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?
Here are ideas for Science Fair topics:
- google “science fair images” to inspire you
- Science Buddies
- Topics by Branches
- 200 Science Fair project ideas to help you figure out your interests
- Simple Science Experiments for Special Education
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)
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:
- evidence of climate change over geological time and the recent impacts of humans
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
SCALE of the Universe: interactive website is here
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
Omnimax trailer “The Voyage of Time”…click here for Teacher’s Guide
Windows on Earth website. See Earth through the astronauts’ lens.
YouTube Playlist for The Universe
The Universe – Scale and Structure
The Universe – Age/How Old?
COSMOS – a documentary (43:36) / includes Copernicus (Earth is NOT the center of the Universe)
NASA Education YouTube playlist
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum website
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(3:39) real brain in lab
Test on the nervous system (25 questions in 15 minutes)
Optical Illusions
YouTube (2:34) stare at red square
The Endocrine System
glands and hormones
- YouTube (6:00) How Your Hormones Work
- YouTube (4:27) Operation Ouch
- YouTube (5:45) How the Endocrine System Works
Test on the endocrine system (25Q in 15 minutes)
The Excretory System
- Lessons click here
- Take the quiz: urinary system
- YouTube video 2:58 Make Me Genius
- Youtube video 5:13 Kids Health
- Youtube video 4:21 Peekaboo Kids
- YouTube video 4:26 Creative Learning
- YouTube video 3:34 Sym Bios
- YouTube video 2:46 Fuse School
- YouTube vide 4:36 Operation Ouch (real kidney)
- YouTube video 3:19 Dialysis
- YouTube video 5:45 What Causes Kidney Stones
Test on the Excretory System (25Q in 15 minutes)