Science Grade 3 Big Idea: by Denise Billard https://padlet.com/dbillard88/kkovfsaiyuor Living things are diverse, can be grouped and interact in their ecosystems. en-us 2018-11-08 02:29:07 UTC 2023-02-18 17:16:31 UTC hello@padlet.com Grade 3 Science dbillard88 https://padlet.com/dbillard88/kkovfsaiyuor/wish/301874756 BC Curriculum Connection: 
Big Idea:
Living Things are diverse, can be grouped, and interact in their ecosystem.
Curriculum Competencies:
Question predict, plan, process, analyze, evaluate, apply, innovate, and communicate in a variety of ways:
  • ideas about living and non living things in the local environment.
  • stewardship in your local environment.
  • how we are shaped by the place we live including: our relationship to personal experiences/memories, history, connections to culture identity, first people's perspective, connections.
Content Topic: Biodiversity
  • The variety of different types of living things in an ecosystem.
  • Characteristics of local plants, animals, and fungi


]]> 2018-11-08 02:32:49 UTC https://padlet.com/dbillard88/kkovfsaiyuor/wish/301874756 Experiencing the Local Environment. dbillard88 https://padlet.com/dbillard88/kkovfsaiyuor/wish/301875125 Key Question: How can you be a steward in your local environment?
Description: Resources4thinking offers over 700 free authentic explorations, strategies and diverse sensory activities that connect students to their outdoor environment and deepen stewardship, inquiry and experiment processes.]]> 2018-11-08 02:35:22 UTC https://padlet.com/dbillard88/kkovfsaiyuor/wish/301875125 Environmental Impacts: dbillard88 https://padlet.com/dbillard88/kkovfsaiyuor/wish/301879655 Key Question: What are some environment Implications for yours and others' actions?
Description: Green Learning is an online web-inquiry guided resource offered by Conoco Phillips that engages students in hands-on outdoor, indoor, and literacy activities where they discover how water influences farmers and the food they grow. This resource helps students understand the ways in which climate change impacts water and farming and what this all means for their community.]]> 2018-11-08 03:02:58 UTC https://padlet.com/dbillard88/kkovfsaiyuor/wish/301879655 Biodiversity dbillard88 https://padlet.com/dbillard88/kkovfsaiyuor/wish/301879942 Key Question: What is Biodiversity and key characteristics of local plants, animals and fungi in your local community?
Description: This HCTF lesson plan was found by using TeachBC's excellent BC curriculum connected search engine. Students investigate, ecosystems, identify plants, and discover biodiversity in their backyard. https://teachbcdb.bctf.ca]]> 2018-11-08 03:04:36 UTC https://padlet.com/dbillard88/kkovfsaiyuor/wish/301879942 Stewardship: dbillard88 https://padlet.com/dbillard88/kkovfsaiyuor/wish/301880040 Key Question: How does place connect with stewardship?Description: This is a link to videos by schools across BC that share a variety of stewardships projects in diverse grades, to connect students with authentic stewardship opportunities in their local areas.]]> 2018-11-08 03:05:07 UTC https://padlet.com/dbillard88/kkovfsaiyuor/wish/301880040 Place and Culture: dbillard88 https://padlet.com/dbillard88/kkovfsaiyuor/wish/301880987 Key Question: How does place affect our culture?
Description: This lesson is from the HCTF Education website which is packed with lessons connecting students to the relationship between humans and their environment and developing ideas about biodiversity.]]> 2018-11-08 03:09:44 UTC https://padlet.com/dbillard88/kkovfsaiyuor/wish/301880987 Knowledge about Place dbillard88 https://padlet.com/dbillard88/kkovfsaiyuor/wish/301882794 Key Question:  How does what you know about place affect your observations, questions, and predictions?
Description: This Step Outside, Nature Guides resource presented by "Resources for Rethinking" engages students In making connections to their local environment through being immersed in activities that share the impact of seasonal change on living and non-living things, which provoke inquires connections, observations, predictions, and questions about the local environment.]]> 2018-11-08 03:20:44 UTC https://padlet.com/dbillard88/kkovfsaiyuor/wish/301882794 First People's Perspective: dbillard88 https://padlet.com/dbillard88/kkovfsaiyuor/wish/301883110 Key Question: How does our connection to our environment shape our identity, memories, and culture.?
Description: This PDF shares how teachers can use pedagogy to engage students with the land, nature and their environment using indigenous perspectives in the classroom.]]> 2018-11-08 03:22:39 UTC https://padlet.com/dbillard88/kkovfsaiyuor/wish/301883110 Local Living Things dbillard88 https://padlet.com/dbillard88/kkovfsaiyuor/wish/301883529 Key Question: How do living things impact their environment?
Description: The Federation of BC Naturalists (now BC Nature) was concerned that kids were becoming increasingly disconnected from nature; thus NatureKidsBC was formed. This resource is a pollinator citizen science project where youth will learn about wild pollinators, species identification and data collection methods, they collect data on the abundance and diversity of bees, wasps, and butterflies in green spaces in their local area and are encouraged to get involved in stewardship activities that increase pollinator habitat]]> 2018-11-08 03:26:11 UTC https://padlet.com/dbillard88/kkovfsaiyuor/wish/301883529 Understanding Place: dbillard88 https://padlet.com/dbillard88/kkovfsaiyuor/wish/301883833 Key Question: How does understanding place help you analyze information and recognize connections and relationships in your local environment?
Description: Through EcoLeague™ students are engaged in linking what they have learned to action projects that provide a real context for understanding sustainability issues in their community. ]]> 2018-11-08 03:28:32 UTC https://padlet.com/dbillard88/kkovfsaiyuor/wish/301883833 Living and Non-living things in our Local Environment. dbillard88 https://padlet.com/dbillard88/kkovfsaiyuor/wish/301885814 Key Question: What do you know about living and non living things in your local environment?
Description: This book is one of many resources offered by NAAEE to share environmental education ]]> 2018-11-08 03:43:05 UTC https://padlet.com/dbillard88/kkovfsaiyuor/wish/301885814