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SCIENCE 7
Unit A: Interactions and Ecosystems (Social and Environmental Emphasis)
Students will:
1. Investigate and describe relationships between humans and their environments, and identify related issues and scientific questions
- identify examples of human impacts on ecosystems, and investigate and analyze the link between these impacts and the human wants and needs that give rise to them analyze personal and public decisions that involve consideration of environmental impacts, and identify needs for scientific knowledge that can inform those decisions
4. Describe the relationships among knowledge, decisions and actions in maintaining life-supporting environments
- identify intended and unintended consequences of human activities within local and global environments
- describe and interpret examples of scientific investigations that serve to inform environmental decision making
- illustrate, through examples, the limits of scientific and technological knowledge in making decisions about life-supporting environments analyze a local environmental issue or problem based on evidence from a variety of sources, and identify possible actions and consequences
SCIENCE 8
Unit E: Freshwater and Saltwater Systems (Social and Environmental Emphasis)
Students will:
4. Analyze human impacts on aquatic systems; and identify the roles of science and technology in
addressing related questions, problems and issues
- analyze human water uses, and identify the nature and scope of impacts resulting from different uses
- identify current practices and technologies that affect water quality, evaluate environmental costs and benefits, and identify and evaluate alternatives
- illustrate the role of scientific research in monitoring environments and supporting development of appropriate environmental technologies
SCIENCE 9
Unit C: Environmental Chemistry (Social and Environmental Emphasis)
Students will:
1. Investigate and describe, in general terms, the role of different substances in the environment in
supporting or harming humans and other living things
- identify questions that may need to be addressed in deciding what substances—in what amounts—can be safely released into the environment
2. Identify processes for measuring the quantity of different substances in the environment and for monitoring air and water quality
- describe and illustrate the use of biological monitoring as one method for determining environmental quality
- identify chemical factors in an environment that might affect the health and distribution of living things in that environment
3. Analyze and evaluate mechanisms affecting the distribution of potentially harmful substances within an environment
- comprehend and interpret information on the biological impacts of hazardous chemicals on local and global environments
- investigate and evaluate potential risks resulting from consumer practices and industrialprocesses, and identify processes used in providing information and setting standards to manage these risks
- identify and evaluate information and evidence related to an issue in which environmental chemistry plays a major role
SCIENCE 10
Unit D: Energy Flow in Global Systems (Social and Environmental Contexts Emphasis)
Students will:
1. Describe how the relationships among input solar energy, output terrestrial energy and energy flow within the biosphere affect the lives of humans and other species
- describe and explain the greenhouse effect, and the role of various gases—including methane, carbon dioxide and water vapour—in determining the scope of the greenhouse effect
4. Investigate and interpret the role of environmental factors on global energy transfer and climate change
- investigate and identify human actions affecting biomes that have a potential to change climate and critically examine the evidence that these factors play a role in climate change describe and evaluate the role of science in furthering the understanding of climate and climate change through international programs
- describe the role of technology in measuring, modelling and interpreting climate and climate change
- assess, from a variety of perspectives, the risks and benefits of human activity, and its impact on the biosphere and the climate
SCIENCE 30
Unit B: Chemistry and the Environment
Students will:
(30–B3.1k) describe the risks and benefits of using chemical processes that may produce products
and/or by-products that have the potential to harm the environment
(30–B3.2k) describe technologies used to reduce the production and emission of chemical compounds that have the potential to harm the environment
(30–B3.3k) describe alternatives to the use of chemical technologies;
SOCIAL STUDIES 10
Perspectives on Globalization
Students will understand, assess and respond to the complexities of globalization.
- Students will explore the impacts of globalization on their lives.
- Students will assess the impacts of historical globalization on Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples.
- Students will assess economic, environmental and other contemporary impacts of globalization.
- Students will assess their roles and responsibilities in a globalizing world.
SOCIAL STUDIES 20
Topic B: Interdependence in the Global Environment
c. national interests affect international relationships
- Identify factors that affect international relationships, such as:
-competition for markets and resources
- ideologies
-pressure and prestige
-tied aid
-defensive alliances
THEME III: QUALITY OF LIFE
c. quality of life is increasingly affected by issues of global concern
- Choose several examples and study their impact on human populations:
-deforestation
-desertification
-pollution
- acid rain
- oceans
- nuclear and oil
- waste disposal
-irrigation
- fresh water
- effect on land
-atmosphere
-greenhouse effect
-energy depletion
