Curriculum Connections

Prior Knowledge

The anticipated learners are students enrolled in online or blended Alberta Biology 20 course. It is assumed that, based on K-10 curriculum, the learners will possess the following prior knowledge:

• Selecting issue-based topics

• Searching for, collecting, and evaluating relevant information with guidance

• Working collaboratively to check understanding and explore the perspectives of others

• Using technology appropriately to search for and collect information, compose reports, papers, or projects, and disseminate their results

• Reflecting on their feelings, progress, and their process with guidance

• Ability to use science and technology to acquire new knowledge and solve problems, so that they may improve the quality of their own lives and the lives of others

• Critically address science-related societal, economic, ethical and environmental issues

• Knowledge of biological diversity, life, and environmental sciences

Specifically the Unit B, Biology 11 curriculum builds on:

• Grade 7 Science, Unit A: Interactions and Ecosystems

• Grade 8 Science, Unit E: Freshwater and Saltwater Systems

• Grade 9 Science, Unit A: Biological Diversity