Manitoba Curriculum Framework of Outcomes

GRADES 4-6

 
Reference Specific Learning Outcomes The Digital Field Trip to The Wetlands The Digital Field Trip to The Rainforest The Digital Frog 2.5
(to be used as a comparison)
  It is expected that students will:      
300-1 compare the external features and behavioural patterns of animals that help them thrive in different kinds of places Animal Adaptations, Organisms & Migration: behaviour Organisms: behaviour  
300-2 compare the structural features of plants that enable them to thrive in different kinds of places Use plant Organism screens as examples Use plant Organism screens as examples, Botany (with teacher support)  
300-15 describe the role of a common classification system for living things Producers, Consumers, Decomposers, Food Chains, Organisms, Migration Organisms  
300-16 distinguish between vertebrates and invertebrates Organism screens featuring animals and insects Organism screens featuring animals and insects  
300-17 compare the characteristics of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fishes Use Organisms & Migration for examples Use Organisms for examples  
300-18 compare characteristics of common arthropods Caddisfly, Damselfly, Daphnia, Dragonfly, Giant Water Beetle, Mosquito, Waterboatman Ant, Beetle, Butterfly, Moth, Scorpion, Spider, Termites  
300-21 identify characteristics and adaptations that enable birds and insects to fly Use bird & insect Organism screens, and Migration for examples Use bird & insect Organism screens for examples  
301-1 predict how the removal of a plant or animal population affects the rest of the community   Tree Fall Gaps, Succession, Climate  
301-2 relate habitat loss to the endangerment or extinction of plants and animals Conservation, Endangered Wetlands Tree Fall Gaps, Succession  
    302-2 describe how a variety of animals are able to meet their basic needs in their habitat Animal Adaptations, Organisms, Migration Organisms, Niches, Biodiversity  
302-3 classify organisms according to their role in a food chain Producers, Consumers, Decomposers, Food Chains, Web Energy, Organisms, Migrations, Food Web Game Organisms, Dependency Types, Food, Habitat, Seed Dispersal, Pollination, Dependency Web Game  
302-5 describe the structure and function of the major organs of the digestive, excretory, respiratory, circulatory and nervous systems     Respiratory, Circulatory, Digestive, Excretory, and Nervous systems are found in the Anatomy section
302-6 demonstrate how the skeletal, muscular and nervous systems work together to produce movement     Anatomy section: Musculoskeletal and Nervous systems
302-7 describe the role of the skin     Anatomy section: The Skin
302-8 describe the body’s defences, such as tears, saliva, skin, certain blood cells, and stomach secretions, against infections     Anatomy section: Circulatory system, Blood