 |
| Thursday, September 09, 2010
|
Login |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Science Alberta Foundation - Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Science Alberta Foundation and the Fort McMurray Catholic District has been partners in education for several years now. Teachers in our district have been participants in a "School Science Leaders Professional Learning Community where they participate in workshops and share science resources with their colleagues.
This network involves teachers and schools in the Science-In-A-Crate and School Science Leader Program and promotes sharing of these resources between classrooms and schools.
Teachers in the program organize and coordinate bookings and rotations in their schools and mentor other staff members on the use of the crates. As an incentive for participating in the program, the science leaders attend special workshops and have opportunities to interact with teachers from other schools.
Exceptional professional development workshops are held for the science leaders to meet the unique needs of teachers within the community. Participating teachers work with SAF staff to identify workshop topics that can best meet their needs. Some of the past workshops have included:
•An engaging and motivational science or math demo — the hook that grabs students’ interest
•Discussion and sharing of “best practices” for instruction and learning of science
•Sharing of ways to incorporate crates and Wonderville.ca in meeting learning outcomes.
The School Science Leaders program could not exist without the support of SYNCRUDE.
read more...
|
Information and Communication Technology - Wednesday, November 04, 2009
The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) curriculum provides students with a broad perspective on the nature of technology, how to use and apply a variety of technologies, and the impact of information and communication technologies on themselves and on society. The ICT curriculum is not intended to stand alone, but rather to be infused within core courses and programs.
read more...
|
Science - Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Children have a natural curiosity about their surroundings—a desire to explore and investigate, see inside things, find out how things work and find answers to their questions. Learning about science provides a framework for students to understand and interpret the world around them. An elementary science program engages students in a process of inquiry and problem solving in which they develop both knowledge and skills. The purpose of the program is to encourage and stimulate children’s learning by nurturing their sense of wonderment, by developing skill and confidence in investigating their surroundings and by building a foundation of experience and understanding upon which later learning can be based. Elementary and secondary science programs help prepare students for life in a rapidly changing world—a world of expanding knowledge and technology in which new challenges and opportunities continually arise. Tomorrow’s citizens will live in a changing environment in which increasingly complex questions and issues will need to be addressed. The decisions and actions of future citizens need to be based on an
awareness and understanding of their world and on the ability to ask relevant questions, seek answers, define problems and find solutions. For more information about the Science Curriculum visit Alberta Education's 2009-2010 Curriculum Handbooks for Parents and Curriculum Summaries (Catholic Version)
read more...
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
| Program of Studies: Curriculum
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|