Resources by Curriculum

To help teachers incorporate our Educational Material and Articles into the classroom, we've organized our materials and activities under the BC Prescribed Learning Outcomes.

We do encourage you to browse our site and determine what works best for your class but the groups below should help you find related resources quickly.

If you have any comments or suggestions for the above list, please contact us
gened@genomebc.ca.

  • Grade 12
  • Grade 11
  • Grade 10
  • Grade 9

Grade 12 Resources

Grade 11 Resources
We have arranged our resources into the relevant Prescribed Learning Outcomes (PLOs) of the BC Ministry of Education.  Please click on the PLO to see the related resources to use in your classroom.

PLO: Evolution: Describe the process of evolution

Topics: Structure of DNA, Role of DNA in evolution, agents of evolutionary change: 1. mutation, 2 genetic drift, 3 gene flow, 4 non-random mating, 5 natural selection, patterns of evolution, tempo of evolution

PLO: Microbiology: Evaluate the effect of viruses on human health

Topics: Viral specificity, body's line of defense:   primary, secondary, tertiary, & methods to reduce the spread of disease

PLO: Analyze monerans as a life form at the prokaryotic level of organization

Topics: characteristics, shape, motility, classification, grouping of cells, nutrition, reproduction, human diseases & beneficial roles

 

Grade 10 Resources
We have arranged our resources into the relevant Prescribed Learning Outcomes (PLOs) of the BC Ministry of Education.  Please click on the PLO to see the related resources to use in your classroom.

Resources to highlight the Life Sciences connections in the curriculum are in development.

Grade 9 Resources
We have arranged our resources into the relevant Prescribed Learning Outcomes (PLOs) of the BC Ministry of Education. Please click on the PLO to see the related resources to use in your classroom.

PLO: Explain the process of cell division

Topics: Contents of the nucleus, Characteristics of living things, Cell theory, Relationship between cells, tissues, organs and organ systems, Process of cell division, Cell cycle including mitosis and cytokinesis, Cancer as abnormal cell division, Mitosis compared to meiosis,  relationship between genes and proteins

PLO: Relate the processes of cell division and emerging reproductive technologies to embryonic development

Topics: Male and female gametes, Fertilization, Reproductive technologies in embryonic development (ex. in vitro, cloning), Stem cells in embryonic development