Grade K1 - Observing Plants and Animals
- Description
- Curriculum
- Reviews
The focus in this curriculum is for students to learn about different organisms. They learn to observe features and sort them according to those features. They sort organisms based on behaviours, physical characteristics and where they live. They differentiate between living and non-living things and learn about the basic needs of animals and plants. Adaptations allow organisms to survive and may take many different forms. Migration and hibernation are types of adaptations based on seasons.
Reading through a story called “Lessons from Mother Earth” students learn about Indigenous ways of knowing and why the land and environment needs to be respected. They learn about land and place by making observations of their own location. They are introduced to common and indigenous names of local (Okanagan) plants and animals.
Learning Standards covered in each Module
- Sorting Organisms
● classification of living and non-living things
● names of local plants and animals
● structural features of living things in the local environment - Living vs Non-Living
● basic needs of plants and animals - Adaptations of Plants and Animals
● adaptations of local plants and animals
● behavioural adaptations of animals in the local environment - Indigenous Ways of Knowing
● local First Peoples uses of plants and animals
● living things make changes to accommodate daily and seasonal cycles. First Peoples
knowledge of seasonal changes
● local First Peoples knowledge of the local landscape, plants and animals
● local First Peoples understanding and use of seasonal rounds
Science Curricular Competencies and Activities from K/1 E-Learning Course
Questioning and predicting
• Demonstrate curiosity and a sense of wonder about the
world
• Observe objects and events in familiar contexts
• Ask simple questions about familiar objects and events
• Make simple predictions about familiar objects and events
Activity
- Knowing our Land
- Questions for Experts
Planning and Conducting
- Make exploratory observations using their senses
- Safely manipulate materials
- Make simple measurements using non-standard units
Activities
- sort organisms based on observed features
Processing and analyzing data and information
• Experience and interpret the local environment
• Recognize First Peoples stories (including oral and written narratives), songs, and art, as ways to share knowledge
• Discuss observations
• Represent observations and ideas by drawing charts and simple pictographs
• Sort and classify data and information using drawings, pictographs and provided tables
• Compare observations with predictions through discussion
• Identify simple patterns and connections
Activities
-sort organisms based on observed features
-Sort into living/non-living
-read clues to identify animal
-lessons from Mother Earth
-plant and animal sort
Evaluating
• Compare observations with those of others
• Consider some environmental consequences of their actions
Activities
-Knowing our Land
Applying and innovating
• Take part in caring for self, family, classroom and school through personal approaches
• Transfer and apply learning to new situations
• Generate and introduce new or refined ideas when problem solving
Activities
-Knowing our Land
-The Little Hummingbird
Communicating
- Share observations and ideas orally
- Express and reflect on personal experiences of place
- Communicate observations and ideas using oral or written language, drawing, or role-play
- Express and reflect on personal experiences of place
Activities
-describe personal features
-share how they identify animal
-use drawings of adaptation
-Migration and Hibernation
-Knowing our Land
