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What Does Canada Look Like?

Identify the top five geographical features in an assigned region of Canada.


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Specific Outcomes

This critical challenge may address these outcomes:

Specific Outcome 5.1.1.2 - Students will appreciate the diversity of geographic phenomena in Canada (LPP)
Specific Outcome 5.1.1.7 - Students will appreciate the geographic vastness of Canada (LPP)
Specific Outcome 5.1.2.1 - What are the major geographical regions, landforms and bodies of water in Canada? (LPP)
Specific Outcome 5.1.2.4 - What are the differences and similarities among the geographical regions of Canada? (LPP)
Specific Outcome 5.1.2.5 - How is the geographical region they live in different from other regions of Canada? (LPP)
Specific Outcome 5.S.3.2 - Students will construct maps, diagrams and charts to display geographical information
Specific Outcome 5.S.4.2 - Students will collaborate with others to apply strategies for decision making and problem solving
Specific Outcome 5.S.4.3 - Students will select and use technology to assist in problem solving
Specific Outcome 5.S.4.6 - Students will use graphic organizers, such as mind mapping/webbing, flow charting and outlining, to present connections between ideas and information in a problem-solving environment
Specific Outcome 5.S.5.3 - Students will work collaboratively with others to achieve a common goal
Specific Outcome 5.S.7.3 - Students will draw and support conclusions, based on information gathered, to answer a research question
Specific Outcome 5.S.8.3 - Students will listen to others to understand their perspectives
Specific Outcome 5.S.8.7 - Students will communicate effectively through appropriate forms, such as speeches, reports and multimedia presentations, applying information technologies that serve particular audiences and purposes.

Assessment of Specific Outcomes

This table identifies only learning outcomes that are assessed by using the summative student task. Other outcomes for this critical challenge will be addressed through instruction.

Specific Outcome 5.1.1.2 - Students will appreciate the diversity of geographic phenomena in Canada (LPP)
Specific Outcome 5.1.1.7 - Students will appreciate the geographic vastness of Canada (LPP)
Specific Outcome 5.1.2.1 - What are the major geographical regions, landforms and bodies of water in Canada? (LPP)
Specific Outcome 5.1.2.4 - What are the differences and similarities among the geographical regions of Canada? (LPP)
Specific Outcome 5.S.3.2 - Students will construct maps, diagrams and charts to display geographic information
Specific Outcome 5.S.4.2 - Students will collaborate with others to apply strategies for decision making and problem solving
Specific Outcome 5.S.4.3 - Students will select and use technology to assist in problem solving
Specific Outcome 5.S.4.6 - use graphic organizers, such as mind mapping/webbing, flow charting and outlining, to present connections between ideas and information in a problem-solving environment
Specific Outcome 5.S.5.3 - Students will work collaboratively with others to achieve a common goal
Specific Outcome 5.S.7.3 - Students will draw and support conclusions, based on information gathered, to answer a research question
Specific Outcome 5.S.7.4 - Students will cite references as part of research
Specific Outcome 5.S.7.6 - access and retrieve appropriate information from the Internet by using a specific search path or from given uniform resource locators (URLs)
Specific Outcome 5.S.8.3 - listen to others to understand their perspectives
Specific Outcome 5.S.8.7 - communicate effectively through appropriate forms, such as speeches, reports and multimedia presentations, applying information technologies that serve particular audiences
and purposes
C Citizenship
ER Economics and Resources
CC Culture and Community
I Identity
LPP The Land: Places and People
GC Global Connections
TCC Time, Continuity and Change
PADM Power, Authority, and Decision Making
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