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Grade 9 · Science · Unit 17 of 17

Ways of Knowing

Science, curiosity and Indigenous ways of knowing today.

What your child practises

Practises ideas about scientific attitudes and belonging in science, and introduces how many First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities observe and care for the land today. This content is light and still needs review with Indigenous partners.

Manitoba Curriculum learning outcome: SCI.9.A.1, SCI.9.B.1 · Indigenous ways of knowing, being and doing, and a sense of belonging in science

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Traditional Knowledge in many First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities is…

    • only about the past
    • only found in textbooks
    • knowledge built through close observation of the land over many generations

  2. Question 2

    Who often shares Traditional Knowledge in a community?

    • only tourists
    • only machines
    • Elders and Knowledge Keepers

  3. Question 3

    Many First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities teach that people are…

    • in respectful relationship with the land, water and living things
    • separate from nature
    • owners of all species

  4. Question 4

    Which of these is part of sustainable living?

    • dumping waste in rivers
    • using only what you need and caring for resources
    • wasting water

  5. Question 5

    Many Indigenous communities today use science and technology, such as…

    • no technology
    • solar and wind power projects
    • only tools from the past

  6. Question 6

    Wholistic ways of knowing look at…

    • only one small part
    • only numbers
    • how everything is connected

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