Grades K/1 Big Inquiry Questions Content Daily and seasonal changes affect all What daily and seasonal changes can you see or feel? weather changes (K) living things. (K) How are plants and animals affected by daily and seasonal changes (K) seasonal changes? changes that living things make to accommodate Observable patterns and cycles in What kinds of patterns in the sky and landscape are you daily and seasonal cycles (K) & Space the local sky and landscape. (1) aware of? common objects in the sky (1) How do patterns and cycles in the sky and landscape Aboriginal knowledge of the sky and landscape affect living things (1) patterns in events that occur on Earth and in the sky (1) Grades 1/2 Big Ideas Inquiry Questions Content Living things have features and How do local plants and animals depend on their the classification of living or non-living things (1) behaviours that help them survive in environment? (1) structural features of living things in the local environment. (1) How do plants and animals use their features to environment (1) respond to stimuli in their environments? (1) behavioural adaptations of animals in the All living things have a life cycle. (2) How do plants and animals adapt when their basic environment (1) Biology needs are not being met? (1) metamorphic and non-metamorphic life cycles of Why are life cycles important? (2) different organisms (2) How are the life cycles of local plants and animals similarities and differences between offspring similar and different? (2) and parent (2) Aboriginal knowledge of life cycles (2) Matter is useful Why are life cycles important? (1) specific properties of materials connected to the because of its properties (1) How are the life cycles of local plants and animals function of the materials (1) Chemistry similar and different? (1) physical ways of changing materials (2) TBA (2) chemical ways of changing materials (2)
Big Inquiry Questions Content & Space Daily and seasonal changes affect all living things. (K) Observable patterns and cycles in the local sky and landscape. (1) What daily and seasonal changes can you see or feel? How are plants and animals affected by daily and seasonal changes? What kinds of patterns in the sky and landscape are you aware of? How do patterns and cycles in the sky and landscape affect living things weather changes (K) seasonal changes (K) changes that living things make to accommodate daily and seasonal cycles (K) common objects in the sky (1) Aboriginal knowledge of the sky and landscape (1) patterns in events that occur on Earth and in the sky (1) Grades K/1 Grades 1/2 Big Ideas Inquiry Questions Content Biology Living things have features and behaviours that help them survive in environment. (1) All living things have a life cycle. (2) How do local plants and animals depend on their environment? (1) How do plants and animals use their features to respond to stimuli in their environments? (1) How do plants and animals adapt when their basic needs are not being met? (1) Why are life cycles important? (2) How are the life cycles of local plants and animals similar and different? (2) the classification of living or non-living things (1) structural features of living things in the local environment (1) behavioural adaptations of animals in the environment (1) metamorphic and non-metamorphic life cycles of different organisms (2) similarities and differences between offspring and parent (2) Aboriginal knowledge of life cycles (2) Chemistry Matter is useful because of its properties (1) Why are life cycles important? (1) How are the life cycles of local plants and animals similar and different? (1) TBA (2) specific properties of materials connected to the function of the materials (1) physical ways of changing materials (2) chemical ways of changing materials (2)
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