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.
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.
- Start of Year – use for all subjects
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Curricular outcomes:
Social Studies
- 4.S.7 Students will apply the research process
- 4.S.4 demonstrate skills of decision making and problem solving
- 4.S.1 develop skills of critical thinking and creative thinking
ELA
- 1.2 explore ways to find additional ideas and information to extend understanding
- 3.2 identify information sources that inform, persuade or entertain, and use such sources appropriately
Science
- 4–4 Demonstrate positive attitudes for the study of science and for the application of science in responsible ways.
- 4–1 Investigate the nature of things, demonstrating purposeful action that leads to inferences supported by observations
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
- Responsibility & Agency
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Curricular outcomes:
Science- Waste & Our World
- 4–4 Demonstrate positive attitudes for the study of science and for the application of science in responsible ways.
- 4–5 Recognize that human activity can lead to the production of wastes, and identify alternatives for the responsible use and disposal of materials.
Social Studies- A Sense of the Land
- GO4-1: Students will demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of how elements of physical geography, climate, geology and paleontology are integral to the landscapes and environment of Alberta.
- 4.3.1 value and respect their relationships with the environment (C, ER, LPP)
Health
- W-4.2 examine the impact of environmental factors on personal health, and develop positive environmental health habits; e.g., exposure to the sun, second-hand smoke, noise, extreme cold/heat
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
- Stronger Together
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Curricular outcomes:
Social Studies
- 4.S.2 develop skills of historical thinking
- 4.S.8 respond appropriately to comments and questions, using language respectful of human diversity\
- 4.3.1
- appreciate the factors contributing to quality of life in Alberta:
- value and respect their own and other cultural identities (C, I)
- demonstrate respect for the rights, opinions and perspectives of others (C, I)
- demonstrate respect for the cultural and linguistic diversity in Alberta (C, I)
- recognize global affiliations within the Alberta Francophonie (GC)
- value and respect their relationships with the environment (C, ER, LPP)
- 4.2.2 assess, critically, how the cultural and linguistic heritage and diversity of Alberta has evolved over time by exploring and reflecting upon the following questions and issues:
- Which First Nations originally inhabited the different areas of the province?
- What do the stories of Aboriginal peoples tell us about their beliefs regarding the relationship between people and the land?
- 4.3.3 • In what ways have Aboriginal peoples and communities changed over time
ELA
- 2.2
- experience oral, print and other media texts from a variety of cultural traditions and genres, such as personal narratives, plays, novels, video programs, adventure stories, folk tales, informational texts, mysteries, poetry and CDROM programs
- retell events of stories in another form or medium
- identify the main events in oral, print and other media texts; explain their causes, and describe how they influence subsequent events
- 2.4 produce oral, print and other media texts that follow a logical sequence, and demonstrate clear relationships between character and plot
Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Life on Turtle Island
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Video worksheet/answers
2. Cooperation and Colonization
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
Curriculum-Related Themes Throughout the Year
- 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)
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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)
-
Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Immunization Awareness Week
2. The Spread of Infectious Diseases
3. Scientific Curiosity and Vaccine Discoveries
- Lesson worksheet/answers
Click on the headings below to see a description of all the core lessons for this grade
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.
- Having a Critical Lens
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Curricular outcomes:
ELA
- General Outcome 2- Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to comprehend and respond personally and critically to oral, print and other media texts.
- 2.1 Use strategies and cues
- 2.2 Respond to texts
- 2.3 Understand forms, elements and techniques
- 3.1- discuss the types and sources of information appropriate for topic, audience, form, purpose and point of view
Science- General Outcome
- 5–1 Design and carry out an investigation, using procedures that provide a fair test of the question being investigated.
Social Studies- Research for Deliberative Inquiry
- 5.S.1 develop skills of critical thinking and creative thinking:
- analyze significant local and current affairs from a variety of sources, distinguishing between fact and opinion
- evaluate ideas, information and positions from multiple perspectives
- recognize that information serves different purposes and that data from electronic sources may need to be verified to determine accuracy or relevance for the purpose used
- 5.S.7- Students will apply the research process:
- draw and support conclusions, based on information gathered, to answer a research question
- cite references as part of research
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
- General Outcome 2- Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to comprehend and respond personally and critically to oral, print and other media texts.
- Celebrating Our Roots
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Curricular outcomes:
Social Studies- 5.2 Histories & Stories of Ways of Life
- 5.2.1 appreciate the complexity of identity in the Canadian context:
- recognize how an understanding of Canadian history and the stories of its peoples contributes to their sense of identity (I, TCC)
- acknowledge oral traditions, narratives and stories as valid sources of knowledge about the land and diverse Aboriginal cultures and history (CC, I, TCC)
- acknowledge the roots of Francophone identity and presence in Canada (CC, I, TCC)
- acknowledge British influence and presence in Canada (CC, I, TCC)
- acknowledge the contributions made by diverse cultural groups to the evolution of Canada (CC, I, TCC)
- recognize how changes in society can affect identity (CC, I)
- 5.2.2 examine, critically, the ways of life of Aboriginal peoples in Canada by exploring and reflecting upon the following questions and issues:
- What do the stories of First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples tell us about their beliefs regarding the relationship between people and the land? (I, CC, TCC, LPP)
- How are the Aboriginal cultures and ways of life unique in each of the western, northern, central and eastern regions of Canada? (I, CC, TCC)
- How were the natural environment and geography of each region of Canada determining factors of the diversity among Aboriginal groups (e.g., languages, symbolism)? (LPP, TCC)
- What was the significance of the potlatch to the identity of the Aboriginal peoples of the Northwest Coast? (I, CC, LPP)
- In what ways do anthropology and archaeology contribute to our understanding of First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples? (CC, LPP, TCC)
Social Studies- 5.3 Canada: Shaping an Identity
- 5.3.1 appreciate how changes impact citizenship and identity:
- recognize how economic and political changes impact ways of life of citizens (C, ER, I, PADM)
- 5.3.2 assess, critically, the changes that occurred in Canada immediately following Confederation by exploring and reflecting upon the following questions and issues:
- Why were Aboriginal peoples excluded from the negotiations surrounding Confederation? (TCC, PADM)
ELA
- 3.1- Plan & Focus, summarize important ideas in oral, print and other media texts and express opinions about them
- General Outcome 5.1- Respect Others & Strengthen Community
- Use language to show respect
- Celebrate events and accomplishments
- Relate texts to culture
Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Life on Turtle Island
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
2. Cooperation and Colonization
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- 5.2.1 appreciate the complexity of identity in the Canadian context:
- Respecting Our Environment
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Curricular outcomes:
Social Studies – Physical Geography of Canada
- 5.1.1 Students will value Canada’s physical geography and natural environment:
- appreciate how the land sustains communities and the diverse ways that people have of living with the land (GC, LPP)
- demonstrate care and concern for the environment through their choices and actions (GC, LPP)
Science- Weather Watch
- 5–9 Investigate relationships between weather phenomena and human activity
Science- Wetland Ecosystems
- 5–10 Describe the living and nonliving components of a wetland ecosystem and the interactions within and among them
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
2. Classifying Living Things
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Numeracy activity/answers
- 5.1.1 Students will value Canada’s physical geography and natural environment:
- A Healthy Life
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Curricular outcomes:
Health
- W–5.1 examine the impact of physical activity, nutrition, rest and immunization on the immune system
- W–5.8 promote safety practices in the school and community
Social Studies- 5.2 Histories & Stories of Ways of Life
- 5.2.1 appreciate the complexity of identity in the Canadian context:
- recognize how an understanding of Canadian history and the stories of its peoples contributes to their sense of identity (I, TCC)
- acknowledge oral traditions, narratives and stories as valid sources of knowledge about the land and diverse Aboriginal cultures and history (CC, I, TCC)
Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Germs, The Body's Defense System, & How Vaccines Help
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Video worksheet/answers
Curriculum-Related Themes Throughout the Year
- 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. Immunization Awareness Week
2. The Spread of Infectious Diseases
3. Scientific Curiosity and Vaccine Discoveries
- Lesson worksheet/answers
Click on the headings below to see a description of all the core lessons for this grade
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.
- Start of Year – use for all subjects
-
Curricular outcomes:
ELA- General Outcomes
- 3.1- Plan & Focus
- discuss the types and sources of information appropriate for topic, audience, form, purpose and point of view
- distinguish among facts, supported inferences and opinions
- 3.2- Select & Process
- Use a variety of sources
- Evaluate sources
- evaluate the congruency between gathered information and research purpose and focus, using pre-established criteria
Math
- N.6 . Demonstrate an understanding of percent (limited to whole numbers), concretely, pictorially and symbolically. [C, CN, PS, R, V]
Science: Scientific Literacy Skills
- 6–1 Design and carry out an investigation in which variables are identified and controlled, and that provides a fair test of the question being investigated.
- 6–8 Apply observation and inference skills to recognize and interpret patterns and to distinguish a specific pattern from a group of similar patterns.
Health Education
- L–6.3 analyze influences on decision making; e.g., family, peers, values, cultural beliefs, quality of information gathered
- R–6.4 identify, analyze and develop strategies to overcome barriers to communication
- W–9.10 assess the quality and reliability of health information provided by different sources; e.g., on the Internet
Social Studies
- 6.S.1 develop skills of critical thinking and creative thinking:
- assess significant local and current affairs from a variety of sources, with a focus on examining bias and distinguishing fact from opinion
- critically evaluate ideas, information and positions
- 6.S.7 apply the research process:
- determine reliability of information filtering for point of view and bias
- 6.S.9 develop skills of media literacy:
- detect bias present in the media
- examine and assess diverse perspectives regarding an issue presented in the media
- identify and distinguish points of view expressed in electronic sources on a particular topic
- recognize that information serves different purposes and that data from electronic sources may need to be verified to determine accuracy or relevance for the purpose used
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
- 3.1- Plan & Focus
- Citizenship & Responsibility
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Curricular outcomes:
ELA
- 5.1- Respect Others & Strengthen Community
- use appropriate language to participate in public events, occasions or traditions
- demonstrate respect by choosing appropriate language and tone in oral, print and other media texts
Social Studies
- 6.1.4 analyze the structure and functions of local governments in Alberta
- 6.1.5 analyze the structure and functions of Alberta’s provincial government
- 6.2.1 appreciate the relationship between the values of a society and the model of government adopted within a society
- 6.2.2 value the role of participation by citizens in diverse democratic societies
Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Canada’s Three Levels of Government
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Numeracy activity/answers
- 5.1- Respect Others & Strengthen Community
- Living in Community
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Curricular outcomes:
Science- Trees and Forests
- 6–10 Describe characteristics of trees and the interaction of trees with other living things in the local environment.
- 1. Identify reasons why trees and forests are valued.
- 2. Describe kinds of plants and animals found living on, under and among trees; and identify how trees affect and are affected by those living things.
- 9. Identify human actions that enhance or threaten the existence of forests.
- 10. Identify an issue regarding forest use, identify different perspectives on that issue, and identify actions that might be taken.
Social Studies
- Values & Attitudes- demonstrate a consciousness for the limits of the natural environment, stewardship for the land and an understanding of the principles of sustainability
- Knowledge & Understanding- understand that humans exist in a dynamic relationship with the natural environment
- 6.1.6 analyze how individuals, groups and associations within a community impact decision making of local and provincial governments
Applicable KBI lessons:
1. What the Natural World of Trees Can Teach Us About Positive Society (Teacher Resource)
- Lesson activities
- Video
- Inquiry activities
2. Environment & Climate Change
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Video worksheet/answers
- Inquiry activities/answer guides
- Numeracy activity/answers
- 6–10 Describe characteristics of trees and the interaction of trees with other living things in the local environment.
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
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Indigenous history in Canada - pre-contact, contact, treaties, colonialism, and The Indian Act (June)
-
Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Indigenous Experiences of Colonization
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Video worksheet/answer guide
Click on the headings below to see a description of all the core lessons for this grade
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
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Curricular outcomes:
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. Environment & Climate Change
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Video worksheet/answers
- Inquiry activities/answer guides
- Numeracy activity/answers
2. Diversity of Living Things
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Video worksheet/answers
- Numeracy activity/answers
- Social Studies
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Curricular outcomes:
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. Life on Turtle Island
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- English Language Arts (ELA)
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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
- Lesson worksheet/answers
Click on the headings below to see a description of all the core lessons for this grade
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.
- 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
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- 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
Click on the headings below to see a description of all the core lessons for this grade
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
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Curricular outcomes:
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. Diversity of Living Things
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
2. Environment & Climate Change
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Video worksheet/answers
- Inquiry activities/answer guides
- Numeracy activity/answers
- Social Studies
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Curricular outcomes:
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)
Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Canada’s Three Levels of Government
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Numeracy activity/answers
2. Life on Turtle Island
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- English Language Arts (ELA)
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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)
-
Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Remembrance Day / Veterans Day / Armistice Day
- Reflecting on leadership qualities that foster kindness (December)
-
Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Christmas in No Man’s Land - Reflecting on Kindness
- 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
- Lesson worksheet/answers
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