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Unit A:
Interactions and Ecosystems

Bottle Biology

Organizations

microorganisms

carbon cycle

interactions and interdependencies
environmental monitoring EPA
environmental impacts
 climate change
producers, consumers, decomposers (termites - benefits)
nutrient cycles and energy flow (habitats) (energy flow)
species list distribution world species list
succession
endangered species
extinction
environmental management (urban) (EPA) (Global)
World Conservation Monitoring

Unit B:
Plants for Food and Fibre

reproduction
plant cells

needs and uses of plants
plant propagation and reproduction
life processes and structure of plants (plant evolution)
fertilizers and soil nutrients
chemical and biological controls
plant varieties plant database US Plant Database
selective breeding
monocultures (high plains) (prairie plants) (desert)
resource management (Canadian and US Parks)
sustainability (Canadian sustainability report)

Unit C:
Heat and Temperature

Chemweb

heat energy needs and technologies
thermal energy (geothermal) (solar)
particle model
temperature
thermal expansion
change of state
heat transfer
insulation and thermal conductivity
thermal energy sources (comparisons)
energy conservation

Unit D:
Structures and Forces

Newton's Laws
Skateboarding

student activity
Machines
Art Design

structural forms (detailed) (architecture)
natural structures including: viruses.
Man made structures including: Dome Homes
material strength and flexibility material properties
joints
forces on and within structures
direction of forces
deformation
structural stability
modes of failure
performance requirements
margin of safety
Chemical structures

Unit E:
Planet Earth

seismograph
prep exam
slide show

Canadian Geology

strata
rocks and minerals
rock cycle: igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary
mountain formation: folding and faulting
crustal movement/plate tectonics 
chronological time scale geologic time scale
fossil formation fossil site
weathering and erosion
incremental change
development of models geological models
Problem Solving Investigation 5-E
Fossil Fuel Resources 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Science Focus

Unit 1 - Interactions and Ecosystems

Internet Connect

Swift Fox (7)

Peregrine Falcon (25)

Biological Control (62)

Environment Canada

Survival (10)

Ecological Footprint (31)

Monitoring (69)

 

Devonian Gardens (22) History

Decomposers (45)

Amphibians (70)

Career Connect

Environmental Biologist (28)

Waste Management (35)

Ask An Expert (80)

Computer Connect

Web Turorial (9)

Graphic Organizers (34)

More Graphic Organizers

Word Connect

Ecology Source (7)

Herbivore (42)

Threats to Species (67)

Math Connect

Graphing Excel Tutorial (47)

Stretch Your Mind

Search Ecology

Food Chains (42)

Sublimation (51)

Unit 2 - Plants for Food and Fibre

Internet Connect

Alberta Crops (113)

Crops in Alberta (136)

Organic Farming (172)

 

Genetic Modification (117)

Trees (147)

 

Career Connect

Plant Care (114) / landscaper

crop farmer / nursery worker

Ask an Expert (176)

Computer Connect

 

 

 

Word Connect

cassava sorghum (93)

perennials annuals (104)

hydroponics (160)

 

Pesticides / insecticides / herbicides / fungicides (168)

Math Connect

 Graphing (137)

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Stretch Your Mind

 

 

 

Unit 3 - Heat and Temperature

Internet Connect

Soddies (190)

Thermograms (201)

Queen Elizabeth II (245)

Career Connect

Civil Engineers (211)

Technician (230)

 

Computer Connect

 

 

 

Word Connect

 Thermograph (200)
Thermal Energy (205)

Heat (233)

Renewable Energy Glossary

Math Connect

Making Graphs

Excel Tutorial

 

Stretch Your Mind

 Renewable Energy Sources

 Energy Sources

 

 Unit 4 - Structures and Forces

Internet Connect

Concrete Canoes (278)

Rube Goldberg (283)

Leaning Tower of Pisa (306)

 

CN Tower (306)

Spider Silk (313)

Earthquake Buildings (316)

 

Demolition (343)

General Hospital Implosion (269) (342-343)

Career Connect

 Construction (274)

Engineering (319)

 

Computer Connect

 Tables Excel Tutorial (313)

Word Connect

Online Dictionary (283) (307)

Math Connect

Newtons of Force (303)

Gravitational Force (304)

 

Stretch Your Mind

Mindbenders (293)

Great Buildings Online (294)

Amusement Ride Project

Unit 5 - Planet Earth

Internet Connect

Coins (356)

Wegener (385)

 Tuzo Wilson (390)

 

Tsunamis (405)

Ring of Fire (408)

 Petroleum (432)

Career Connect

(416)

geosciences (427)

petroleum geologist (432)

Computer Connect

 

 

 

Word Connect

Online Dictionary  (igneous, belemnites, horn coral)

Math Connect

 crust (382) interior

primary waves (398)

 carbon dating (424)

Stretch Your Mind

 Locating Epicenter (401)

trilobites (418) 

 

Science in Action

UNIT A

dinosaurs (15)

plant uses (19)

waste (23)

Carnivore Plant (31)

Autumn Leaves (38)

earthworms (42)

water cycle & carbon cycle (46)

populations (54)

non-native species(60)

grizzlies (69)

Van.Isl. marmot (75)

Limits (77)

sust. lifestyle (82)

Naturalist (47)

Ethnobotonists (47)

Agric. Res. (73)

dust mites (16)

toad tunnels (34)

Hyenas (27)

     

black smokers (37)

food chain (39)

raindrops (45)

sampling (51)

dragonflies (56)

succession (62)

rabbits (67)

UV Radiation (76)

footprint (79)

quadrant (52)

 

 

UNIT B

transpiration (103)

seedless (115)

extremes (120)

plant uses (131)

vermiculite (142)

no-till farming (147)

modify env. (155)

hybrids (158)

mosquitoes (162)

biodiversity (166)

 

 

landscaper (114)

crop farmer

nursery worker

Syrup Prod. (132)

pathologist (159)

 Ask an Expert (176)

plant struct. (99)

wtring plants (102)

hydroponics (160)

packing palms (109)

needles/lvs (116)

hothouse (122)

vegetation (127)

aspirin (130)

Prov. Parks (133)

shifting sand (139)

Dirty 30's (143)

hydroponics (151)

lettuce (156)

bark beetle (161)

pond reeds (164)

Graphing (137)

diffusion (106)

crop yield (155)

UNIT C

heat devices (184)

home heating (187)

Dorchester (197)

Canadians (202)

steam cars (206)

conductors (211)

planet heat (220)

solar energy (228)

energy jobs (232)

recycling (250)

 

 

Designer (188)

 

 

Franklin stove (181)

fight cancer (185)

floating ice (191)

absolute zero (198)

balloon flight (203)

heat tiles (209)

Sun's heat (212)

Nanook (224)

fat (233)

ammonia compression (229)

nuclear power (239)

hybrids (245)

 

 

joules (182)

conversion (200)

 

UNIT D

comb. struct. (268)

car fins (274)

aqueducts (291)

forces (296)

Geo domes (303)

wasp nests (312)

friction (318)

titanium (332)

wind-up radio (336)

Architect (322)

Roller-Coaster (333)

Bldg. Insp. (333)

shelters (265)

inukshuit (269)

Stonehenge (276)

force (282)

space height (285)

Ancient struc. (301)

windows (309)

exp. joints (313)

synth. muscle (319)

ice storm (326)

body fusion (329)

xmas lights (334)

spider web (267)

cost analysis (334)

 

UNIT E

2 Rock Ridges (356)

Alta. quakes (358)

Pompeii (362)

Glaciers (366)

fossil fuels (384)

cont. drift (394)

Hawaiian Isl. (400)

Rocky Mtns. (408)

index fossil (414)

ancient life (418)

dating fossils (421)

 

Volcanologist (373)

Seismologist (373)

Geologist (390)

Earth history (353)

earthquakes (357)

Red Deer Rvr. (363)

limestone (369)

crystals (370)

Earth treas. (377)

rock collector (378)

weathering (385)

cont. drift (393)

volc/erthq (395)

mountains (403)

fossil reef (405)

fossils (411)

geo columns (415)

T-Rex (417)

geo periods (419)

 

 

Richter scale (361)

 

 


 
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