Composting in the BC Curriculum (K-8)

Big Ideas and Content Related to Composting

Kindergarten
Big Ideas
- Humans interact with matter every day through familiar materials.
- Daily and seasonal changes affect all living things.
Content
- basic needs of plants and animals
- features of local plants and animals that help them meet their basic needs
- First Peoples' uses of plants and animals
- properties of familiar materials
- changes that living things make to accommodate daily and seasonal cycles
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Grade 1
Big Ideas
- Matter is useful because of its properties.
Content
- specific properties of materials connected to the function of the materials
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Grade 2
Big Ideas
- All living things have a life cycle.
- Materials can be changed through physical and chemical processes.
Content
- Aboriginal knowledge of life cycles
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Grade 3
Big Ideas
- Living things are diverse, can be grouped, and interact in their ecosystems.
Content
- biodiversity in the local environment
- Aboriginal knowledge of ecosystems
- energy - needed for life
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Grade 4

Big Ideas
- All living things and their environment are interdependent.
- Energy comes in a variety of forms that can be transferred from one object to another.
Content
- energy has various forms and is conserved
- devices that transform energy
- features of biomes
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Grade 5
Big Ideas
- Humans use earth materials as natural resources.
Content
- Aboriginal concept of interconnectedness in the environment.
- the nature of sustainable practices around BC's living and non-living resources.
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Grade 6
Big Ideas
- Everyday materials are often homogeneous solutions and heterogeneous mixtures.
Content
- heterogeneous mixtures
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Grade 7
Big Ideas
Content
- survival needs and interactions between organisms and the environment
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Grade 8
Big Ideas
- Cells are a basic unit of life.
Content
- photosynthesis and cellular respiration
- the relationship of micro-organisms with living things