Medicine Walk

Outdoors

Science

First Peoples Principles

This lesson plan provides students with a hands-on experience of gathering local, traditional medicines of the Sto:lo people in a respectful way.

Concepts at a Glance

Begin to understand that natural materials can be changed through physical and chemical processes.
Acknowledge local actions have global consequences and global actions have local consequences, and what humans do to the land affects us all.
Identify three traditional medicines, gather and prepare them.
Build relationships to the land, other cultures, and with famil, ancestors and the school and community.

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Grade 3 Science:

Biodiversity in the local environment

Grade 4 Science:

Big Ideas: All living things sense and respond to their environment.

Grade 5 Science:

First Peoples concepts of interconnectedness in the environment

Language Arts 3-6:

Language and text can be a source of creativity and joy

Exploring stories and other texts helps us understand ourselves and make connections to others and to the world.

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