Science Curricula Gr 3-10
Release of the new curriculum documents for Grades 3 to 10:
If you are new to Science, a great starting point is the 'Grade 3-10 Science Curriculum PL' available on the Desire 2 Learn online platform. If you have not yet accessed this course and would like to, please email krista.nowlan@nbed.nb.ca. We also have 'Teaching Science Education in NB' and 'Safety in the Science Lab' available on D2L as well.
NB Curriculum Website (*Under Construction)
Curriculum Framework - July 2023
3-8 Science Companion Document 2023
2020 Science Curriculum Documents:
6-10 Science Curriculum - Core Ideas & Achievement Indicators (Summary)
Storylines:
A storyline is a coherent sequence of lessons, in which each step is driven by students' questions that arise from their interactions with phenomena. A student's goal should always be to explain a phenomenon or solve a problem. At each step, students make progress on the classroom's questions through science and engineering practices, to figure out a piece of a science idea. Each piece they figure out adds to the developing explanation, model, or designed solution. Each step may also generate questions that lead to the next step in the storyline. Together, what students figure out helps explain the unit's phenomena or solve the problems they have identified. A storyline provides a coherent path toward building disciplinary core idea and crosscutting concepts, piece by piece, anchored in students' own questions. (https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/what-are-storylines).
Sample Storylines for each grade level are also available in the 'Grade 3-10 Science Curriculum PL' and 'Teaching Science in NB' D2L courses.