Observe objects and events in familiar contexts Ask questions about familiar objects and events Make simple predictions about familiar objects and events Planning & conducting Make and record observations Safely manipulate materials to test ideas and predictions Make and record simple measurements using informal or non-standard methods Processing and analyzing data and information Experience and interpret the local environment Recognize First Peoples stories (including oral and written Matter is useful because of its properties Questions to support inquiry with students: What makes the properties of matter useful? How do the properties of materials help connect to the function of materials? Key question about form/function: How do the properties of natural materials (e.g., wood) help determine useful functions for the materials? Other Key Questions: How can we organize materials and events to help us make sense of what we observe? How can we communicate the results of our experiments to others? Core Focus: Chemistry specific properties (solids keep liquids and gases flow; properties of local materials determine use by Aboriginal people (local examples: cedar for canoes, mountain goat horns used as spoons)) of materials connected to the function of the materials Evidence of Experience (Show) BIG IDEA (Understand…) What do we want students to DO? (Activities, lessons…) Content (& Elaborations) (Know)
narratives), songs, and art as ways to share knowledge Sort and classify data and information using drawings or provided tables Compare observations with predictions through discussion Identify simple patterns and connections Evaluating Compare observations with of others Consider some environmental consequences of their actions Applying and innovating Take part in caring for self, family, classroom and school through personal approaches Light and sound can be produced and their properties can be changed. Questions to support inquiry with students: How can you explore the properties of light and sound? What discoveries did you make? Core Focus: Physics natural and artificial sources of light (natural sources include the sun; artificial sources include light bulbs) and sound (natural sources include crickets; artificial sources include car horns) properties of light (eg. brightness, colour; objects are made visible by radiating their own light or being illuminated by reflected light; interactions of light with different objects create images and shadows; light interactions can make plants grow, make shadows, or cause sunburn, depending on the source and location (seasons depend on light from the sun and how spread out the sun’s rays are); plants grow toward light) and sound (examples: pitch, tone, volume; ways of making, recording, and transmitting sound) that depend on their source and the objects with which they interact Evidence of Experience (Show) BIG IDEA (Understand…) What do we want students to DO? (Activities, lessons…) Content (& Elaborations) (Know) Observable patterns and cycles occur in the local sky and landscape Questions to support inquiry with students: What kinds of patterns in the sky and landscape are you aware of? Core Focus: Earth & Space common objects in the sky (the appearance of the moon and stars at night; sunrise/set, moonrise/set; the sun and the moon are