Which Big Ideas, from BC's New Curriculum, can be achieved through using the Ocean Literacy Courses?

Kindergarten

• Plants and animals have observable features
• Humans interact with matter every day through familiar materials
• Strong communities are the result of being connected to family and community and working together towards common goals
• Effective collaboration relies on clear, respectful communication
• Everything we learn helps us to develop skills
• Communities include many different roles requiring many different skills
• Designs grow out of natural curiosity
• Technologies are tools that extend human capabilities

Grade 1

• Living things have features and behaviors that help them survive in their environment
• Observable patterns and cycles occur in the local sky and landscape
• Confidence develops through the process of self-discovery
• Strong communities are the result of being connected to family adn community and working together towards common goals
• Effective collaboration relies on clear, respectful communication
• Everything we learn helps us to develop skills
• Communities include many different roles requiring many different skills
• Designs grow out of natural curiosity
• Technologies are tools that extend human capabilities
• We shape the local environment, and the local environment shapes who we are and how we live

Grade 2

• Water is essential to all living things and it cycles through the environment
• Strong communities are the result of being connected to family adn community and working together towards common goals
• Effective collaboration relies on clear, respectful communication
• Everything we learn helps us to develop skills
• Communities include many different roles requiring many different skills
• Designs grow out of natural curiosity
• Technologies are tools that extend human capabilities
• Local actions have global consequences, and global actions have local consequences

Grade 3

• Wind, water and ice change the shape of the land
• Living things are diverse, can be grouped, and interact with their ecosystems
• Strong communities are the result of being connected to family adn community and working together towards common goals
• Effective collaboration relies on clear, respectful communication
• Everything we learn helps us to develop skills
• Communities include many different roles requiring many different skills
• Designs grow out of natural curiosity
• Technologies are tools that extend human capabilities

Grade 4

• All living things sense and respond to their environment
• Exploring our strengths and abilities helps us to identify our goals
• Leadership requires listening to and respecting the ideas of others
• Good learning and work habits contribute to short and long-term personal and career success
• Design can be improved with prototyping and testing
• Skills are developed through practice, effort and action
• The choice of technology and tools depends on the task
• The pursuit of valuable natural resources has played a key role in changing the land, people and communities of Canada

Grade 5

• Earth materials change as they move through the rock cycle and can be used as natural resources
• Exploring our strengths and abilities helps us to identify our goals
• Leadership requires listening to and respecting the ideas of others
• Good learning and work habits contribute to short and long-term personal and career success
• Design can be improved with prototyping and testing
• Skills are developed through practice, effort and action
• The choice of technology and tools depends on the task
• Natural resources continue to shape the economy and identity of different regions of Canada

Grade 6

• Multicellular organisms rely on internal systems to survive, reproduce, and interact with their environment
• Our personal digital identity forms part of our public identity
• Leadership represents good planning, goal-setting and collaboration
• Complex tasks require acquisition of additional skills
• Complex tasks may require multiple tools and technologies
• Complex global problems require international cooperation to make difficult choices for the future
• Media sources can both positively and negatively affect our understanding of important events and issues