What are the important ideas you want children to know?
100
STSE
What is Science, Technology, Society and Environment?
Bonus 200 pts. How are these areas linked?
200
Fossils are most commonly found in this class of rock.
What is sedimentary?
Bonus 200 pts: How is sedimentary rock formed?
200
Back swimmer, snail, leech, crayfish, minnow ...
What are creatures found in a pond?
200
Traditions & Celebrations and Features of Communities Around the World.
What are the Grade 2 Social Studies topics?
200
Allows students to represent knowledge using a variety of media.
What is multimedia?
200
The new (2008) curricular mandate for environmental education.
What is infusing (or integrating) across the curriculum, Grades 1 to 8?
Bonus 200 pts. if you can explain what in the environment means.
300
Uses the 5 senses and includes a labeled diagram and a written description.
What is a good scientific observation?
300
206
What is the number of bones in the human body?
300
Canadian Shield, Appalachians, Hudson Bay lowlands, Arctic lowlands ...
What are the main physical regions of Canada?
Bonus 200 pts if you can name the Grade and topic that includes this learning expectation.
300
Questions and the process of questioning are the core of teaching and learning through this approach.
What is inquiry?
300
She is often considered the founder of the modern environmental movement.
Hint: I read you a children's book about her.
Who is Rachel Carson?
400
Changing only one variable while trying to control the other variables.
What is a fair test?
400
An example of an interactive online simulation or adventure.
What is Gizmos or Edmonton: A City at War?
400
Examining multiple versions of texts for similarities and differences, such as the story versions about Mary Anning.
What is one strategy for developing historical thinking?
Bonus 200 pts. What is the name of the famous fossilized marine reptile Mary discovered when she was about 11 years old?
400
Using examples and non-examples.
What is one approach to helping children understand a concept?
400
Understanding different perspectives is essential to making decisions about this.
What is an environmental issue?
500
Compression, tension, torsion, shear, ...
What are the forces acting on structures?
Bonus 200 pts. Why is a triangle a strong structure?
500
Why the disease didn't spread as fast through the old growth forest as it did though the Douglas fir forest.
What is biodiversity?
Bonus 100 pts if you said genetic biodiversity.
500
History, geography, citizenship, rights and freedoms, democracy, Canada ...
What is social studies?
Bonus 200 pts. What is the name of the association that gave a presentation on Rights and Freedoms?
500
Because children are not blank slates - they have their own ideas and preconceptions, which can be difficult to change.
Why is it important to uncover children's beginning ideas at the start of a unit?
500
It is essential to start here when teaching young children about the environment.
What are local and concrete?
Bonus 200 pts. What is important NOT to do when teaching environmental education with young children?