Ontario

D Earth and Space Science

• D1 Relating Science to Technology, Society, and the Environment

  • D1.1 analyse current and/or potential effects, both positive and negative, of climate change on human activity and natural systems

  • D1.2 assess, on the basis of research, the effectiveness of some current individual, regional, national, or international initiatives that address the issue of climate change, and propose a further course of action related to one of these initiatives

• D2 Developing Skills of Investigation and Communication

  • D2.1 use appropriate terminology related to climate change, including, but not limited to: albedo, anthropogenic, atmosphere, cycles, heat sinks, and hydrosphere

  • D2.2 design and build a model to illustrate the natural greenhouse effect, and use the model to explain the anthropogenic greenhouse effect

    • The greenhouse effect (10-MM.4)

  • D2.3 analyse different sources of scientific data for evidence of natural climate change and climate change influenced by human activity

  • D2.4 investigate a popular hypothesis on a cause-and-effect relationship having to do with climate change, using simulations and/or time-trend data that model climate profiles

  • D2.5 investigate, through laboratory inquiry or simulations, the effects of heat transfer within the hydrosphere and atmosphere

  • D2.6 investigate, through laboratory inquiry or simulations, how water in its various states influences climate patterns

    • Factors affecting climate: distance from the ocean (10-NN.4)

  • D2.7 investigate, through research or simulations, the influence of ocean currents on local and global heat transfer and precipitation patterns

    • Factors affecting climate: surface ocean currents (10-NN.5)

  • D2.8 classify the climate of their local region using various tools or systems, and compare their region to other regions in Ontario, Canada, and the world

    • Use data to describe climates (10-NN.1)

  • D2.9 compare different perspectives and/or biases evident in discussions of climate change in scientific and non‑scientific media

• D3 Understanding Basic Concepts

  • D3.1 describe the principal components of Earth's climate system and how the system works

    • Factors affecting climate: distance from the ocean (10-NN.4)

  • D3.2 describe and explain heat transfer in the hydrosphere and atmosphere and its effects on air and water currents

  • D3.3 describe the natural greenhouse effect, explain its importance for life, and distinguish it from the anthropogenic greenhouse effect

  • D3.4 identify natural phenomena and human activities known to affect climate, and describe the role of both in Canada's contribution to climate change

    • Evaluate claims about natural resource use: fossil fuels (10-LL.2)

  • D3.5 describe the principal sources and sinks, both natural and/or anthropogenic, of greenhouse gases

    • The carbon cycle: biosphere processes and interactions (10-M.5)
    • The carbon cycle: geosphere processes and interactions (10-M.6)

  • D3.6 describe how different carbon and nitrogen compounds influence the trapping of heat in the atmosphere and hydrosphere

    • The greenhouse effect (10-MM.4)

  • D3.7 describe, in general terms, the causes and effects of the anthropogenic greenhouse effect, the depletion of stratospheric and tropospheric ozone, and the formation of ground-level ozone and smog

  • D3.8 identify and describe indicators of global climate change