Nova Scotia Curriculum
1.3.1: investigate and explain various ways in which rocks can be weathered and explain the rock cycle
3.1.3: explain how each state of matter, including changes of state, react to changes in temperature, using the particle model of matter
3.2.1: compare transmission of heat by conduction, convection, and radiation
Conduction and Convection
Heat Absorption
Heat Transfer by Conduction
Herschel Experiment - Metric
Radiation
3.2.3: demonstrate and compare qualitatively, the heat capacities and heat absorption of common materials by investigating and evaluating how the surfaces absorb heat and what potential variables produce errors
3.2.4: investigate in a laboratory and describe in various formats how surfaces absorb radiant heat
Heat Absorption
Herschel Experiment - Metric
Radiation
4.1.1: identify the roles of producers, consumers, and decomposers in a local ecosystem and describe both their diversity and their interactions
Coral Reefs 1 - Abiotic Factors
Food Chain
Forest Ecosystem
4.1.2: identify questions, investigate, and record collected data on the ecosystem?s components using materials effectively
Coral Reefs 1 - Abiotic Factors
4.1.3: describe interactions between biotic and abiotic factors in an ecosystem
Coral Reefs 1 - Abiotic Factors
Food Chain
Pond Ecosystem
4.2.1: describe how matter is recycled in an ecosystem and evaluate potential applications of energy transformations
4.4.1: defend a proposal to protect a habitat and provide examples of various issues that can be addressed in multiple ways
Coral Reefs 1 - Abiotic Factors
Correlation last revised: 9/16/2020