Ontario

E Earth and Space Science

• E1 Relating Science to Our Changing World

  • E1.1 evaluate social, environmental, and economic impacts of space observation and exploration

  • E1.2 evaluate how space observation and exploration technologies contribute to our understanding of climate change, natural disasters, and other phenomena

  • E1.3 assess ways in which technological innovations related to space observation and exploration are applied in various fields, including their contributions to sustainable practices on Earth

• E2 Investigating and Understanding Concepts

  • E2.1 describe the importance of the Sun and its characteristics, including its role in the solar system and in sustaining life on Earth

  • E2.2 explain how the Sun's energy causes natural phenomena on Earth, and how these phenomena contribute to renewable energy production

  • E2.3 summarize observational evidence used to support theories about the origin and evolution of the universe and the solar system, considering diverse ways of knowing

  • E2.4 describe major components of the solar system and the universe and compare their characteristics

    • Structure of the universe (9-Y.8)

  • E2.5 quantify distances in the solar system and the universe by applying an understanding of relative distances and sizes and using appropriate units of measure

  • E2.6 conduct investigations to explain the causes of various astronomical phenomena that can be observed from Earth