New Brunswick - Visual Arts 7
Strand: Create
Big Idea: Exploration and Process
Skill Descriptor:
Analyze elements of art and principles of design to develop skills, language, techniques, and processes.
Achievement Indicators:
Create imagery that demonstrates an understanding of the elements of art and principles of design
Define contour and demonstrate how it creates a shape
Illustrate form using a variety of techniques and materials
New Brunswick - Visual Arts 8
Strand: Create
Big Idea: Application and Product
Skill Descriptor:
Create and present expressive work in visual arts for a range of audiences and purposes using a variety of art media including technology.
Achievement Indicators:
Create works of art using identified media and corresponding techniques
Create artworks based on a response to a variety of art styles
Communicate personal meaning through artwork
New Brunswick - Visual Arts 3
Strand: Create
Big Idea: Application and Product
Skill Descriptor:
Create and present expressive work in visual arts for a range of audiences and purposes using a variety of art media including technology.
Achievement Indicators:
Create representations of a variety of subjects with a focus on careful observation
Create art for a variety of reasons, including responses to music and literature
New Brunswick - Visual Arts 4
Strand: Create
Big Idea: Application and Product
Skill Descriptor:
Create and present expressive work in visual arts for a range of audiences and purposes using a variety of art media including technology.
Achievement Indicators:
Create representations of a variety of subjects with a focus on careful observation
Create art for a variety of reasons, including responses to music and literature
New Brunswick - Visual Arts 5
Strand: Create
Big Idea: Exploration and Process
Skill Descriptor:
Apply the elements of art and the principles of design to develop skills, language, techniques, and processes.
Achievement Indicators:
Use directionality of line for a variety of purposes
Create with geometric and organic shapes
Science 6-8 Overview
Science learners in the Middle Block “apply critical thinking and scientific literacy to their investigations” and “transfer science and technological understandings to situational contexts.” Digital media literacy connections at this level are found in the Scientific Literacy strand.
New Brunswick - Science 7
Strand: Scientific Literacy
Big Idea: Sensemaking
Skill Descriptor:
Analyze and interpret qualitative and quantitative data to construct explanations and conclusions.
Achievement Indicators:
Science 9-12
Science courses in the High School Block “prepare students to hypothesize; inquire, pursue, acquire, and apply knowledge about the physical and natural world; be curious; plan, create and action change; apply a systematic methodology based on scientific evidence and grounded in observation and experimentation; [and] find problems and make decisions by critical evaluation of evidence and applying knowledge and evidence to novel situations.”
Personal Wellness 6-8
In the Middle Block, students “examine their own personal health and how their choices and habits impact personal wellness. They learn the importance of making meaningful connections with their peers while respecting individual choices, lifestyles, and beliefs. Learners examine social, emotional, and cognitive changes associated with adolescence and how those choices impact relationships, personal safety, and mental health.”