing involves multiple critical-thinking skills, including
- considering cause-and-effect relationships
- answering personal wonderings
- combining information from various sources to draw conclusions
- Understanding
- Comprehension involves inferencing and relying on multiple critical-thinking skills when engaging with texts.
- Skills & Procedures
- Infer cause-and-effect relationships in texts.
- Combine information from various sources to draw conclusions.
SCIENCE 4 ORGANIZING IDEA Scientific Methods: Investigation of the physical world is enhanced through the use of scientific methods that attempt to remove human biases and increase objectivity.
LEARNING OUTCOME: Students investigate evidence and reflect on its role in science.
- Knowledge
- Relevant data addresses the question that is being investigated.
- Some observations and data are not relevant to the question being investigated.
- All relevant data must be considered.
- Evidence is produced through the study and interpretation of data.
- Understanding
- Ongoing collection of evidence provides a way to expand and adjust previous knowledge.
- Reliability refers to consistency of data and evidence.
- Reliability of evidence can be affected by the amount of data collected and whether the data can be reproduced.
- Validity refers to how accurately data and evidence reflect what is supposed to be described or measured.
- Knowledge
- Data can be measured more accurately using tools or technology.
- Understanding
- Conclusions drawn during investigations must be based on reliable and valid evidence.
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
- Knowledge
- SCIENCE 4
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Curriculum:
SCIENCE 4 ORGANIZING IDEA Earth Systems: Understandings of the living world, Earth, and space are deepened by investigating natural systems and their interactions.
LEARNING OUTCOME: Students investigate the systems of Earth and reflect on how interconnections sustain life.
- Knowledge
- Changes in one system that can impact another system include changes in
- number of organisms
- food sources
- habitat
- water distribution and cleanliness
- weather patterns
- Changes in one system that can impact another system include changes in
- Understanding
- Earth’s systems are interconnected and can be impacted by small changes.
- Skills & Procedures
- Explain how changes made to one system can have impacts to other systems
LEARNING OUTCOME Students investigate the systems of Earth and reflect on how interconnections sustain life.
- Knowledge
- Conservation is the preservation and protection of Earth‘s systems from pollution, depletion, or extinction.
- Conservation practices can be implemented in natural and human-made areas.
- Understanding
- Conservation can impact land, natural resources, and organisms.
- Skills & Procedures
- Investigate conservation practices in natural and human-made areas.
SCIENCE 4 ORGANIZING IDEA Living Systems- Understandings of the living world, Earth, and space are deepened by investigating natural systems and their interactions.
LEARNING OUTCOME: Students analyze organisms and relate external structures to functions.
- Knowledge
- Organisms are living things that respond to stimuli and include plants, humans, and other animals.
- Organisms can be classified in various ways, including by
- appearance
- habitat
- structures
- Understanding
- A variety of organisms live on Earth and have external structures that support various functions.
- Skills & Procedures
- Find and classify local plants and animals based on appearance, habitat, and structures.
Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Classifying Living Things
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Video worksheet/answers
- Numeracy activity/answers
2. Diversity of Living Things (*Note: This is a Grade 6-7 learning module but fits the Grade 4 curriculum.)
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Video worksheet/answers
- Numeracy activity/answers
- Knowledge
- SCIENCE 4
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Curriculum:
SCIENCE 4 ORGANIZING IDEA: Earth Systems: Understandings of the living world, Earth, and space are deepened by investigating natural systems and their interactions.
LEARNING OUTCOME: Students investigate the systems of Earth and reflect on how their interconnections sustain life.
- Knowledge
- Earth scientists call Earth’s systems the spheres, including the
- lithosphere
- atmosphere
- hydrosphere
- biosphere
- The lithosphere
- is the outer layers of Earth’s surface
- is made of rocks
- contains soils and minerals that support life
- The atmosphere
- is a gas layer that surrounds Earth
- warms Earth’s surface
- reduces extremes of temperature
- contains oxygen, which is used for breathing
- The hydrosphere is
- all areas of Earth that are covered with water
- necessary for sustaining life
- The biosphere includes all
- life on Earth
- regions of Earth where life is supported
- Earth scientists call Earth’s systems the spheres, including the
- Understanding
- Earth’s systems interact with one another, resulting in environments that sustain life.
- Skills & Procedures
- Make connections between human activity and Earth’s systems.
- Analyze the interconnectedness of Earth’s systems.
- Knowledge
- Changes in one system that can impact another system include changes in
- number of organisms
- food sources
- habitat
- water distribution and cleanliness
- weather patterns-Create a plan to implement a conservation practice in a local environment.
- Changes in one system that can impact another system include changes in
- Understanding
- Earth’s systems are interconnected and can be impacted by small changes.
- Skills & Procedures
- Explain how changes made to one system can have impacts on another system.
- Knowledge
- Conservation is the preservation and protection of Earth ‘s systems from pollution, depletion, or extinction.
- Understanding
- Conservation can impact land, natural resources, and organisms.
- Skills & Procedures
- Investigate conservation practices in natural and human-made areas.
- Knowledge
- Conservation can be practised through personal actions, including .
- use of electricity; e.g., turning off lights when leaving a room
- use of water; e.g., taking shorter showers
- reducing waste; e.g., using reusable packaging
- Conservation can be practised through community or global actions, such as
- use of energy-efficient alternatives, e.g., solar panels
- supplying water to support crops (irrigation)
- Conservation can be practised through personal actions, including .
- Understanding
- Conservation of Earth’s systems involves personal, community, and global action.
- Skills & Procedures
- Describe examples of personal actions that contribute to conservation in daily life.
- Knowledge
- Water is a basic need for plants and animals.
- Understanding
- Caring for water and water sources is a shared responsibility.
- Skills & Procedures
- Demonstrate respect for water in the local environment
Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Environment & Climate Change
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Video worksheet/answers
- Numeracy activity/answers
- Knowledge
- SCIENCE 4 & SOCIAL STUDIES 4
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Curriculum:
SCIENCE 4 ORGANIZING IDEA Earth Systems: Understandings of the living world, Earth, and space are deepened by investigating natural systems and their interactions.
LEARNING OUTCOME: Students investigate the systems of Earth and reflect on how their interconnections sustain life.
- Knowledge
- First Nations, Metis, and Inuit hold understandings of Earth systems that sustain life, including that all things are interconnected.
- Understanding
- Earth’s systems interact with one another, resulting in environments that sustain life.
- Skills & Procedures
- Make connections between human activity and Earth’s systems.
- Analyze the interconnectedness of Earth’s systems.
SOCIAL STUDIES 4 ORGANIZING IDEA Systems: Evaluating processes and structures of organizations builds understanding of decision making in the world.
LEARNING OUTCOME: Students examine the role of the fur trade in the development of Canada.
- Knowledge
- Through the fur trade, furs were shipped from North America to Europe, where supply was low, and manufactured goods were shipped from Europe to North America, where demand was high.
- Roles of First Nations, Métis, and Europeans that contributed to the fur trade included
- hunters and trappers
- interpreters and guides
- clerks
- Understanding
- Trade can contribute to social and economic change.
- Skills and Procedures
- Model the fur trade’s system of exchange.
- Discuss interactions between First Nations, Métis, and Europeans that occurred as part of the fur trade.
SOCIAL STUDIES 4 ORGANIZING IDEA Time and Place: Exploring the dynamic relationships between people, place, and time supports understanding of perspectives and events to make meaning of the world.
LEARNING OUTCOME: Students investigate changes in Canada’s political boundaries.
- Knowledge
- First Nations and Europeans made treaties with each other, such as the Two Row Wampum (Gaswéñdah), to start a relationship of living side by side.
- Understanding
- Wars, rivalries, and treaties in Europe disrupted life in the colonies.
- Skills and Procedures
- Compare reasons for exploration and establishing colonies around the world.
- Discuss ways relationships were built between First Nations and Europeans.
LEARNING OUTCOME: Students examine significant historical events that contributed to the formation of the country of Canada.
- Knowledge
- Colonization involved European monarchs expanding empires by claiming land and establishing colonies on land already occupied by Indigenous peoples around the world, including in North America (imperialism).
- Colonists brought belief systems and ways of organizing society to the colonies, including
- religions
- leadership
- education
- health care
SOCIAL STUDIES 4 ORGANIZING IDEA Systems: Evaluating processes and structures of organizations builds understanding of decision making in the world.
LEARNING OUTCOME: Students examine the role of the fur trade in the development of Canada.
- Understanding
- Trade can contribute to social and economic change.
Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Life on Turtle Island
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Video worksheet/answers
- Numeracy activity/answers
2. Cooperation and Colonization
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Self reflection guide
- Knowledge
- SOCIAL STUDIES 4
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Curriculum:
SOCIAL STUDIES 4 ORGANIZING IDEA Citizenship: Understanding local, national, and global issues empowers individual and collective action toward an inclusive society.
LEARNING OUTCOME: Students investigate rights and responsibilities in Canada.
- Knowledge
- Citizenship in Canada provides rights, such as the right to be treated equally regardless of difference.
- Citizenship in Canada carries responsibilities, such as contributing to the community, respecting the rights of others, and voting.
- Citizens in Canada have rights, freedoms, and responsibilities.
- Understanding
- Rights come with responsibilities.
- Skills & Procedures
- Reflect on personal rights and responsibilities.
Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Canada's Three Levels of Government
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Video worksheet/answers
- Numeracy activity/answers
- Knowledge
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
- Being kind and building leadership skills to help make a difference to others (December)
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Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Winter Break - Spreading Kindness
- 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)
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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
- Inquiry activities
- Caring for the Environment
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Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Environment & Climate Change
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Video worksheet/answers
- Inquiry activities/answer guides
- Numeracy activity/answers
- 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
Click on the headings below to see a description of all the core lessons for this grade
CLICK HERE FOR CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS, LESSONS AND SUPPORT RESOURCES.
Made by a Grade 5 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.
- ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND LITERATURE 5
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Curriculum:
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND LITERATURE 5 ORGANIZING IDEA Vocabulary: Communication and comprehension are improved by understanding word meaning and structures.
LEARNING OUTCOME: Students analyze how knowledge of vocabulary supports meaning and use of language.
- Knowledge
- Increased knowledge of vocabulary supports comprehension of text.
- Strategies for vocabulary development include extensive reading and listening to and noting how others use words.
- Understanding
- Vocabulary learning involves the use of strategies and tools.
- Skills & Procedures
- Use a variety of tools to build vocabulary knowledge.
- Engage with a wide variety of texts to expand vocabulary.
All KBI lessons are applicable.
Lessons have a link to unit/lesson plans on each lesson title. These include adaptable literacy building activities such as vocabulary worksheets with phonetic structures, spelling exercises, matching definitions to vocabulary terms, sentence writing using vocabulary terms, and prefix/suffix exercises.
- Knowledge
- ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND LITERATURE 5 & SCIENCE 5
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Curriculum:
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND LITERATURE 5 ORGANIZING IDEA Comprehension: Text comprehension is supported by applying varied strategies and processes and by considering both particular contexts and universal themes.
LEARNING OUTCOME: Students investigate strategies and connections that support text comprehension.
- Knowledge
- Inferencing involves multiple critical-thinking skills, including
- considering cause-and-effect relationships
- answering personal wonderings
- combining information from various sources to draw conclusions
- Inferencing involves multiple critical-thinking skills, including
- Understanding
- Comprehension involves inferencing and relying on multiple critical-thinking skills when engaging with texts.
- Skills & Procedures
- Infer cause-and-effect relationships in texts.
- Combine information from various sources to draw conclusions.
SCIENCE 5 ORGANIZING IDEA Scientific Methods: Investigation of the physical world is enhanced through the use of scientific methods that attempt to remove human biases and increase objectivity.
LEARNING OUTCOME: Students investigate how evidence is gathered and explain the importance of ethics in science.
- Knowledge
- Biases are any personal thoughts, feelings, or expectations that influence an investigation.
- Humans are not usually aware of their personal biases.
- Understanding
- Evidence is more reliable and valid when investigations are conducted in a way that limits bias.
- Skills & Procedures
- Identify biases that could influence an investigation.
- Knowledge
- A variable is a condition or factor that can influence the outcome of an experiment.
- A manipulated or independent variable is changed to determine what effect the change will have on the responding variable in a controlled experiment.
- A responding or dependent variable changes as a result of changes to the manipulated variable in a controlled experiment.
- A controlled variable is kept the same in a controlled experiment.
- A controlled experiment is an investigation in which one variable is changed and all other variables are kept the same.
- Understanding
- Evidence from a controlled experiment can be used to make conclusions about cause-and-effect relationships between variables.
- Skills & Procedures
- Identify biases that could influence an investigation.
- Apply vocabulary for variables correctly in science contexts.
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
- Knowledge
- SCIENCE 5
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Curriculum:
SCIENCE 5 ORGANIZING IDEA Living Systems: Understandings of the living world, Earth, and space are deepened by investigating natural systems and their interactions.
LEARNING OUTCOME: Students investigate the internal systems of organisms and explain how they support vital biological processes.
- Knowledge
- Vital biological processes in complex organisms are carried out by biological systems that rely on each other. Vital biological processes of complex organisms include
- movement
- nutrition
- respiration
- growth
- reproduction
- Understanding
- Earth’s systems are interconnected and can be impacted by small changes.
- Vital biological processes in complex organisms are carried out by biological systems that rely on each other. Vital biological processes of complex organisms include
- Skills & Procedures
- Make connections between human activity and Earth’s systems.
- Analyze the interconnectedness of Earth’s systems
- number of organisms
- food sources
- habitat
- water distribution and cleanliness
- weather patterns
LEARNING OUTCOME: Students analyze organisms and relate external structures to functions.
- Knowledge
- Organisms are living things that respond to stimuli and include plants, humans, and other animals.
- Organisms can be classified in various ways, including by
- appearance
- habitat
- structures
SCIENCE 5 ORGANIZING IDEA Earth Systems: Understandings of the living world, Earth, and space are deepened by investigating natural systems and their interactions.
LEARNING OUTCOME: Students analyze climate and connect it to weather conditions and agricultural practices.
- Knowledge
- Climate affects various aspects of animal activity, including
- migration patterns
- accessing food
- timing of reproduction
- Climate affects various aspects of animal activity, including
- Understanding
- Climate affects human and other animal activity.
- Skills & Procedures
- Explain how climate can affect human and other animal activity.
Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Diversity of Living Things (NOTE - this is a Grade 6 learning module as that is the curriculum fit for most provinces in Canada and cannot be changed. However, it fits Alberta grade 5 curriculum, so has been included here. To access it, teachers will need to select Grade 6.)
- Literacy builder worksheet/ answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Video worksheet/answers
- Numeracy activity/answers
2. Environment & Climate Change
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Video worksheet/answers
- Inquiry activities/answer guides
- Numeracy activity/answers
- Knowledge
- SOCIAL STUDIES 5
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Curriculum:
SOCIAL STUDIES 5 ORGANIZING IDEA Citizenship: Understanding local, national, and global issues empowers individual and collective action toward an inclusive society.
LEARNING OUTCOME: Students investigate ways to learn about the world and take action for change.
- Knowledge
- The study of historical issues and events, such as those in ancient civilizations and empires, can provide insight into contemporary issues and events, for example,
- the evolution of technology
- the economic impact of exploration and trade
- the successes and failures of social and government systems
- Informed citizens seek information from multiple sources that present various perspectives on issues and events. Consideration of various perspectives can support development of empathy for the actions and values of others.
- Informed citizens can respond to issues and events by taking actions, such as sharing information, collecting donations, volunteering, and changing personal behaviours.
- The study of historical issues and events, such as those in ancient civilizations and empires, can provide insight into contemporary issues and events, for example,
- Understanding
- Informed citizenship is empowering.
- Skills & Procedures
- Relate historical issues and events to contemporary issues and events.
- Compare perspectives about an issue or event.
- Investigate an event or issue using multiple sources.
- Describe opportunities of informed citizenship.
- Knowledge
- Humans and many other animals have internal biological systems that include the
- digestive system
- respiratory system
- circulatory system
- musculoskeletal system
- The digestive system breaks down food and absorbs nutrients and includes the mouth, stomach, intestines, liver, and pancreas.
- The respiratory system exchanges oxygen and carbon dioxide and includes the trachea, lungs, and diaphragm.
- The circulatory system moves blood around the body and includes the heart and blood vessels.
- The musculoskeletal system supports and moves the body and includes muscles and bones.
- The digestive, respiratory, and circulatory systems work together to supply oxygen and nutrients to the human body.
- Humans and many other animals have internal biological systems that include the
- Understanding
- Humans are complex organisms with biological systems that carry out vital biological processes.
- Skills & Procedures
- Relate vital biological processes to a human or other animal’s internal biological systems.
- Examine the function of the human digestive, respiratory, circulatory, and musculoskeletal systems.
- Identify the digestive, respiratory, circulatory, and musculoskeletal systems of the human body and the major body parts of each system.
- Investigate the relationships between body systems that are involved in moving oxygen and nutrients throughout the human body.
Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Canada's Interactions with the Global Community
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Video worksheet/answers
- Inquiry activities/answer guides
- Numeracy activity/answers
2. The Human Body - Circulatory System
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Inquiry activities/answer guides
3. The Human Body - Respiratory System
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Inquiry activities/answer guides
4. The Human Body - Digestive System
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Inquiry activities/answer guides
- Numeracy activity/answers
- Knowledge
- ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND LITERATURE 5
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Curriculum:
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND LITERATURE 5 ORGANIZING IDEA Vocabulary: Understanding the meaning and formation of words facilitates oral communication, reading, and writing.
LEARNING OUTCOME: Students expand vocabulary and analyze morphemes to communicate in multiple contexts.
- Knowledge
- Different time periods gave rise to different forms of oral communication, including
- storytelling
- Oral traditions include the use of stories to connect prior knowledge to lived experiences.
- Oral traditions include diverse types of stories, including
- tales of everyday life
- sacred stories
- stories of extraordinary experiences
- trickster stories or tales
- Trickster stories or tales can
- have human, superhuman, and animal characters
- teach lessons
- reflect aspects of a culture
- Oral traditions hold communities together based on some shared knowledge and values.
- Different time periods gave rise to different forms of oral communication, including
- Understanding
- The content and delivery of oral traditions are influenced by history, communities, or contexts.
- Skills & Procedures
- Discuss cultural contexts of oral traditions.
- Discuss meanings of stories and lessons shared orally.
Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Life on Turtle Island
- Literacy builder worksheet/answers
- Lesson worksheet/ answers
- Holistic reflection activity
- Knowledge
Curriculum-Related Themes Throughout the Year
- Indigenous Teachings (Truth & Reconciliation September, and/or National Indigenous History Month June)
-
Applicable KBI lessons:
- Reflecting on hardships and courage during WWII (November)
-
Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Remembrance Day / Veterans Day / Armistice Day
- Being kind and building leadership skills to help make a difference to others (December)
-
Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Winter Break - Spreading Kindness
- 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)
-
Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Black History Month
2. Refugee Experiences
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Inquiry activities
- Celebrating Inspiring Women in STEM (March)
-
Applicable KBI lessons:
1. International Women's Day - Celebrating Inspiring Women in STEM
- 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)
-
Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Germs, The Body's Defense System, & How Vaccines Help
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Inquiry activities
Click on the headings below to see a description of all the core lessons for this grade
CLICK HERE FOR CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS, LESSONS AND SUPPORT RESOURCES.
Made by a Grade 6 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.
- ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND LITERATURE 6
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Curriculum:
ORGANIZING IDEA Conventions: Understanding grammar, spelling, and punctuation makes it easier to communicate clearly, to organize thinking, and to use language for desired effects.
LEARNING OUTCOME: Students apply and analyze conventions that support accuracy or enhance creative expression.
All KBI lessons are applicable.
Lessons have a link to unit/lesson plans on each lesson title. These include adaptable literacy building activities such as: vocabulary worksheets with phonetic structures, spelling exercises, matching definitions to vocabulary terms, sentence writing using vocabulary terms, prefix/ suffix exercises.
- SCIENCE 6
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Curriculum:
SCIENCE 6 ORGANIZING IDEA Scientific Methods: Investigation of the physical world is enhanced through the use of scientific methods that attempt to remove human biases and increase objectivity.
LEARNING OUTCOME: Students investigate and describe the role of explanation in science.
- Knowledge
- Scientific explanations make sense of natural phenomena based on an investigation.
- Scientific explanations must be testable (falsifiable) by an investigation that will either support or contradict the explanation.
- Hypotheses are proposed scientific explanations developed prior to conducting an investigation.
- Hypotheses are based on prior scientific knowledge and understandings.
- Understanding
- Explanations are used in science to answer scientific questions.
- Skills & Procedures
- Discuss the role of scientific explanations.
- Develop and test a hypothesis based on a scientific explanation.
- Evidence and scientific explanations are subject to further investigation to determine their validity.
- Knowledge
- Further investigation can involve a variety of processes, such as
- continual collection of evidence over time
- discussion and debate in the scientific community
- conducting multiple investigations over long periods of time
- using new technologies and methods that reveal new evidence
- Further investigation can involve a variety of processes, such as
- Understanding
- Science is a self-correcting way of knowing about the world, where new evidence can change understandings and explanations.
- Skills & Procedures
- Discuss processes that can be used to validate evidence and explanations.
- Knowledge
- Scientific experiments performed with objectivity and a high level of accuracy produce trustworthy evidence to support explanations.
- Understanding
- Scientific explanations are constructed using reliable, objective data and evidence.
- Skills & Procedures
- First Nations, Métis, and Inuit share explanations of natural phenomena through
- written texts
- traditional knowledge
- visual forms
- stories and legends
- Scientific explanations can incorporate a variety of texts, such as
- visual forms; e.g., graphs, tables, flow charts, diagrams, and models
- written texts; e.g., research papers
- verbal presentations; e.g., stories and discussions
- First Nations, Métis, and Inuit share explanations of natural phenomena through
Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Critical Thinking & Evaluating Informaiton
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Video worksheet/answers
- Inquiry activities/answer guides
- Science Experiment - Terms and Activity
- Numeracy activity/answers
2. Germs, The Body's Defense System, & How Vaccines Help
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Inquiry activities
- Knowledge
- SCIENCE 6
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Curriculum:
SCIENCE 6 ORGANIZING IDEA Living Systems: Understandings of the living world, Earth, and space are deepened by investigating natural systems and their interactions.
LEARNING OUTCOME: Students investigate the characteristics and components of and interactions within ecosystems.
- Knowledge
- Ecosystems are complex systems of biotic and abiotic components.
- Biotic components of an ecosystem include plants, animals, and micro-organisms.
- Abiotic components of an ecosystem include
- energy from the Sun
- water
- soil
- air
- All components of an ecosystem influence each other either directly or indirectly; e.g.,
- animals rely on plants for food
- plants need water to grow
- energy from the Sun affects temperature
- decomposers help return nutrients to the soil
- Characteristics of ecosystems that affect diversity of organisms include
- geographic location, including climate patterns, landforms, and water sources
- size, from very small to very large
- complexity, including number and types of plants and animals
- Plants carry out the process of photosynthesis, which uses light, water, and carbon dioxide to produce oxygen and food in the form of sugar (glucose).
- Plants and animals use the oxygen that is released during photosynthesis for respiration.
- Chlorophyll in plants collects light needed for photosynthesis.
- Understanding
- Earth’s systems are interconnected and can be impacted by small changes.
SCIENCE 6 ORGANIZING IDEA Earth Systems: Understandings of the living world, Earth, and space are deepened by investigating natural systems and their interactions.
LEARNING OUTCOME: Students investigate climate, changes in climate, and the impact of climate change on Earth.
- Knowledge
- Earth’s systems interact with the Sun and each other to impact climate in various ways, including
- clouds reflecting sunlight into space
- greenhouse gases trapping heat from the Sun
- ice reflecting light from the Sun
- Changes in climate can be caused by human activities, including industrialization and pollution.
- The release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere contributes to the warming of Earth.
- Personal actions that can help address human causes of global climate change include
- reducing personal consumption and waste
- Earth’s systems interact with the Sun and each other to impact climate in various ways, including
- Understanding
- Complex interactions between humans, Earth’s systems, and the Sun can impact climate and climate change.
- Skills & Procedures
- Relate impacts of natural processes and human activities on climate change.
- Identify personal actions that may affect global climate change.
- Knowledge
- Climate change can affect
- weather and extreme weather events
- migration patterns
- water resources
- frequency of forest fires
- Climate change can affect
Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Diversity of Living Things
- Literacy builder worksheet/ answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Video worksheet/answers
- Numeracy activity/answers
2. Environment & Climate Change
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Video worksheet/answers
- Inquiry activities/answer guides
- Numeracy activity/answers
- Knowledge
- SOCIAL STUDIES 6
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Curriculum:
SOCIAL STUDIES 6 ORGANIZING IDEA Citizenship: Understanding local, national, and global issues empowers individual and collective action toward an inclusive society.
LEARNING OUTCOME: Students investigate ways to learn about the world and take action for change.
- Knowledge
- The study of historical issues and events, such as those in ancient civilizations and empires, can provide insight into contemporary issues and events, for example,
- the evolution of technology
- the economic impact of exploration and trade
- the successes and failures of social and government systems
- Informed citizens seek information from multiple sources that present various perspectives on issues and events. Consideration of various perspectives can support development of empathy for the actions and values of others.
- Informed citizens can respond to issues and events by taking actions, such as sharing information, collecting donations, volunteering, and changing personal behaviours.
- The study of historical issues and events, such as those in ancient civilizations and empires, can provide insight into contemporary issues and events, for example,
- Understanding
- Informed citizenship is empowering.
- Skills & Procedures
- Relate historical issues and events to contemporary issues and events.
- Compare perspectives about an issue or event.
- Investigate an event or issue using multiple sources.
- Describe opportunities of informed citizenship
Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Canada's Interactions with the Global Community
- Literacy builder worksheet/ answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Video worksheet/answers
- Numeracy activity/answers
- Knowledge
- PHYSICAL & WELLNESS EDUCATION
-
Curriculum:
PHYSICAL & WELLNESS EDUCATION 6 ORGANIZING IDEA Growth and Development: Decision making that optimizes personal health and well-being is informed by understanding growth and development.
LEARNING OUTCOME: Students examine physical, social, personal, and environmental factors connected to maturation during adolescence.
- Knowledge
- Maturation can be supported through decision making related to personal and environmental factors, such as
- stress reduction
- mental health
- Maturation can be supported through decision making related to personal and environmental factors, such as
Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Social & Emotional Learning
- Knowledge
Curriculum-Related Themes Throughout the Year
- Reflecting on hardships and courage during WWII (November)
-
Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Remembrance Day / Veterans Day / Armistice Day
- Building Leadership Skills To Help Others (December)
-
Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Winter Break - A Time To Reflect on Making a Difference
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- 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
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Inquiry activities
- Celebrating Inspiring Women in STEM (March)
-
Applicable KBI lessons:
1. International Women's Day - Celebrating Inspiring Women in STEM
- 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)
-
Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Immunization Awareness Week
2. The Spread of Infectious Diseases
3. Scientific Curiosity and Vaccine Discoveries
- Literacy builder worksheets/answer guides
- Inquiry activities
Click on the headings below to see a description of all the core lessons for this grade
CLICK HERE FOR CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS, LESSONS AND SUPPORT RESOURCES.
Made by a Grade 7 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.
- Science
-
Curricular outcomes:
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)
Science- Interactions & Ecosystems
- Stewardship Students will be encouraged to: Demonstrate sensitivity and responsibility in pursuing a balance between the needs of humans and a sustainable environment (e.g., assume personal responsibility for their impact on the environment; predict consequences of proposed personal actions on the environment; consider both immediate and long-term consequences of group actions; identify, objectively, potential conflicts between responding to human wants and needs and protecting the environment)
- 1. Investigate and describe relationships between humans and their environments, and identify related issues and scientific questions
- 2. Trace and interpret the flow of energy and materials within an ecosystem
- 3. Monitor a local environment, and assess the impacts of environmental factors on the growth, health and reproduction of organisms in that environment
- 4. Describe the relationships among knowledge, decisions and actions in maintaining life-supporting environments
Science- Plants for Food and Fibre
- 1. Investigate plant uses; and identify links among needs, technologies, products and impacts
- 3. Analyze plant environments, and identify impacts of specific factors and controls
- 4. Identify and interpret relationships among human needs, technologies, environments, and the culture and use of living things as sources of food and fibre
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
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Inquiry activities/answer guides
3. Environment & Climate Change
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Video worksheet/answers
- Inquiry activities/answer guides
- Numeracy activity/answers
4. Diversity of Living Things
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Video worksheet/answers
- Numeracy activity/answers
- Social Studies
-
Curricular outcomes:
DIMENSIONS OF THINKING
- 7.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
- 7.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 manager
Social Studies- Towards Confederation
- 7.1.1 appreciate the influence of diverse Aboriginal, French and British peoples on events leading to Confederation
- 7.1.2 appreciate the challenges of co-existence among peoples
- 7.1.3 compare and contrast diverse social and economic structures within the societies of Aboriginal, French and British peoples in pre-Confederation Canada by exploring and reflecting upon the following questions and issues:
- What were the different ways in which Aboriginal societies were structured (i.e., Iroquois Confederacy, Ojibwa, Mi’kmaq)? (CC, I, LPP)
- How did the structures of Aboriginal societies affect decision making in each society (i.e., role and status of women, consensus building)? (CC, TCC, PADM)
- What were the social and economic factors of European imperialism? (CC, I, TCC)
- In what ways did European imperialism impact the social and economic structures of Aboriginal societies?
- 7.1.4 assess, critically, the economic competition related to the control of the North American fur trade by exploring and reflecting upon the following questions and issues:
- How did the First Nations, French, British and Métis peoples interact with each other as participants in the fur trade? (TCC, ER, LPP)
- How did the fur trade contribute to the foundations of the economy in North America?
Social Studies- Following Confederation
- 7.2.2 recognize the positive and negative consequences of political decisions (PADM)
- 7.2.5 evaluate the impact of Confederation and of subsequent immigration on Canada from 1867 to the First World War by exploring and reflecting upon the following questions and issues:
- What were the underlying reasons for the negotiation of the numbered treaties? (C, I, LPP, TCC)
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
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Inquiry activities/answer guides
3. Life on Turtle Island
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- 7.S.1 develop skills of critical thinking and creative thinking:
- English Language Arts (ELA)
-
Curricular outcomes:
1.1 Discover & Explore
- Extend understanding of ideas and information by finding and exploring oral, print and other media texts on related topics and themes
- Explore and assess oral, print and other media texts recommended by others
2.1 Use Strategies & Cues
- Adjust reading rate and strategies to account for changes in structural features of texts and complexity of content
- Identify, connect, and summarize in own words, the main ideas from two or more sources on the same topic
2.2 Respond to Texts
- Identify and explain the usefulness, effectiveness and limitations of various forms of oral, print and other media texts
- Reflect on, revise and elaborate on initial impressions of oral, print and other media texts, through subsequent reading, listening and viewing activities
3.1 Plan & Focus
- Discuss the types and sources of information appropriate for topic, audience, form, purpose and point of view
3.2 Select & Process
- Obtain information from a variety of sources, such as adults, peers, advertisements, magazines, lyrics, formal interviews, almanacs, broadcasts and videos, to explore research questions
- Distinguish between fact and opinion, and follow the development of argument and opinion
- Scan to locate specific information quickly; summarize and record information useful for research purposes
- Use pre-established criteria to evaluate the usefulness of a variety of information sources in terms of their structure and purpose
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
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Video worksheet/answers
- Inquiry activities/answer guides
Curriculum-Related Themes Throughout the Year
- Reflecting on hardships and courage during WWII (November)
-
Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Remembrance Day / Veterans Day / Armistice Day
- Building Leadership Skills To Help Others (December)
-
Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Winter Break - A Time To Reflect on Making a Difference
- 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
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Inquiry activities
- Celebrating Inspiring Women in STEM (March)
-
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)
-
Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Immunization Awareness Week
2. The Spread of Infectious Diseases
3. Scientific Curiosity and Vaccine Discoveries
- Literacy builder worksheets/answer guides
- Inquiry activities
Click on the headings below to see a description of all the core lessons for this grade
CLICK HERE FOR CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS, LESSONS AND SUPPORT RESOURCES.
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.
- Science
-
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
-
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)
-
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)
-
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)
-
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)
-
Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Black History Month
2. Refugee Experiences
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Inquiry activities
- Celebrating Inspiring Women in STEM (March)
-
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)
-
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)
-
Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Indigenous History on Turtle Island
Click on the headings below to see a description of all the core lessons for this grade
CLICK HERE FOR CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS, LESSONS AND SUPPORT RESOURCES.
Made by a Grade 9 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.
- Science
-
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)
Science - Biological Diversity
- 1. Investigate and interpret diversity among species and within species, and describe how diversity contributes to species survival
- 4. Identify impacts of human action on species survival and variation within species, and analyze related issues for personal and public decision making
- 3. Describe, in general terms, the role of genetic materials in the continuity and variation of species characteristics; and investigate and interpret related technologies
- Distinguish between, and identify examples of, natural and artificial selection (e.g., evolution of beak shapes in birds, development of high milk production in dairy cows)
Science- Attitude Outcomes
- Interest in Science
- Students will be encouraged to show interest in science-related questions and issues, and confidently pursue personal interests and career possibilities within science-related fields (e.g., select and explore media on topics related to species diversity
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. Environment & Climate Change
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Video worksheet/answers
- Inquiry activities/answer guides
- Numeracy activity/answers
6. Evolution and Natural Selection
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Video worksheet/answers
- Inquiry activities/answer guides
- Social Studies
-
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- Governance & Rights
- 9.1.4 examine the structure of Canada’s federal political system
- 9.1.7 assess, critically, how the increased demand for recognition of collective rights has impacted the legislative process in Canada by exploring and reflecting upon the following questions and issues:
- How does the Indian Act recognize the status and identity of Aboriginal peoples? (PADM, I, C)
- How does legislation such as Treaty 6, Treaty 7 and Treaty 8 recognize the status and identity of Aboriginal peoples? (I, PADM, LPP)
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. Canada’s Three Levels of Government
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Numeracy activity/answers
4. Life on Turtle Island
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- 8.S.1 develop skills of critical thinking and creative thinking:
- English Language Arts (ELA)
-
Curricular outcomes:
General Outcome 1
- 1.1 Discover and Explore
- Talk with others and experience a variety of oral, print and other media texts to explore, develop and justify own opinions and points of view
- 1.2 Clarify and Extend
- Assess whether new information extends understanding by considering diverse opinions and exploring ambiguities
General Outcome 2
- 2.1 Use Strategies and Cues
- Identify explicit and implicit ideas and information in texts; listen and respond to various interpretations of the same text
- Select appropriate reading rate and strategies for comprehending texts less closely connected to prior knowledge and personal experiences
- Preview complex texts as to their intent, content and structure, and use this information to set a purpose and select strategies for reading
- 2.2 Respond to Texts
- Describe how theme, dominant impression and mood are developed and sustained through choices in language use
- Identify features that define particular oral, print and other media texts; discuss differences in style and their effects on content and audience impression
- 2.3 Understand Forms, Elements and Techniques
- Evaluate the effectiveness of different types of media texts for presenting ideas and information
General Outcome 3
- 3.1 Plan and Focus
- Assess adequacy, accuracy, detail and appropriateness of oral, print and other media texts to support or further develop arguments, opinions or points of view
- Select types and sources of information to achieve an effective balance between researched information and own ideas
- Select information sources that will provide effective support, convincing argument or unique perspectives
- 3.2 Select and Process
- Obtain information reflecting multiple perspectives from a variety of sources, such as expository essays, graphs, diagrams, online catalogues, periodical indices, film libraries, electronic databases and the Internet, when conducting research
- Distinguish between primary and secondary sources, and determine the usefulness of each for research purposes
- Evaluate sources for currency, reliability and possible bias of information for a particular research project
- 3.3 Organize, Record and Evaluate
- Evaluate usefulness, relevance and completeness of gathered information; address information gaps
- 3.4 Share and Review
- Reflect on the research process, identifying areas of strength and ways to improve further research activities
General Outcome 5
- 5.1 Respect Others and Strengthen Community
- Analyze how oral, print and other media texts reflect the traditions, beliefs and technologies of different cultures, communities 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 qualities that foster kindness (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
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 Alberta 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.
Social Studies
2 - To what extent should contemporary society respond to the legacies of historical globalization?
- 2.1 recognize and appreciate historical and contemporary consequences of European contact, historical globalization and imperialism on Aboriginal societies (TCC, CC, I, GC)
- 2.2 exhibit a global consciousness with respect to the human condition (GC, C)
- 2.3 accept social responsibilities associated with global citizenship (C, GC)
- 2.4 recognize and appreciate the validity of oral histories (TCC, CC)
- 2.5 recognize and appreciate various perspectives regarding the prevalence and impacts ofEurocentrism (TCC, CC, I)
- 2.6 examine impacts of cultural contact between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples (exchange of goods and technologies, depopulation, influences on government and social institutions) (TCC, CC, GC)
- 2.11 analyze contemporary global issues that have origins in policies and practices of post-colonial governments in Canada and other locations (consequences of residential schools, social impact on Indigenous peoples, loss of Indigenous languages, civil strife) (GC, CC, TCC, I)
- 2.13 examine legacies of historical globalization and imperialism that continue to influence globalization (TCC, GC)
3 - To what extent should we embrace globalization?
- 3.1 recognize and appreciate multiple perspectives that exist with respect to the relationships among politics, economics, the environment and globalization (GC, ER, PADM)
- 3.2 recognize and appreciate impacts of globalization on the interdependent relationships among people, the economy and the environment (GC, ER, PADM)
4 - To what extent should I, as a citizen, respond to globalization?
- 4.1 recognize and appreciate the impact of globalization on the quality of life of individuals and communities (GC, C, CC)
- 4.2 recognize and appreciate the importance of human rights in determining quality of life (GC, C)
- 4.3 accept political, social and environmental responsibilities associated with global citizenship (C, GC, ER)
- 4.4 explore various understandings of quality of life (GC)
- 4.5 analyze impacts of globalization on children and youth (awareness of global issues, employment issues, identity) (GC, C, PADM, ER, I)
- 4.8 analyze how globalization affects individuals and communities (migration, technology, agricultural issues, pandemics, resource issues, contemporary issues) (GC, LPP)
- 4.11 develop strategies to demonstrate active, responsible global citizenship (C, GC, PADM, ER)
Skills and Processes
Dimensions of Thinking
S.1 develop skills of critical thinking and creative thinking:
- analyze ideas and information from multiple sources
- determine relationships among multiple sources of information
- determine the validity of information based on context, bias, sources, objectivity, evidence or reliability
- evaluate personal assumptions and opinions
- determine the strengths and weaknesses of arguments
- identify seemingly unrelated ideas to explain a concept or event
- analyze current affairs from a variety of perspectives
- identify main ideas underlying a position or issue
S.3 develop skills of geographic thinking:
- analyze the ways in which physical and human geographic features influence world events
- draw conclusions from maps and other geographic sources
- locate, gather, interpret and organize information, using historical maps
Social Participation as a Democratic Practice
S.6 develop age-appropriate behaviour for social involvement as responsible citizens contributing to their community:
- demonstrate leadership by engaging in actions that will enhance the well-being of self and others in the community
- promote and respect the contributions of team members when working as a team
- cooperate with others for the well-being of the community
Research for Deliberative Inquiry
S.7 apply the research process:
- develop and express an informed position on an issue
- develop conclusions based on evidence gathered through research of a wide variety of sources
- use research tools and methods to investigate issues
- consult a wide variety of sources, including oral histories, that reflect varied viewpoints on particular issues
- revise questions on an issue as new information becomes available
- select relevant information when conducting research
- cite sources correctly to respect the ownership and integrity of information
- use calendars, time management or project management software to assist in organizing the research process
- plan and perform searches, using digital sources
- generate understandings of issues by using some form of technology to facilitate theprocess
Communication
S.9 develop skills of media literacy:
- assess the authority, reliability and validity of electronically accessed information
- analyze the validity of various points of view in media messages
- analyze information from multiple sources, evaluating each source in terms of the author’s perspective or bias and use of evidence
- analyze the impact of various forms of media
- demonstrate discriminatory selection of electronically accessed information
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 Alberta 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 20
Unit B: Ecosystems and Population Change
- 20–B1.5k Explain the fundamental principles of taxonomy and binomial nomenclature, using modes of nutrition at the kingdom level and morphological characteristics at the genus species level
- 20–B1.3s analyze data and apply mathematical and conceptual models to develop and assess possible solutions
- Apply classification and binomial nomenclature systems in a field study (AI–NS1)
Unit D: Human Systems
- 20–D3.2s Conduct investigations into relationships between and among observable variables and use a broad range of tools and techniques to gather and record data and information
Science 24
Unit C – Disease Defence and Human Health. Describe the natural mechanisms that protect the human organism from pathogens
- Explain the role of the human organism’s physical defences in preventing infection by pathogens (e.g., skin, mucus membranes, tears, saliva, digestive system)
- Investigate and explain the role of blood components in controlling pathogens (e.g., white blood cells and antibodies)
- Identify the major cellular and chemical components of the human immune system
- Describe, in general terms, how the immune system protects the body by attacking foreign or abnormal proteins
- Compare forms of immunity in the human organism, and explain how immunity is established (e.g., natural and artificial immunization)
- Explain how specific antibiotic therapies, vaccines or medications are used to treat or prevent a disease (e.g., measles, rabies, tetanus, smallpox, tuberculosis)
- Describe how the overuse and improper use of antibiotics may lead to the development of resistance in bacteria (e.g., use of prescription antibiotics for viral infections)
Social Studies
3 - Should internationalism be pursued?
- 3.1 appreciate that nations and states engage in regional and global affairs for a variety of reasons (GC, C)
- 3.2 appreciate the impacts of nation and state involvement in regional and global affairs on individual and collective identities (GC, C)
- 3.3 demonstrate a global consciousness with respect to the human condition and global affairs (C, GC)
3.4 examine the motives of nation and state involvement or noninvolvement in international affairs (economic stability, self-determination, peace, security, humanitarianism) (GC, LPP, TCC)
3.5 explore understandings of internationalism (GC, PADM)
3.6 examine how internationalism can be promoted by foreign policy (multilateralism,supranationalism, peacekeeping, foreign aid, international law and agreements) (GC, PADM, ER)
3.7 analyze the extent to which selected organizations promote internationalism (United Nations, World Council of Indigenous Peoples, European Union, l’Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, Arctic Council) (GC, PADM, ER)
3.8 examine impacts of the pursuit of internationalism in addressing contemporary global issues (conflict, poverty, debt, disease, environment, human rights) (GC, PADM, ER)
3.9 evaluate the extent to which nationalism must be sacrificed in the interest of internationalism (GC, PADM, ER)
Social Sciences
There are a number of subjects where there is a fit:
Geography 20-30
Political Science 20-30
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 Alberta 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.
Social Studies
To what extent should my actions as a citizen be shaped by an ideology?
- 4.2 exhibit a global consciousness with respect to the human condition and world issues (C, GC)
Biology 30
Unit A: Nervous and Endocrine Systems
- 30–A2.2k Describe the function of the hormones of the principal endocrine glands, i.e., thyroidstimulating hormone (TSH)/thyroxine, calcitonin/parathyroid hormone (PTH), adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)/cortisol, glucagon/insulin, human growth hormone (hGH), antidiuretic hormone (ADH), epinephrine, aldosterone, and describe how they maintain homeostasis through feedback
- 30–A2.3k Explain the metabolic roles hormones may play in homeostasis; i.e., thyroxine in metabolism; insulin, glucagon and cortisol in blood sugar regulation; hGH in growth; ADH in water regulation; aldosterone in sodium ion regulation
Unit B: Reproduction and Development
- 30–B2.2sts Explain why decisions regarding the application of scientific and technological development involve a variety of perspectives, including social, cultural, environmental, ethical and economic considerations
Unit D: Population and Community Dynamics
General Outcome 1
Specific Outcomes for Skills (Nature of Science Emphasis)
Initiating and Planning
- 30–D1.1s formulate questions about observed relationships and plan investigations of questions, ideas, problems and issues
- identify a question about the resistance of bacteria to specific antibiotics or about the resistance of plants to specific herbicides (IP–NS1).
Social Sciences
There are a number of subjects where there is a fit:
Geography 20-30
Political Science 20-30
Click on the headings below to see a description of all the core lessons for this grade