Science - Kindergarten - Resource Board for New Curriculum by Krista Jensen

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Krista Jensen
Early Learning Specialist
knjensen@cbe.ab.ca

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A fun book that fits the concepts of coding and computer science into the every-day life of a girl named Pearl and her trusty robot.

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Makes the connection between baking and compute coding!

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Describes the life of a garbage truck using our 5 senses.

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A book that reminds us to use our 5 senses in less common ways in our every-day lives.

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A great little book that tells of the life cycle of a dandelion (computer science) through action words and concrete poems.

knjensen1 — 2023-08-17 09:52:01 UTC

A book that talks about seasons and building a creating a positive relationship with nature.

knjensen1 — 2023-08-17 10:18:41 UTC

Coding with young children - a free app for tablets

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Sarabeth Asis
Specialist, Teaching and Learning with Technology
saasis@cbe.ab.ca

Lightbot | Hour of Code

jlmadsen1 — 2023-08-21 00:49:59 UTC

https://lightbot.com/hour-of-code.html

Code.org

jlmadsen1 — 2023-08-21 00:50:30 UTC

https://studio.code.org/catalog?grade=kindergarten

Snowpants First

jlmadsen1 — 2023-08-21 00:50:50 UTC

https://www.thingstoshareandremember.com/snow-pants-first-printable-sequence-chart/

Computer Science | Unplugged Activities

jlmadsen1 — 2023-08-21 00:51:21 UTC

https://www.csunplugged.org/en/topics/

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Joe Madsen
Science Specialist
jlmadsen@cbe.ab.ca

Minecraft Education for Early Learners

jlmadsen1 — 2023-08-21 00:52:34 UTC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqHL589xV88

What is Computational Thinking?

jlmadsen1 — 2023-08-21 00:52:58 UTC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy6ButamVs8

Early Learning Strategies

jlmadsen1 — 2023-08-21 00:53:16 UTC

https://www.gettingsmart.com/2018/03/18/early-learning-strategies-for-developing-computational-thinking-skills/

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Rosie’s Walk. Let’s Talk Science put together a great activity for introducing computer science using the book.

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Letter writing between students becoming environmental activists and the Earth

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Ocean pollution and how this affects water systems

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Story about how water is used on Earth

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a story about a tree and the animals it supports

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Story - what the parts need are and how to organize them

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Books to Build On

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A fantastic website that helps you navigate appropriate Indigenous text both in science and other curriculum ideas.

Invitation to (re)consider as educators

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Krawec asks, What would it look like to remember that we are all related? How might we become better relatives to the land, to one another, and to Indigenous movements for solidarity? Braiding together historical, scientific, and cultural analysis, Indigenous ways of knowing, and the vivid threads of communal memory, Krawec crafts a stunning, forceful call to "unforget" our history.

Quantum Computing

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Robotics for Babies

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can also create a sound map to accompany this book
-can also adapt to offer an opportunity to listen to their hearts- collect an item that spoke to their heart- circle around it and use as living data for interdisciplinary connections.

tpball — 2023-08-21 15:56:03 UTC

tpball — 2023-08-21 15:56:34 UTC

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Story-Ten Ways to Hear Snow

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Book about how all the sounds that remind a granddaughter and her grandmother that snow has fallen.

5 senses

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Connecting to Heart Sense

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The Listening Walk

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xcp4Pe2hrwA

Everybody Needs a Rock

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Listen

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOt3vrxOAKU

Guess the Picture Game

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The Earth and I

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In a Jar

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Great book to pair movement and language!

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one of many Indigenous perspectives considering water- the importance of water- movement - conservation - stewardship - connection - ethical space

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students love this video which create opportunities around movement and the subnivean zone

Move and Freeze Animals

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knjensen1 — 2023-08-21 16:19:33 UTC

Connecting to Real Life!

Robot movement to link Computer Science and Energy

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includes heart space and ways we listen to the world as a whole

Linking coding and energy

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building vocabulary on movement

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This book is an introduction to the northern lights, what they look like, where they can be seen, what causes them, and traditional stories about them.

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Can use drama and movement

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gentle opportunity to shift language to be inclusive of the earth as kin - not 'What' is in our community- rather, 'Who'

a great anchor for the year

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builds connections

Interdisciplinary Connections

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anchor for place-based learning

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tpball — 2023-08-21 16:33:15 UTC

Interdisciplinary

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Provocation: "Who is in our Community"
Great opportunities for seasonal connections and conversations- mindful + slow place based walks

Book-This is How I Know

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A story about observing the land and making observations and connections to the seasons

Place-based literacy

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Building Connection

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Provocation: I am nature. Nature is me.

jlmadsen1 — 2023-08-21 16:44:53 UTC

Laurelee Clack
Science Specialist
laclack@cbe.ab.ca

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Jenn Matiece
Early Learning Specialist
jlmatiece@cbe.ab.ca

Interdisciplinary

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Opportunity to build a 'gathering space' in the classroom to support visible literacy and connection to place- grow through the seasons - could be part of shifting traditional calendar time as well.

Book from School Library

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Story about a Turtle who takes a walk and takes the 4 seasons to get all the way around his environment. Found in school library!

Wonder

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"Wonder itself lies at the heart of what is is to be human: it places us directly and transparently in the face of the world in which we live with others." (Hove, 1996, p. 437) Lets share this joy with students!

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Amy Jackson

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aljackson@cbe.ab.ca

When the Trees Crackle with Cold: A Cree Calendar

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Story explaining how we are all connected to the seasons and the cycle of nature.

Changing of Seasons

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Kenard Pak has 3 beautiful books about the changing of seasons: Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn; Goodbye Autumn, Hello Winter; and Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring.

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Invites children to examine the illustrations in each picture and relate them to current learning or previous knowledge! Fun but educational book.

General Literature

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One of the librarians at the Doucette Library at Werklund has created different boards of books for each grade level and subject.

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Can be tied in with 5 senses as well. Different sounds for different seasons and weather changes.

Great for Movement Vocabulary Development!

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"Leaping Lemurs, Tumbling Toads, Jet-Propelled Jellyfish (oh the alliteration!!) & more surprising ways than animals move"