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Curriculum Links: Manitoba

Please scroll down this page for provincial curriculum links for a range of Kids Who Care activities.

Grade level and subject area

Expectations (source: Manitoba Ministry of Education)
Curriculum goals for students:

Applicable Kids Who Care activity

Found in section:

Gr 4

Social Studies

Students continue to explore:

• the ways in which people interact with and depend on one another within communities

• the ways, both formal and informal, that people have developed for managing group life

• the ways in which communities depend upon, interact with, and change the natural landscape

• the geographical diversity of communities in the world and the influence of this diversity upon how people perceive and attempt to fulfill their needs and wants

• the cultural diversity to communities in the world and the influence of this diversity upon the way in which people perceive and attempt to fulfill their needs and wants

• the extent to which people in all geographic locations and in all cultures share basic needs

Two West African Communities

Planting Trees to Hold Back the Desert

Waterlogged

Wants vs. Needs

Needs to Rights

The 4 Bs of Rights

Inspirational Projects from Around the World

Gr.5:

Social Studies

Life in Canada Today Students explore:

• how Canadians make decisions about their lives: the basic ideas of government

Write Your Own Convention

Rights Action Plan

Child Rights

Gr 7

Social Studies

Help students understand that:

• there are patterns of land, water, soil, and minerals distributed throughout the world

• people everywhere must meet certain basic needs for food, shelter, clothing, and organization in order to survive

Planting Trees to Hold Back the Desert

Deserts

Gr 4 - 6

Fine Arts

• wonder, explore, and create

• describe and interpret through a variety of expressive forms

• value diverse expressions of culture

• discover and appreciate beauty

• express their individual spirits

• respond and reflect

Have I Got a Story to Tell You!

Ankle Shakers

Global Education Activities

Video

Student Action Guide

Gr 4

Science

(Habitats and Communities)

Students will:

• Predict, based on their investigations, how the removal of a plant or animal population may affect the rest of the community.

• Investigate natural and human-caused changes to habitats, and identify resulting effects on plant and animal populations.

• Recognize and appreciate how traditional knowledge contributes to our understanding of plant and animal populations and interactions.

Planting Trees to Hold Back the Desert/What is Soil?

Disappearing/Reappearing Forest

Trees as a Source of Life and Knowledge

Deserts

Trees

Gr 5

Science

• Carry out, with guidance, procedures that comprise a fair test. Include: controlling variables, repeating measurements to increase accuracy and reliability

• Construct a prototype.

• Properties of and Changes in Substances

• Recognize that a physical change alters the characteristics of a substance without producing a new substance.

• Observe examples of changes in substances, classify them as physical or chemical changes, and justify the designation.

The Importance of Plant Cover

Make a Sand Filter

Make an Acid Finder

Deserts

Water

Gr 6

Science

Diversity of Living Things

• identify living things using an existing classification key, and explain the rationale used.

• identify advantages and disadvantages of having a common classification system for living things, and recognize that the system changes as new evidence comes to light.

Tree Scientist

Trees

Gr 4:

English
Language Arts

Students will:

• listen, speak, read, write, view, and represent to enhance the clarity and artistry of communication.

• choose from a variety of favourite forms and experiment with modelled forms (such as narrative and descriptive stories, plays, graphs.) for various audiences and purposes.

• connect new information and experiences with prior knowledge to construct meaning in different contexts.

• express new concepts and understanding in own words and explain their importance.

What do You Know About Africa?

Have I Got a Story to Tell You!

Create Your Own Media

What Do You Know About Africa ?

Taking Action Around the World

Making News Happen

Gr 5:

English Language Arts

Students will:

• listen, speak, read, write, view, and represent to explore thoughts, ideas, feelings, and experiences.

• use personal experiences as a basis for exploring, predicting, and expressing opinions and understanding.

• seek others' viewpoints

• focus a topic for oral, written, and visual texts by integrating ideas from experiences and a variety of other sources.

• choose forms (such as news stories, interviews, reports, diagrams...) appropriate to a variety of audiences and purposes.

Write a Press Release

Create Your Own Media/Local Heroes

Create A Radio Program

Create Your Own Media

Write a Press Release

Take Action Around the World

Global Education Events

Local Heroes

Take Action Around the World

Gr 6:

English Language Arts

• engage in exploratory communication to share personal responses and discover own interpretations

• reflect on prior knowledge and experiences to arrive at new understanding

• use organizational patterns of oral, print and other media texts to construct meaning

• observe and discuss aspects of human nature revealed in personal experiences and in oral, print and other media texts

What do You Know About Africa?

Create Your Own Media

Write a Press Release

Local Heroes

Take Action Around the World

Video

Community

Deserts

Gr 5

Physical Education

• select and combine locomotor and non-locomotor skills when creating and participating in game activities

• demonstrate body and space awareness when performing game activities

• demonstrate ways to send, receive, and retain possession of an object with increasing accuracy, individually and with others, using a variety of body parts and implements

• use critical-thinking and problem-solving skills to create co-operative and competitive games

Bucket Relay

Water

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