Nova Scotia

Healthy Cells, Healthy Systems

• Learners will analyse how the characteristics of cells relate to the needs of organisms.

  • Analyse the structures and functions of cells in organisms

    • Understanding cells (8-K.1)
    • Identify functions of plant cell parts (8-K.2)
    • Identify functions of animal cell parts (8-K.3)

  • Compare animal and plant cells

    • Plant cell diagrams: label parts (8-K.4)
    • Animal cell diagrams: label parts (8-K.5)
    • Compare cells and cell parts (8-K.6)

  • Analyse characteristics of specialized cells in relation to their function in the system

  • Investigate how cells work together in systems

    • Organization in the human body (8-L.5)

  • Investigate the needs of cells and systems

• Learners will evaluate ways to maintain and factors that disrupt cell and system health.

  • Investigate disruptions and disorders that affect cell and system health

    • Science literacy: how does the nervous system produce phantom pain? (8-L.7)

  • Evaluate the impact of disruptions and disorders on cell/system health

  • Investigate technologies and careers that address cell/system health

  • Evaluate ways to maintain health from a number of perspectives, including Mi'kmaw

Climate Change

• Learners will create a model that demonstrates the principles of kinetic molecular theory.

  • Investigate heat as it relates to the kinetic molecular theory

    • How does particle motion affect temperature? (8-F.1)
    • Particle motion and changes of state (8-F.2)
    • How does particle motion affect gas pressure? (8-F.3)
    • Identify how particle motion affects temperature and pressure (8-F.4)

  • Evaluate conducting and insulating materials

  • Investigate heat transference

    • Predict heat flow and temperature changes (7-F.1)
    • Compare thermal energy transfers (7-F.2)

  • Analyse heat absorption in the context of the greenhouse effect

    • The greenhouse effect (8-R.4)

• Learners will evaluate oceanographic and other evidence of climate change inclusive of a Mi'kmaw perspective.

  • Investigate the impact of climate change on biological organisms

  • Evaluate oceanographic data for evidence of climate change

  • Measure climatic indicators using probeware

  • Analyse the impact of climate change on various communities, including Mi'kmaw

• Learners will evaluate the impact of human activity on climate change.

  • Analyse the causes of climate change

  • Evaluate the environmental impacts of various sources of energy

    • Evaluate claims about natural resource use: fossil fuels (8-O.2)

  • Analyse how climate change is being expedited

    • The greenhouse effect (8-R.4)

• Learners will formulate a plan to mitigate or adapt to the effects of climate change.

  • Investigate strategies to promote paradigm shift and increase environmental awareness

  • Investigate climate change solutions inclusive of a Mi'kmaw perspective

  • Evaluate the environmental impact of green technologies

  • Evaluate the implications of potential climate change solutions

    • Evaluate claims about natural resource use: fossil fuels (8-O.2)

Hydraulics and Pneumatics Systems

• Learners will test the effects of changes in temperature and pressure on the properties of fluids.

  • Investigate the properties of fluids

  • Test factors that affect fluid properties

    • Identify control and experimental groups (8-B.1)
    • Identify independent and dependent variables (8-B.2)
    • Identify the experimental question (8-B.3)
    • Identify questions that can be investigated with a set of materials (8-B.4)

  • Analyse the relationships between temperature, volume, pressure, compressibility, viscosity, and density

    • Identify how particle motion affects temperature and pressure (8-F.4)

  • Measure temperature and pressure with probeware

• Learners will compare mechanical advantages provided by hydraulic and pneumatic systems.

  • Investigate devices that use hydraulics and pneumatics

  • Compare hydraulic and pneumatic systems

  • Investigate how mechanical advantage is created in hydraulic and pneumatic devices

• Learners will construct a device that utilizes hydraulics or pneumatics.

  • Investigate problems that may be solved with hydraulics or pneumatics

  • Apply the properties of fluids in building a device

  • Evaluate devices for efficiency and effectiveness

    • Use data from tests to compare engineering-design solutions (8-C.3)

  • Implement a design for a hydraulic or pneumatic device