Defining Digital Media Literacy
Digital media literacy is the ability to critically, effectively and responsibly access, use, understand and engage with media of all kinds.
Physical Education and Wellness K-6
In the 2022 Elementary Physical Education and Wellness curriculum, digital media literacy is represented in several categories of knowledge, skills and procedures and understandings. Students learn about growth and development, safety, nutrition, mental health, healthy relationships and financial literacy.
Alberta - Physical Education and Wellness Grade 1
Character Development
Exploration of life opportunities and virtues develops resilience and personal talents and promotes lifelong learning.
Guiding question: How can personal characteristics contribute to self-understanding?
Learning outcome: Students examine personal characteristics, feelings, and emotions and explore understandings of self.
Knowledge: Emotions show how an individual feels.
Alberta - Physical Education and Wellness Grade 2
Character Development
Exploration of life opportunities and virtues develops resilience and personal talents and promotes lifelong learning.
Guiding Question: How are roles connected to character development?
Learning Outcome: Students examine roles, responsibilities, and self-regulation and their connections to self-understanding.
Alberta – Physical Education and Wellness Grade 3
Character Development
Exploration of life opportunities and virtues develops resilience and personal talents and promotes lifelong learning.
Guiding Question
How are roles connected to character development?
Learning Outcome
Students analyze different roles within varied contexts and examine how roles can support the development of talents, virtues, and resilience.
Alberta – Physical Education and Wellness Grade 4
Safety
A lifetime of optimal well-being is supported by prioritizing health and safety.
Guiding Question
How can taking responsibility impact safety?
Learning Outcome
Students analyze and explain responsibility and how it can impact personal and group safety.
Knowledge: Responsibility includes making decisions to ensure self or others are not in unsafe and uncomfortable situations.
Alberta – Physical Education and Wellness Grade 5
Safety
A lifetime of optimal well-being is supported by prioritizing health and safety.
Guiding Question
How can responsibility lead to a desired outcome?
Learning Outcome
Students analyze responsibility and consider the impact on well-being.
Knowledge
Alberta – Physical Education and Wellness Kindergarten
Character Development
Exploration of life opportunities and virtues develops resilience and personal talents and promotes lifelong learning.
Guiding Question:
How can personal characteristics influence feelings and emotions?
Learning Outcome:
Children describe personal characteristics and explore feelings and emotions.
Knowledge:
Alberta – Physical Education and Wellness Grade 6
Safety
A lifetime of optimal well-being is supported by prioritizing health and safety.
Guiding Question
In what ways might risk influence the outcome of an action?
Learning Outcome
Students examine risk and identify the factors that influence action.
Knowledge
Risk is the overall assessment and identification of hazards related to personal safety and vulnerability.