Science FIRST PEOPLES - FNESC

Science FIRST PEOPLES

TEACHER RESOURCE GUIDE

GRADES 5 TO 9

Science First Peoples

Teacher Resource Guide Grades 5 to 9

First Nations Education Steering Committee First Nations Schools Association

Science First Peoples Teacher Resource Guide Copyright ? 2016, First Nations Education Steering Committee and First Nations Schools Association

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Acknowledgements Development Team

Kenneth Campbell Jo-Anne L. Chrona, Curriculum Coordinator, FNESC Nancy McAleer, Belmont Secondary School, SD 62 Sooke Noreen Pankewich, Aboriginal Resource Teacher (K-12), SD 73 Kamloops/Thompson Raegan Sawka, Aboriginal Education Services Department, SD 52 Prince Rupert Ellen Simmons, Head Teacher, Penticton Indian Band Education, Penticton, BC Anne Tenning, District Vice Principal of Aboriginal Education, SD 68 Nanaimo Ladysmith Heidi Wood, Aboriginal Education Services, SD 36 Surrey

Contributors

Aboriginal Education Services Department, SD 52 Prince Rupert Nadine McSpadden, Aboriginal Education Services, SD 36 Surrey Karycia Mitchell, Belmont Secondary School, SD 62 Sooke Robert Moxness, SD 36 Surrey Peter Sawatzky, SD 36 Surrey

Contact Information

First Nations Education Steering Committee #113 - 100 Park Royal South West Vancouver, BC V7T 1A2

604-925-6087 1-877-422-3672 fnesc.ca info@fnesc.ca

SCIENCE FIRST PEOPLES Teacher Resource Guide

Grades 5 to 9

Table of Contents

Introduction About This Guide First Peoples Pedagogy Perspectives of Science Indigenous Knowledge Making Connections with the Community Suggestions for Developing Locally-Based Resources Using the Thematic Science Units Assessment

4 5 6 10 13 16 22 24

Unit 1 Traditional Ecological Knowledge

27

Unit 2 Plants and the Connection to Place

53

Unit 3 Power from the Land

79

Unit 4 Bears and Body Systems

105

Unit 5 Climate Change

121

Unit 6 Shaking and Flooding

141

Unit 7 Interconnectedness of the Spheres

151

Unit 8 Ocean Connections

171

Supporting Learning

Encouraging First Nations Learners' Engagement in the Sciences 191

Shared Knowledge Science Celebration

193

Bibliography

213

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