Curriculum - Grade 8
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Links to the Ontario Curriculum
Kids' Fish Art Contest Activities 1-7
[1]: Webs & Stacks
[2]: Know Your Fish!
[3]: Fish & Habitat Balance Mobiles
[4]: One Person's Trash (fish)...
[5]: Chinook Salmon: Too Successful?
[6]: Sketch Studies
[7]: Young Angler’s Licence Artwork
Numbers in [] following expectations refer to the activity number that will contribute to that expectation.
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Expectations for the Ontario Curriculum
Grade 8, Visual Arts
Overall Expectations
- Creating and Presenting: Apply the creative process to produce art works in a variety of traditional two- and three-dimensional forms, as well as multimedia art works, that communicate feelings, ideas, and understandings, using elements, principles, and techniques of visual arts as well as current media technologies [2/3, 6/7]
- Reflecting, Responding, and Analysing: apply the critical analysis process to communicate feelings, ideas, and understandings in response to a variety of art works and art experiences [7]
Creating and Presenting
- Create art works, using a variety of traditional forms and current media technologies, that express feelings, ideas, and issues that demonstrate an awareness of multiple points of view [2/3, 6/7]
- Demonstrate an understanding of composition, using multiple principles of design and other layout considerations such as compositional triangles to create narrative art works or art works on a theme or topic [2/3, 6/7]
- Use elements of design in art works to communicate ideas, messages, and understandings for a specific audience and purpose [2/3, 6/7]
- Use a variety of materials, tools, techniques, and technologies to determine solutions to increasingly complex design challenges [2/3, 6/7]
Reflecting, Responding, and Analysing
- Interpret a variety of art works and identify the feelings, issues, themes, and social concerns that they convey [7]
- Analyse ways in which elements and principles of design are used in a variety of art works to communicate a theme or message, and evaluate the effectiveness of their use on the basis of criteria generated by the class [7]
- Demonstrate an understanding of how to read and interpret signs, symbols, and style in art works [7]
- Identify and explain their strengths, their interests, and areas for improvement as creators, interpreters, and viewers of art [7]
Grade 8, Science and Technology
Understanding Earth and Space Systems – Water Systems
Overall Expectations
- Assess the impact of human activities and technologies on the sustainability of water resources [1, 2, 4, 5]
- Investigate factors that affect local water quality [1, 2, 4, 5]
- Demonstrate an understanding of he characteristics of the earth’s water systems and the influence of water systems on a specific region [1, 2, 4, 5]
Relating Science and Technology to Society and the Environment
- Assess how various media sources (e.g., Canadian Geographic; the science section in newspapers; Internet websites; local, national, and international news on television and radio) address issues related to the impact of human activities on the long-term sustainability of local, national, or international water systems [4]
Grade 8, Mathematics
Number Sense and Numeration
Overall Expectations
- Solve problems involving whole numbers, decimal numbers, fractions, and integers, using a variety of computational strategies [1]
- Solve problems by using proportional reasoning in a variety of meaningful context [5]
Operational Sense
- Solve multi-step problems arising from real-life context and involving whole numbers and decimals, using a variety of tools (e.g., concrete materials, drawings, calculators) and strategies (e.g., estimation, algorithms) [1]
Data Management and Probability
Overall Expectations
- Apply a variety of data management tools and strategies to make convincing arguments about data
Data Relationships
- Read, interpret, and draw conclusions from primary data and from secondary data, presented in charts, tables, and graphs [5]
- Identify and describe trends, based on the rate of change of data from tables and graphs, using informal language [5]
- Make inferences and convincing arguments that are based on the analysis of charts, tables, and graphs [5]
