Spineless Wonders Grades 5-7
Get your students' hands wet investigating the adaptations of live marine invertebrates from local waters in this interactive wet lab program.
The program was amazing! All children were interested and engaged. I feel it will be a lasting experience for them! Thank you. -Christy, Maple Green Elementary, Surrey BC
Fall and Spring Semesters (Oct-Dec and May-Jun), Mondays, 10:00am and 12:30pm, 1.5 hours, $12.50/student, 20-30 students
Prescribed Learning Outcomes:
Grade 5: It is expected that students will:
- Describe potential environmental impacts of using BCs living and non-living resources [Earth and Space Science: Renewable and Non-Renewable Resources]
Grade 6: It is expected that students will:
- Demonstrate the appropriate use of tools to examine living things that cannot be seen with the naked eye [Life Science: Diversity of Life]
- Analyse how different organisms adapt to their environments [Life Science: Diversity of Life]
- Distinguish between life forms as single or multi-celled organisms and belonging to one of five kingdoms: Plantae, Animalia, Monera, Protista, Fungi [Life Science: Diversity of Life]
Grade 7: It is expected that students will:
- Analyse the roles of organisms as part of interconnected food webs, populations, communities, and ecosystems[Life Science: Ecosystems]
- Assess survival needs and interactions between organisms and the environment [Life Science: Ecosystems]
- Assess the requirements for sustaining healthy local ecosystems [Life Science: Ecosystems]
- Evaluate human impacts on local ecosystems [Life Science: Ecosystems]