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Climate Change Curriculum Connections 4

SOCIAL STUDIES 4

Applications of Social Studies

  • identify and clarify a problem, issue, or inquiry
  • locate and record information from a variety of sources
  • identify alternative interpretations from specific historical and contemporary sources
  • assess at least two perspectives on a problem or an issue
  • organize information into a presentation with a main idea and supporting details
  • design and implement strategies to address school problems or projects

Environment

  • demonstrate understanding of Aboriginal people’s relationship with the land and natural resources
  • identify and compare physical environments and cultures of various BC Aboriginal groups
  • analyse how people interact with their environment, in the past and in the present

SCIENCE 4

Life Science (Adaptation of Organisms)

  • relate the structure and behaviour of local organisms to their survival in local environments
  • discuss how changes in an organism’s habitat can affect the survival of individual organisms and entire species
  • relate the growth and survival of organisms to a variety of conditions

Earth and Space Science (Water)

  • categorize the various uses of water
  • outline the importance of water for life
  • describe human impacts on the Earth’s water resources

FINE ARTS

DRAMA 4

Exploration and Imagination

  • select feelings and ideas expressed in the group to use in dramatic work
  • suggest reasons for various responses to a dramatic work
  • demonstrate co-operative effort to develop dramatic work

VISUAL ARTS 4

Image-Development and Design Strategies (Creating/Communicating)

  • draft ideas for images using feelings, observation, memory, and imagination
  • make 2-D and 3-D images:
  • using a variety of design strategies, including reproduction
  • using a variety of media to communicate ideas, experiences, and stories that engage more than one of the senses

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 4

Communicate Ideas and Information (Presenting and Valuing)

  • demonstrate pride and satisfaction in using language
  • create and express thoughts, ideas, and feelings in a variety of oral, written, and electronic forms
  • create and present a variety of personal and informational communications, including written and oral poems, stories, explanations, informal oral reports and dramas, personal letters, and illustrated charts or posters

Communicate Ideas and Information (Composing and Creating)

  • share what they know about chosen topics
  • gather information for specific purposes and identify sources, including people, print, audio-visual media, and electronic media
  • manage and organize information by grouping and sorting it into charts, webs, subtopics, or logical sequences
  • identify the purpose of and audience for oral, written, and visual communications
  • apply various strategies to generate and shape ideas

Self and Society (Working Together)

  • assume a variety of assigned roles when communicating in groups
  • demonstrate a willingness to improve their understanding by seeking clarification from others
  • demonstrate respect for others by communicating their ideas and information in an orderly fashion
  • listen to and show respect for the ideas of others
  • review their contributions and communications within the group
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