Outcome Chart - Science - Grade 4

Strand:  A3. Applications, Connections and Contributions

Overall Expectations:

Demonstrate an understanding of the practical applications of science and technology, and of contributions to science and technology from people with diverse lived experiences.

Specific Expectations:

Outcome Chart - Saskatchewan - Social Studies Grade 4

Resources and Wealth

Overall Expectations

Analyze the strategies Saskatchewan people have developed to meet the challenges presented by the natural environment.

Specific Expectations

Research past and present technologies used to withstand the Saskatchewan climate.

Graph the typical energy consumption in Saskatchewan for an average year, and investigate energy efficient technologies being developed in Saskatchewan.

MediaSmarts Resources

Outcome Chart - Saskatchewan - Social Studies Grade 5

Dynamic Relationships

Overall Expectations

Assess the impact of the environment on the lives of people living in Canada.

Specific Expectations

Describe the climate of different regions of Canada, and investigate how population distribution in Canada is related to climate, resources, and topographical features.

MediaSmarts Resources

• Earth Day: Maps as Media

Alberta - Outcome Chart - Aboriginal Studies 30

Aboriginal Peoples in Canadian Society

Overall Expectations

Students will demonstrate an understanding of the impact of colonialism experienced by Aboriginal peoples in Alberta and Canada.

Specific Expectations

Students will:

demonstrate an understanding of how cultural differences, social pressures and common misunderstandings can foster negative stereotypes:

Managing Media: Back to School Tips for Parents

he beginning of another school year is here, and as it does many parents are beginning to wonder how they can help their kids ease out of summertime media habits. In addition to having to establish new rules for media use, parents may also face a barrage of requests and questions from their kids regarding digital technology, such as: Am I old enough to have a cell phone? Can I bring it to school? How about my iPod? What about Facebook or Twitter – all my friends are on them, I need to use them to talk about my homework!

Managing Media: Back to School Tips for Parents (2014)

he beginning of another school year is here, and as it does many parents are beginning to wonder how they can help their kids ease out of summertime media habits. In addition to having to establish new rules for media use, parents may also face a barrage of requests and questions from their kids regarding digital technology, such as: Am I old enough to have a cell phone? Can I bring it to school? How about my iPod? What about Facebook or Twitter – all my friends are on them, I need to use them to talk about my homework!

Media literacy key concepts Introduction: What is media anyway?

This opening video to the Key Concepts of Media Literacy video series introduces students to the idea that the word media – which they may already know in the sense of the media industry (“the media”) – means channels of communication between a person or persons and their intended audience.

Media literacy key concepts Lesson 2: Media are constructions

In this lesson, students watch a video introducing the media literacy key concept that media are constructions. They then explore this concept by considering a pair of cereal boxes and identifying the different elements of the box and the purposes they serve. In an optional final task, students pick a target audience and create their own cereal box to appeal to that audience.

Media literacy key concepts Lesson 4: Media have commercial implications

In this lesson, students watch a video introducing the media literacy key concept that media have commercial implications.