Science

Hi. See the BC Science 6 curriculum here

Hi. See the BC Science 7 curriculum here

 

 

WHAT IS SCIENCE?

Note to teacher (self):  lesson PowerPoint is on a usb stick in my desk (black & red)

How to be a Scientist — YouTube

Science & Technology — YouTube playlist

The Scientific Method — YouTube playlist

 

SCIENCE FAIR

A good Science Fair project is an experiment — that means it’s a test to find an answer to a question you have.

How do I do it?

  • How to create a Science Fair Project:  5 videos
  • Tips for Success – website

Here are ideas for Science Fair topics:

Evolution

PBS website

PBS Charles Darwin

YouTube playlist here

ELECTRICITY (grade 7)

BIG IDEA:  The electromagnetic force produces both electricity and magnetism.

Students are expected to know:

(1) Electricity is generated in different ways and with different environmental impacts.

(2) Electromagnetism

click here to take the Electricity Test: How is it generated? (out of 50)

click here  to take the Electricity Test – Bringing It Home (20 questions)

ENERGY (grade 7)

Energy Star Kids – Your Planet Needs You (interactive)

Climate Kids (interactive)

Energy: free lesson plans by FortisBC

 The Trans Mountain Pipeline

CBC 3:52    Canada’s Kinder Morgan pipeline explained

The Alberta Oil Sands: About   YouTube 30:48

www.keepcanadaworking.ca    (a message from the government of Alberta)

YouTube 0:49   How will expanding the Trans Mountain Pipeline impact the landscape?

YouTube 030    How will expanding the Trans Mountain Pipeline benefit Canadians?

YouTube 0:30   How will expanding the Trans Mountain Pipeline make us less reliant on the United States?

YouTube 0:30  What does the Trans Mountain Pipeline mean for Canada’s economy?

YouTube 09:16    Macleans, 2018 / The Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline controversy, explained

YouTube 06:12    The National, 2016 / Kinder Morgan obstacles / (First Nations)

 

EVOLUTION (grade 7)

BIG IDEA:  Evolution by natural selection provides an explanation for the diversity and survival of living things.

Students are expected to know:

  • organisms have evolved over time
  • survival needs
  • natural selection

PBS website  click here

Omnimax trailer “The Voyage of Time”…click here for Teacher’s Guide

CLIMATE CHANGE (grade 7)

BIG IDEA:  Earth and its climate have changed over geological time.

Students are expected to know:

click here to be re-directed to the great website I created!

website   — United States Geological Survey (USGS) since 1879.  Lesson plans for teachers.

website — Earth Day (posters, buttons, stamps from the Smithsonian; good ideas for students to create their own image)

website — Library Learning

THE UNIVERSE (grade 6)

BIG IDEA:  The solar system is part of the Milky Way, which is one of billions of galaxies.

Students are expected to know:

  • the overall scale, structure, and age of the universe
  • the position, motion, and components of our solar system in our galaxy

Smithsonian Air and Space Museum:  website on Planetary Science

Homework:  Read me…  http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/universe/smithsonian_siyc_spring2010.pdf

Omnimax trailer (with Educator resource guide) – A Beautiful Planet

Windows on Earth website.  See Earth through the astronauts’ lens.

The Universe – Scale (YouTube playlist)

The Universe – Scale and Structure (YouTube playlist)

The Universe – Age/How Old? (YouTube playlist)

Omnimax trailer “The Voyage of Time”…click here for Teacher’s Guide

The Milky Way (YouTube playlist)

Our Solar System (YouTube playlist)

NASA Education YouTube playlist

National Geographic videos

Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum website

Library Learning

https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/

 

 

The Universe Test

 

 

 

 

 

EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS (grade 6)

website — Windows on Earth (see Earth through the astronaut’s lense)

website — Space Station Explorers

website — NASA International Space Station

 

Space Travel

Youtube playlist
What In The World

Note: The e-links below are listed at www.lesplan.com/en/links for easy access.

1. Watch ‘The Future of Space Tourism’ at click here [6:15].

2. Watch ‘Astronaut Chris Hadfield Debunks Space Myths’ at click here [11:32] to find out what space travel could have in store for tourists.

3. Read ‘What it’s like to travel to space, from a tourist who spent $30 million to live there for 12 days’ on the CNBC website at click here to read

 

EPIDEMICS AND PANDEMICS

OUTBREAKS:  Smithsonian Website

Infographic:  click here

Pandemic COVID-19:  WHO website

Pandemics:  YouTube playlist

Lesson Plan:  click here

 

Human Body Systems

 

YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM

 

Government of Canada: COVID-19 Immunization Plan website

The Nervous System

The student will know:

  • brain, spinal cord, nerves
  • role of receptors – the brain interprets the signals it receives and may misinterpret (e.g. optical illusions)

Classroom Lesson link (great for studying for the test).

videos:

YouTube (2:59)

YouTube (1:45)

YouTube (2:00) brain song

YouTube(3:39) real brain in lab

Library Learning Resources

Kids Health

StudyJams/scholastic

Test on the nervous system (25 questions in 15 minutes)

 

Optical Illusions

YouTube (4:46) 12 illusions

YouTube (9:05) from TikTok

YouTube (2:34) stare at red square

 

The Endocrine System

glands and hormones

Test on the endocrine system (25Q in 15 minutes)

 

The Excretory System

Test on the Excretory System  (25Q in 15 minutes)