1. Introduction to BC’s New Curriculum

2. Why? The world is changing. We all want students to succeed.
We refined our education system so students can succeed in the 21st Century.

3. Where to look for information:
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4. “New” Vocabulary? Nothing new, just refreshed.
Core Competency
Big Ideas
Content
Curricular Competency

5. Core Competencies
What are….

6. Core Competencies
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7. Core Competencies More information The Core of the Student
What are their personal strengths?
What strengths will they continue to develop throughout their life?

8. PS Core Competencies thrive as individuals Personal and Social
Student’s identity in the world
 both as individuals and as members of their community and society
understand and care about themselves and others
find and achieve their purposes in the world

9. Core Competencies T
 knowledge, skills and processes we associate with intellectual development
Thinking
Creative Thinking
 Critical Thinking
 habits of mind
metacognitive awareness.
(Thinking about learning)

10. C Core Competencies Connect and engage with others Communication
Abilities that students use to impart and exchange information,
Acquire, interpret, and present information
experiences and ideas
Collaborate to an end goal
Explain and reflect on experiences and accomplishments

11. Big Ideas and Content
What are…

12. Big Ideas and Content Generalizations and Principles
What students will understand
Topics
What students will know

13. Big Ideas and Content English Language Arts - Grade 8 Big Idea Content
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English Language Arts - Grade 8
Big Idea
Exploring stories and other texts helps us understand ourselves and make connections to others and to the world
Content
Language features, structures, and conventions.

14. Big Ideas and Content Mathematics - Grade 9 Big Idea Content
Functions allow us to model contextualized situations, including financial ones.
Content
Financial literacy — simple budgets and transactions

15. Big Ideas and Content Science - Grade 10 (Draft) Big Idea Content
Genes are the foundation for the diversity of living things.
Content
DNA structure and function
genes and chromosomes
simple patterns of inheritance

16. Curricular Competencies
What are…

17. Curricular Competencies
Skills, strategies and processes
What students will be able to do.

18. Curricular Competencies
Content = Steam Engine.
A topic to know about, research, or study.

19. Curricular Competencies
In Social Studies Class the steam engine represents the “Industrial Revolution”.
What defines a revolution and why does the invention of the steam engine constitute a revolution?
Content = Steam Engine.
A topic to know about, research, or study.
How did society change with the invention of the steam engine?
What is a valid research site for historical information?

20. Curricular Competencies
In Science Class the steam engine represents the “transfer of energy”.
How does heat energy get converted to mechanical energy?
Content = Steam Engine.
A topic to know about, research, or study.
Can we measure and graph the mechanical advantage of this steam engine?
Can we calculate the loss of energy due to friction?

21. Curricular Competencies
In Applied Design, Skills and Technology Class the steam engine represents “invention and innovation”.
What necessity led to the invention of the steam engine?
Content = Steam Engine.
A topic to know about, research, or study.
What are the different iterations of the steam engine over time?
Can we design a new machine that meets a need in our community?

22. Curricular Competencies
Thinking like an innovator
Thinking like a scientist
Thinking like a historian
Thinking like my healthiest self
Courses are more than just Content

23. Curricular Competency
To summarize
Core Competency
Big Ideas
Content
Curricular Competency

24. Curricular Competency
To summarize
Core Competency
Big Ideas
Content
The student’s strengths that will develop throughout a lifetime.
Curricular Competency

25. Curricular Competency
To summarize
Core Competency
Big Ideas
Content
The overarching ideas that we would like students to understand.
Curricular Competency

26. Curricular Competency
To summarize
Core Competency
Big Ideas
Content
Curricular Competency
The details or topics we use to help our students learn.

27. Curricular Competency
To summarize
Core Competency
Big Ideas
Content
Thinking like a…
Curricular Competency
Using the mindset of the specific content areas

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