British Columbia Curriculum Alignment Guides
Switch Classroom provides a comprehensive set of British Columbia curriculum alignment guides for both Science and Social Studies courses from Grades 5 through 12. Each guide shows how our videos, labs, quizzes, and problem sets align with BC’s science and social studies standards as well as curricular competencies such as questioning and predicting, processing and analyzing data, planning and conducting, evaluating, applying and innovating, and communicating.
These guides give teachers a clear framework for lesson planning, support standards-based instruction, and provide students with meaningful opportunities to connect classroom content with real-world energy and resource issues.
Available Guides
Science
- BC Science 5 Curriculum Alignment
Lessons on coal, natural gas, hydropower, and electricity linked to science content areas such as energy transfer, conservation, and environmental impacts. - BC Science 9 Curriculum Alignment
Activities on electricity, energy transformations, storage, and everyday use aligned with provincial outcomes in energy transfer, conservation, and resource use. - BC Science 10 Curriculum Alignment
Lessons on coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear, and hydropower aligned with energy transfer, conservation, environmental impacts, and human–environment interactions. - BC Earth Sciences 11 Curriculum Alignment
Activities on energy choices, coal, oil, and environmental impacts aligned with competencies in questioning, analysis, and communication. - BC Environmental Science 12 Curriculum Alignment
Resources on energy efficiency, transformations, and conservation aligned with standards in environmental impact, resource use, and scientific competencies. - BC Geology 12 Curriculum Alignment
Lessons on coal, oil, natural gas, geothermal, wind, solar, and hydropower aligned with science and social studies standards including energy transfer, conservation, and decision-making.
Social Studies
- BC Social Studies 5 Curriculum Alignment
Lessons on natural gas, coal, hydropower, and global case studies aligned with resource development, human–environment interactions, and policy. - BC Social Studies 9 Curriculum Alignment
Switch On video series introducing energy poverty, grid expansion, coal, hydropower, and solar microgrids aligned with energy transfer, conservation, and decision-making. - BC Social Studies 10 Curriculum Alignment
Lessons on energy mix, energy choices, demand curves, and environmental impacts aligned with electricity, conservation, and social studies outcomes such as resource use and policy.
Why Use These Guides?
- Save time by linking Switch Classroom resources directly to BC standards.
- Reinforce curricular competencies including questioning, analyzing, evaluating, and communicating.
- Connect classroom instruction to issues of energy, environment, and human–resource interactions.
Provide students with data-driven, inquiry-based opportunities to build scientific and social literacy.
For a full list of Switch Classroom Alignment Guides, click here.
