The Alberta Program of Studies:

Not only will this contest encourage students to be humane heroes, it will also meet objectives in the following subject areas:

Science (Elementary) 1996
Elementary  Attitudes:
Students will show growth in acquiring and applying a
·  respect for living things and environments, and commitment for their care.

Health and Life Skills (K-9)  2002

RELATIONSHIP CHOICES
Students will develop effective interpersonal skills that demonstrate responsibility, respect and
caring in order to establish and maintain healthy interactions.

Information and Communication Technology (Div 1-4)
Specific Outcome P3 – Processes from Productivity
Students will communicate through multimedia

Division 1
1.1 access images, such as clip art, to support communication
1.2 create visual images by using such tools as paint and draw programs for particular audiences and purposes1.3access sound clips or recorded voice to support communication 
Division 2
2.1 create a multimedia presentation, incorporating such features as visual images (clip art, video clips), sounds (live recordings, sound clips) and animated images, appropriate to a variety of audiences and purposes
2.2 access available databases for images to support communication 
Division 3
3.1 create multimedia presentations that take into account audiences of diverse size, age, gender, ethnicity and geographic location
3.2 create multimedia presentations that incorporate meaningful graphics, audio, video and text gathered from remote sources 
Division 4
4.1 select and use, independently, multimedia capabilities for presentations in various subject areas
4.2 support communication with appropriate images, sounds and music
4.3 apply general principles of graphic layout and design to a document in process