Ontario Curriculum
AC.B.1: Overall Expectations
AC.B.1.1: describe cell theory, and apply it to processes of cell division, including mitosis, and the function of sexual (including human) and asexual reproductive systems;
AC.B.1.2: investigate and analyse cell division and factors affecting cell reproduction;
AC.B.2: Understanding Basic Concepts
AC.B.2.1: describe the major postulates of the cell theory and how the theory explains cell division (e.g., all living things are made up of one or more cells and the products of those cells; cells are the functional units of life; all cells come from pre-existing cells);
AC.B.2.2: describe cell division, including mitosis, as part of the cell cycle, including the roles of the nucleus, cell membrane, and organelles (e.g., stages of mitosis - prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase);
Cell Division
RNA and Protein Synthesis
AC.B.2.3: explain how the cell nucleus determines cellular processes and contains genetic material, and why DNA replication is important to organism survival;
Building DNA
Cell Structure
RNA and Protein Synthesis
AC.B.2.4: describe various types of asexual reproduction that occur in plant species or animal species, and various methods for the asexual propagation of plants (e.g., fission, budding, production of spores; fission in the amoeba and planaria flatworm, budding in the hydra and sponge; use of bulbs, cuttings, grafting, and modified stems in plants);
Cell Division
Pollination: Flower to Fruit
AC.B.2.6: compare sexual and asexual reproduction (e.g., asexual reproduction produces offspring whose DNA is identical to the parent's DNA, given the same environment; sexual reproduction introduces variation to a species);
AC.B.2.10: distinguish between somatic and reproductive cells and describe factors that may alter genetic material in both types of cells (e.g., uncontrolled exposure to a radioactive source and other mutagens).
Cell Division
Paramecium Homeostasis
AC.C.1: Overall Expectations
AC.C.1.1: describe various models of the atom, the atomic structure of common elements, and their organization in the periodic table;
Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Bohr Model: Introduction
Electron Configuration
Element Builder
AC.C.1.2: investigate the physical and chemical properties of elements and compounds and use the periodic table to predict the properties of elements;
Electron Configuration
Mystery Powder Analysis
AC.C.2: Understanding Basic Concepts
AC.C.2.3: describe an element as a pure substance made up of one type of particle or atom with its own distinct properties;
Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Covalent Bonds
Electron Configuration
Element Builder
Ionic Bonds
AC.C.2.5: demonstrate an understanding of compounds and elements by describing them in terms of molecules and atoms;
Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Covalent Bonds
Electron Configuration
Ionic Bonds
Limiting Reactants
AC.C.2.6: describe the evolution of models of the atom (e.g., from Dalton to Bohr);
Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Bohr Model: Introduction
Element Builder
AC.C.2.7: describe the Bohr-Rutherford model of atomic structure and apply it to atoms and their common ions to atomic number 20;
Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Bohr Model: Introduction
Element Builder
Nuclear Decay
AC.C.2.8: identify general features of the periodic table (e.g., arrangement of the elements based on atomic structure, groups or families of elements, periods or horizontal rows);
Electron Configuration
Ionic Bonds
AC.C.2.9: relate the Bohr-Rutherford atomic model to properties of elements and their positions in the periodic table;
Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Bohr Model: Introduction
Electron Configuration
Element Builder
AC.C.2.10: compare similarities in properties both between and within families of elements to similarities in their atomic structure (e.g., alkali metals, halogens, noble gases);
Covalent Bonds
Electron Configuration
Ionic Bonds
AC.C.2.11: use the periodic table to predict the physical and chemical characteristics of an element (e.g., predict that a metal such as sodium will be extremely reactive with a non-metal such as chlorine);
Electron Configuration
Mystery Powder Analysis
AC.C.2.12: identify and write the symbols for common elements and the formulae for common compounds (e.g., C, Cl, S, N; H2O, CO2, NaCl);
Nuclear Decay
Photosynthesis Lab
AC.C.2.13: solve density problems - given any two of mass, volume, and density, determine the third - using the formula density = mass/volume and appropriate SI units;
Density Experiment: Slice and Dice
Density Laboratory
Density via Comparison
Determining Density via Water Displacement
Stoichiometry
AC.C.2.15: identify, through their observations, the characteristic physical and chemical properties of common elements and compounds (e.g., aluminum is a good conductor of heat; magnesium reacts with oxygen to produce magnesium oxide).
Mineral Identification
Mystery Powder Analysis
AC.C.3: Developing Skills of Inquiry and Communication
AC.C.3.1: through investigations and applications of basic concepts:
AC.C.3.1.f: communicate scientific ideas, procedures, results, and conclusions using appropriate SI units, language, and formats, and evaluate the processes used in planning, problem solving, decision making, and completing the task (e.g., use appropriate vocabulary such as substance, compound, element, atomic number, mass number);
AC.C.3.4: use molecular models to illustrate the structure of simple molecules (e.g., H2, O2, H2O, NH3, CH4, CO2);
Dehydration Synthesis
Ionic Bonds
AC.C.3.5: use proper notation to represent elements, including their atomic number and mass number (e.g., represent the C-12 isotope, which has an atomic number of 6 and a mass number of 12, as 12/6 C).
AC.C.4: Relating Science to Technology, Society, and the Environment
AC.C.4.1: describe the methods used to extract elements in Canada, and outline associated economic and environmental considerations (e.g., use various sources to explain how gold, nickel, carbon, or uranium is obtained and refined);
AC.C.4.2: compare the physical and chemical properties of elements to assess their potential uses and associated risks (e.g., hydrogen versus helium in balloons, copper versus aluminum in wiring, copper versus lead in plumbing);
AC.C.4.3: describe technologies that have depended on understanding atomic and molecular structure (e.g., television, X-rays, nuclear medicine, nuclear power, electron microscopy);
AC.E.2: Understanding Basic Concepts
AC.E.2.3: describe and compare the general properties and motions of the components of the solar system (e.g., the composition and the physical properties - such as size and state, rotation, size and period of orbit - of the Sun, planets, moons, asteroids, comets);
Rotation/Revolution of Venus and Earth
Solar System Explorer
AC.E.2.4: describe and explain the effects of the space environment on organisms and materials (e.g., the effects of microgravity on organisms in a spacecraft);
AC.E.2.6: describe the Sun and its effects on the Earth and its atmosphere (e.g., explain the importance of the Sun as an energy source and the types of radiation emitted; describe the aurora borealis);
Seasons Around the World
Seasons in 3D
Seasons: Earth, Moon, and Sun
Seasons: Why do we have them?
Solar System Explorer
Tides
AC.E.2.7: outline models and theories for describing the nature of the Sun and stars and their origin, evolution, and fate.
AC.E.4: Relating Science to Technology, Society, and the Environment
AC.E.4.3: describe and explain how data provided by ground-based astronomy, satellite-based astronomy, and satellite exploration of the Sun, planets, moons, and other solar-system objects contribute to our knowledge of the solar system;
Rotation/Revolution of Venus and Earth
Solar System Explorer
AC.P.1: Overall Expectations
AC.P.1.2: design and conduct investigations into electrical circuits found in everyday life and into the quantitative relationships among current, potential difference, and resistance;
AC.P.1.3: evaluate the social, economic, and environmental costs and benefits arising from the methods of electrical energy production used in Canada.
Advanced Circuits
Energy Conversions
Household Energy Usage
AC.P.2: Understanding Basic Concepts
AC.P.2.1: describe the properties of static electric charges, and explain electrostatic attraction and repulsion using scientific models of atomic structure;
Charge Launcher
Coulomb Force (Static)
Ionic Bonds
Pith Ball Lab
AC.P.2.2: describe charging by contact and by induction;
AC.P.2.3: compare qualitatively static electricity and electric current (e.g., the charge on a charged electroscope and the charge in an operating circuit);
AC.P.2.4: describe the concepts of electric current, potential difference, and resistance, with the help of a water analogy;
AC.P.2.5: explain how electric current, potential difference, and electrical resistance are measured using an ammeter and a voltmeter;
AC.P.2.6: state the SI units of potential difference, electric current, electrical resistance, electrical energy, and power (e.g., volt, ampere, ohm, joule, watt, and kilowatt);
Advanced Circuits
Energy Conversions
Household Energy Usage
AC.P.2.7: describe the relationship among electrical resistance R, potential difference V, and current I;
AC.P.2.9: describe the potential difference and current characteristics in a series and a parallel circuit;
AC.P.2.10: compare the electrical resistance of a series and a parallel connection of identical resistors to that of a single resistor;
AC.P.2.11: determine quantitatively the percent efficiency of an electrical device that converts electrical energy to other forms of energy, using the relationship "percent efficiency = energy output/energy input X 100"
Advanced Circuits
Energy Conversions
Inclined Plane - Simple Machine
AC.P.2.12: describe the relationship among electrical energy transformed E, power P, and elapsed time t, and solve simple problems involving these physical quantities (E=P delta t);
Advanced Circuits
Energy Conversions
Household Energy Usage
AC.P.2.13: compare methods of producing electrical energy, including their advantages and disadvantages (e.g., voltaic cells; primary and secondary cells; photoelectric cells and thermocouples; hydro-electric and fossil-fuelled power; wind, and tidal power).
Advanced Circuits
Energy Conversions
Household Energy Usage
AC.P.3: Developing Skills of Inquiry and Communication
AC.P.3.1: through investigations and applications of basic concepts:
AC.P.3.1.c: demonstrate the skills required to plan and conduct an inquiry into electricity, using instruments, tools, and apparatus safely, accurately, and effectively (e.g., use an ammeter and a voltmeter to measure current and potential difference in a circuit);
AC.P.3.2: design, draw, and construct series and parallel circuits for a given purpose, and measure current, potential difference, and resistance at various points in the circuit, using appropriate instruments and SI units (e.g., design and construct a circuit used to enable one of several light bulbs to be switched on and off independently of the others);
AC.P.3.3: formulate operational definitions for physical quantities involved in electricity (e.g., potential difference, current, resistance, electrical energy, and power);
Advanced Circuits
Household Energy Usage
AC.P.3.5: predict, verify, and explain the effect of a nearby charged object on a charged electroscope;
AC.P.3.6: use appropriate instruments and techniques to investigate potential difference against current for an ohmic resistor in a simple series circuit, graph the data, and determine resistance from the slope of the graph.
Advanced Circuits
Circuits
Slope - Activity B
AC.P.4: Relating Science to Technology, Society, and the Environment
AC.P.4.2: devise a plan for a self-contained system to generate energy, using renewable energy sources, to meet the energy requirements of a dwelling, farm, or community in Ontario (e.g., design a plan to use any combination of wind, solar, or hydroelectric power);
AP.B.1: Overall Expectations
AP.B.1.1: demonstrate an understanding of the processes of cell division, including mitosis, and the function of sexual (including human) and asexual reproductive systems;
Cell Division
Pollination: Flower to Fruit
AP.B.2: Understanding Basic Concepts
AP.B.2.1: describe the basic process of cell division, including what happens to the cell membrane and the contents of the nucleus (e.g., stages of mitosis - prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase);
Cell Division
RNA and Protein Synthesis
AP.B.2.2: demonstrate an understanding of the importance of cell division to the growth and reproduction of an organism (e.g., describe changes in cell division in an organism during its lifespan);
AP.B.2.3: demonstrate an understanding that the nucleus of a cell contains genetic information and determines cellular processes;
Building DNA
Cell Structure
RNA and Protein Synthesis
AP.B.2.4: describe various types of asexual reproduction that occur in plant species or in animal species and various methods for the asexual propagation of plants (e.g., fission, budding, production of spores; fission in the amoeba and planaria flatworm, budding in the hydra and sponge; use of bulbs, cuttings, grafting, and modified stems in plants);
AP.B.2.5: describe the various types of sexual reproduction that occur in plants and in animals, and identify some plants and animals, including hermaphrodites, that exhibit this type of reproduction (e.g., conjugation, cross-fertilization, internal and external fertilization);
AP.B.2.6: compare sexual and asexual reproduction (e.g., asexual reproduction does not require a partner and can take place whenever environmental conditions such as food, warmth, and moisture are suitable);
AP.B.3: Developing Skills of Inquiry and Communication
AP.B.3.1: through investigations and applications of basic concepts:
AP.B.3.1.a: identify a current problem or concern relating to plant or animal reproduction (e.g., development of hybrid species);
AP.B.3.1.c: demonstrate the skills required to plan and conduct an inquiry into reproduction, using instruments and tools safely, accurately, and effectively (e.g., use a microscope at an appropriate level of magnification to locate and view mitosis on a slide);
AP.B.3.1.f: predict the value of a variable by interpolating or extrapolating from graphical data (e.g., graph data on the optimum reproductive years of women and predict trends for upcoming years);
Distance-Time Graphs
Force and Fan Carts
AP.B.3.2: use a microscope to observe and identify (in living tissue and prepared slides) animal and vegetable cells in different stages of mitosis, as well as cells undergoing asexual reproduction (e.g., budding in yeast).
AP.B.4: Relating Science to Technology, Society, and the Environment
AP.B.4.2: examine some Canadian contributions to research and technological development in the field of genetics and reproductive biology (e.g., describe the development of the McIntosh apple or of canola; do research on foetal alcohol syndrome or cystic fibrosis);
Chicken Genetics
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
AP.B.4.3: identify local environmental factors and individual choices that may lead to a change in a cell's genetic information or an organism's development, and investigate the consequences such factors and choices have on human development (e.g., identify the consequences of exposure to X-rays or the use of cigarettes or illegal drugs for the development of the foetus);
Chicken Genetics
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
AP.C.1: Overall Expectations
AP.C.1.1: describe the atomic structure of common elements and their organization in the periodic table;
Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Covalent Bonds
Electron Configuration
Element Builder
Ionic Bonds
AP.C.1.2: investigate the physical and chemical properties of common elements and compounds, and relate the properties of elements to their location in the periodic table;
Electron Configuration
Mystery Powder Analysis
AP.C.2: Understanding Basic Concepts
AP.C.2.1: describe an element as a pure substance made up of one type of particle or atom with its own distinct properties;
AP.C.2.3: describe compounds and elements in terms of molecules and atoms;
Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Covalent Bonds
Electron Configuration
Ionic Bonds
Limiting Reactants
AP.C.2.4: identify each of the three fundamental particles (neutron, proton, and electron), and its charge, location, and relative mass in a simple atomic model (e.g., the Bohr-Rutherford model);
Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Bohr Model: Introduction
Electron Configuration
Element Builder
Nuclear Decay
AP.C.2.5: identify general features of the periodic table (e.g., arrangement of the elements based on atomic structure, groups or families of elements, periods or horizontal rows);
Electron Configuration
Ionic Bonds
AP.C.2.6: demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the properties of elements and their position in the periodic table (e.g., metals appear on the left of the periodic table; non-metals appear on the right);
Electron Configuration
Element Builder
AP.C.2.7: identify and write symbols/formulae for common elements and compounds (e.g., H, Mg, S, N and NaCl, O2, H2O, CO2);
Covalent Bonds
Ionic Bonds
Nuclear Decay
Stoichiometry
AP.C.2.9: distinguish between metals and non- metals and identify their characteristic properties (e.g., most metals are lustrous or shiny and good conductors of heat; most non-metals in solid form are brittle and not good conductors of heat).
Electron Configuration
Element Builder
AP.C.3: Developing Skills of Inquiry and Communication
AP.C.3.1: through investigations and applications of basic concepts:
AP.C.3.1.d: demonstrate the skills required to plan and conduct an inquiry into the properties of substances, using apparatus and materials safely, accurately, and effectively (e.g., investigate the physical properties of common elements and classify them as metals or non-metals);
AP.C.3.3: investigate the properties of changes in substances, and classify them as physical or chemical based on experiments (e.g., solubility, combustibility, change of state, changes in colour);
AP.C.3.4: construct molecular models of simple molecules (e.g., H2, O2, H2O, NH3, CH4, CO2).
Dehydration Synthesis
Ionic Bonds
AP.C.4: Relating Science to Technology, Society, and the Environment
AP.C.4.1: identify uses of elements in everyday life (e.g., iron and other elements in steel; aluminum, oxygen, chlorine in water);
AP.C.4.2: describe the methods used to obtain elements in Canada, and outline local environmental concerns and health and safety issues related to the ways in which they are mined and processed (e.g.,
AP.C.4.3: explain how gold, nickel, carbon, or uranium is obtained and processed); explain how a knowledge of the physical and chemical properties of elements enables people to determine the potential uses of the elements and assess the associated risks (e.g., helium versus hydrogen in balloons, copper versus aluminum in wiring, copper versus lead in plumbing);
AP.C.4.4: identify and describe careers that require knowledge of the physical and chemical properties of elements and compounds.
AP.E.1: Overall Expectations
AP.E.1.1: demonstrate an understanding of the formation, evolution, structure, and nature of our solar system and of the universe;
AP.E.2: Understanding Basic Concepts
AP.E.2.3: describe, compare, and contrast the general properties and motions of the components of the solar system (e.g., the composition and physical properties - such as size and state, rotation, size and period of orbit - of the Sun, planets, moons, asteroids, comets);
Rotation/Revolution of Venus and Earth
Solar System Explorer
AP.E.2.4: describe the Sun and its effects on the Earth and its atmosphere (e.g., the Sun as an energy source, solar activity, aurora borealis);
Seasons Around the World
Seasons in 3D
Seasons: Earth, Moon, and Sun
Seasons: Why do we have them?
Solar System Explorer
Tides
AP.E.3: Developing Skills of Inquiry and Communication
AP.E.3.3: gather, organize, and record data through regular observations of the night sky and/or use of appropriate software programs, and use these data to identify and study the motion of visible celestial objects (e.g., track the position of the Moon and planets over time).
AP.P.1: Overall Expectations
AP.P.1.2: design and build electrical circuits that perform a specific function;
AP.P.2: Understanding Basic Concepts
AP.P.2.1: explain common electrostatic phenomena (e.g., clothes that "stick" together, attraction of hairs to combs);
Charge Launcher
Coulomb Force (Static)
Pith Ball Lab
AP.P.2.2: compare qualitatively static and current electricity (e.g., a charge on a charged electroscope and the charge in an operating circuit);
AP.P.2.3: describe the concepts of electric current, potential difference, and resistance, with the help of a water analogy;
AP.P.2.4: explain how electric current, potential difference, and resistance are measured using an ammeter and a voltmeter;
AP.P.2.5: describe qualitatively the effects of varying electrical resistance and potential difference on electric current in an electrical circuit;
AP.P.2.6: apply the relationship potential difference=resistance x current to simple series circuits;
AP.P.2.7: determine quantitatively the percent efficiency of an electrical device that converts electrical energy to other forms of energy, using the relationship "percent efficiency = energy output/energy input X 100
Advanced Circuits
Energy Conversions
AP.P.3: Developing Skills of Inquiry and Communication
AP.P.3.1: through investigations and applications of basic concepts:
AP.P.3.1.g: communicate scientific ideas, procedures, results, and conclusions using appropriate SI units, language, and formats (e.g., electrical power, voltage, resistance; drawings, charts, graphs);
AP.P.3.2: design, draw, and construct series and parallel circuits that perform a specific function (e.g., given light bulbs, wires, and batteries, produce circuits with: one light bulb on; two light bulbs of the same brightness; one light bulb disconnected and the other light bulb on);
AP.P.3.3: use appropriate instruments to collect and graph data, and determine the relationship between voltage and current in a simple series circuit with a single resistor.
Distance-Time Graphs
Force and Fan Carts
AP.P.4: Relating Science to Technology, Society, and the Environment
AP.P.4.1: describe and explain household wiring and its typical components (e.g., parallel circuits with switches, fuses, circuit breakers, outlets);
AP.P.4.3: compare electrical energy production technologies, including risks and benefits (e.g., explain the advantages and disadvantages of using hydro, photovoltaic, wind, and tidal generators to produce electrical energy);
Advanced Circuits
Energy Conversions
Correlation last revised: 2/2/2010