Gizmos for Ontario - Science: 11th Grade Env. Science: College/University Prep. (Ontario Curriculum adopted 2008)

This correlation lists the recommended Gizmos for this province's curriculum standards. Click any Gizmo title below for more information.

A: : Scientific Investigation Skills and Career Exploration

A1: : demonstrate scientific investigation skills (related to both inquiry and research) in the four areas of skills (initiating and planning, performing and recording, analysing and interpreting, and communicating);

A1.1: : Students will: formulate relevant scientific questions about observed relationships, ideas, problems, or issues, make informed predictions, and/or formulate educated hypotheses to focus inquiries or research

A1.5: : Students will: conduct inquiries, controlling relevant variables, adapting or extending procedures as required, and using appropriate materials and equipment safely, accurately, and effectively, to collect observations and data

A1.6: : Students will: compile accurate data from laboratory and other sources, and organize and record the data, using appropriate formats, including tables, flow charts, graphs, and/or diagrams

A1.8: : Students will: synthesize, analyse, interpret, and evaluate qualitative and/or quantitative data to determine whether the evidence supports or refutes the initial prediction or hypothesis and whether it is consistent with scientific theory; identify sources of bias and/or error; and suggest improvements to the inquiry to reduce the likelihood of error

A1.10: : Students will: draw conclusions based on inquiry results and research findings, and justify their conclusions with reference to scientific knowledge

A1.11: : Students will: communicate ideas, plans, procedures, results, and conclusions orally, in writing, and/or in electronic presentations, using appropriate language and a variety of formats (e.g., data tables, laboratory reports, presentations, debates, simulations, models)

A1.12: : Students will: use appropriate numeric, symbolic, and graphic modes of representation, and appropriate units of measurement (e.g., SI and imperial units)

A1.13: : Students will: express the results of any calculations involving data accurately and precisely, to the appropriate number of decimal places or significant figures

B: : Scientific Solutions to Contemporary Environmental Challenges

B2: : investigate a range of perspectives that have contributed to scientific knowledge about the environment, and how scientific knowledge and procedures are applied to address contemporary environmental problems;

B2.2: : Students will: plan and conduct a laboratory inquiry to test a scientific procedure used to address a contemporary environmental problem (e.g., an oil spill, acid precipitation)

B2.3: : Students will: investigate, through research or using case studies or computer simulation, how scientific knowledge and procedures are applied to address a particular contemporary environmental issue (e.g., scientific data on the needs and habits of endangered species are used to develop plans to protect threatened species; life-cycle assessments are conducted to determine the total environmental impact of a consumer product)

B3: : demonstrate an understanding of major contemporary environmental challenges and how we acquire knowledge about them.

B3.1: : Students will: identify some major contemporary environmental challenges (e.g., global warming, acid precipitation), and explain their causes (e.g., deforestation, carbon and sulfur emissions) and effects (e.g., desertification, the creation of environmental refugees, the destruction of aquatic and terrestrial habitats)

B3.5: : Students will: describe a variety of human activities that have led to environmental problems (e.g., burning fossil fuels for transportation or power generation; waste disposal) and/or contributed to their solution (e.g., the development of renewable sources of energy; programs to reduce, reuse, and recycle)

C: : Human Health and the Environment

C2: : investigate environmental factors that can affect human health, and analyse related data;

C2.3: : Students will: investigate, through laboratory inquiry or field study, water samples from natural and disturbed environments (e.g., tap water; pond, river, or lake water from disturbed and undisturbed areas; water from an outdoor pool), and analyse the resulting data

D: : Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry

D3: : demonstrate an understanding of conditions required for plant growth and of a variety of environmentally sustainable practices that can be used to promote growth.

D3.2: : Students will: describe the basic requirements for plant growth (e.g., growing medium, light, moisture, nutrients)

F: : Conservation of Energy

F2: : investigate various methods of conserving energy and improving energy efficiency;

F2.2: : Students will: investigate energy consumption and costs in their household over a given period of time, and suggest ways in which their household could conserve energy

F2.3: : Students will: plan and conduct an energy audit of a home or business, and propose ways to improve its energy efficiency

Correlation last revised: 11/5/2024

Ontario - Science: 11th Grade Env. Science: College/University Prep.

Ontario Curriculum | Adopted: 2008

A: : Scientific Investigation Skills and Career Exploration

B: : Scientific Solutions to Contemporary Environmental Challenges

C: : Human Health and the Environment

D: : Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry

F: : Conservation of Energy