Nova Scotia

Earth and Space Science: Weather Dynamics

• Weather: Observations and Measurements

  • Use weather instruments effectively and accurately for collecting local weather data and collect and integrate weather data from regional and national weather observational networks

  • Identify questions and analyze meteorological data for a given time span and predict future weather conditions, using appropriate technologies

• Water Cycle

  • Use scientific theory, identify questions about, illustrate, and explain heat energy transfers that occur in the water cycle

    • Label parts of water cycle diagrams (9-W.1)
    • Select parts of water cycle diagrams (9-W.2)

  • Describe how the atmosphere and hydrosphere act as heat sinks in the water cycle

    • Label parts of water cycle diagrams (9-W.1)
    • Select parts of water cycle diagrams (9-W.2)
    • Factors affecting climate: distance from the ocean (10-NN.4)

• Weather Dynamics: Heat and Energy

  • Use weather data to describe and explain heat transfers in the hydrosphere and atmosphere, showing how these affect air and water currents

    • Explore air masses (10-MM.1)
    • Identify and compare air masses (10-MM.2)
    • How do air masses form? (10-MM.3)
    • Factors affecting climate: distance from the ocean (10-NN.4)
    • Factors affecting climate: surface ocean currents (10-NN.5)

  • Illustrate and display how science attempts to explain seasonal changes and variations in weather patterns for a given location

    • What causes the seasons on Earth? (10-OO.1)

• Weather Forecasting

  • Describe examples of Canadian contributions to weather forecasting and satellite imaging, showing how scientific knowledge evolves

  • Identify and report the impact of accurate weather forecasting from the personal to the global point of view

  • Analyze and report on the risks, benefits, and limitations of society's responses to weather forecasting

Physical Science: Chemical Reactions

• Investigating Chemical Reactions

  • Investigate chemical reactions while applying WHMIS standards, using proper techniques for handling and disposing of materials

    • Identify laboratory tools (10-B.1)

  • Perform experiments, using appropriate instruments and procedures, to identify substances as acids, bases, or salts, based on their characteristic properties

  • Describe how neutralization involves tempering the effects of an acid with a base or vice versa

• Formula Writing

  • Name and write formulas for common ionic compounds and molecular compounds and describe the usefulness of the IUPAC nomenclature system

    • Name binary ionic compounds (10-V.1)
    • Name ionic compounds containing polyatomic ions (10-V.2)
    • Write chemical formulas of ionic compounds (10-V.3)

  • Classify simple acids, bases, and salts based on their characteristics, name, and formula

• Chemical Reactions

  • Represent chemical reactions and the conservation of mass using balanced symbolic equations

    • Count atoms in chemical reactions using models (10-Y.1)
    • Count atoms in chemical equations (10-Y.2)
    • Balance chemical equations I (10-Y.3)
    • Classify chemical reactions (10-Z.1)
    • Single replacement reactions (10-Z.2)

  • Design and carry out experiments, controlling variables and interpreting patterns, to illustrate how factors can affect chemical reactions

    • The process of scientific inquiry (10-A.1)
    • Identify control and experimental groups (10-A.2)
    • Identify independent and dependent variables (10-A.3)
    • Identify the experimental question (10-A.4)
    • Identify questions that can be investigated with a set of materials (10-A.5)
    • Factors that affect reaction rate (10-CC.1)

• STSE Connections

  • Investigate and collaborate to describe science and technology relationships and their functions

Physical Science: Motion

• Motion: Position, Distance, Displacement

  • Use instruments and terminologies effectively and accurately for collecting data in various experiments

    • Distance and displacement in one dimension (10-EE.1)

• Graphs of Speed and Velocity

  • Using linear experimentation with appropriate technologies, analyze graphically and quantitatively the relationship among distance, time, and speed (scalar quantities) and the relationship among position, displacement, time, and velocity (vector quantities)

    • Distance and displacement in one dimension (10-EE.1)

• Motion: Graphs and Formulas

  • Distinguish among constant, average, and instantaneous speed and velocity of an object

  • Describe and evaluate the design and functions of motion technology

• Research in Science and Technology

  • Identify and imagine questions that could be investigated using relevant research in science and technology

  • Describe examples of Canadian contributions to science and technology in the area of motion

Life Science: Sustainability of Ecosystems

• Sustainability

  • Question and analyze how a paradigm shift in sustainability can change society's views

• Sustainability of an Ecosystem

  • Distinguish between biotic and abiotic factors, determining the impact on the consumers at all trophic levels due to bioaccumulation, variability, and diversity

    • Interpret a Serengeti food web (10-M.3)
    • Interpret an Antarctic food web (10-M.4)
    • The carbon cycle: biosphere processes and interactions (10-M.5)
    • The carbon cycle: geosphere processes and interactions (10-M.6)
    • Patterns of population growth (10-M.7)
    • Factors affecting carrying capacity (10-M.8)
    • How can group behaviour affect survival? Identify evidence to support a claim (10-M.9)

  • Describe how the classification involved in the biodiversity of an ecosystem is responsible for its sustainability

    • Interpret a Serengeti food web (10-M.3)
    • Interpret an Antarctic food web (10-M.4)

  • Predict and analyze the impact of external factors on the sustainability of an ecosystem, using a variety of formats

    • Factors affecting carrying capacity (10-M.8)
    • Kelp forests: factors affecting biodiversity (10-N.1)

  • Diagnose and report the ecosystem's response to short-term stress and long-term change

• STSE and Sustainable Development

  • Describe how different geographical locations can sustain similar ecosystems

  • Identify, investigate, and defend a course of action on a multi-perspective social issue

  • Identify and describe peer review, Canadian research, and global projects where science and technology affect sustainable development