Organizing Ideas / Learning Outcomes

Matter / Students investigate and analyze how materials have the potential to be changed.

• • Discuss ways to respect water in local environments.

Earth Systems / Students analyze changes in Earth’s surface and explain how its layers hold stories of the past.

• • Investigate natural events that have changed Earth’s surface in Alberta.
  • Represent how the movement of water and wind changes Earth’s surface over time.
  • Understand that plant, human, and other animal activities can cause changes to Earth’s surface.
  • Discuss the interconnectedness between human activities and responsibilities for maintaining Earth.

Living Systems / Students analyze and describe how plants and animals interact with each other and within environments.

• • Represent various food chains in local environments.
  • Reflect on and share actions that can be taken to protect plants and animals in local environments.
  • Discuss Indigenous connection with environments and their knowledge of and relationships with plants and animals.

Scientific Methods / Students relate investigation to building knowledge.

• • Reflect on how conducting an investigation contributes to building knowledge.
  • Analyze data collected during investigations.

Organizing Ideas / Learning Outcomes

Earth Systems / Students investigate the systems of Earth and reflect on how their interconnections sustain life.

• Analyze the interconnectedness of Earth’s systems.
• Make connections between human activity and Earth’s systems.
• Discuss ways that plants and animals use water to meet their basic needs.
• Identify plants and animals that exist in various bodies of water.
• Demonstrate respect for water in the local environment.
• Discuss the importance of water to Indigenous people.
• Investigate conservation practices in natural and human-made areas.
• Discuss the interconnectedness between human use of parks and conservation practices.
• Describe examples of personal actions that contribute to conservation in daily life.

Living Systems / Students analyze organisms and relate external structures to functions.

• Find and classify examples of local plants and animals based on appearance, habitat, and structures.
• Demonstrate respect when interacting with plants and animals in local environments.

Scientific Methods/ Students investigate evidence and reflect on its role in science.

• Collect reliable data during investigations.
• Draw conclusions using reliable and valid evidence from investigations