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Skills available for Ontario grade 4 science curriculum

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Ontario Curriculum: Earth and Space Systems: Rocks, Minerals, and Geological Processes Ontario Curriculum: Earth and Space Systems: Rocks, Minerals, and Geological Processes
Ontario Curriculum: Life Systems: Habitats and Communities Ontario Curriculum: Life Systems: Habitats and Communities
Ontario Curriculum: Matter and Energy: Light and Sound Ontario Curriculum: Matter and Energy: Light and Sound
Ontario Curriculum: STEM Skills and Connections Ontario Curriculum: STEM Skills and Connections
Ontario Curriculum: Structures and Mechanisms: Machines and Their Mechanisms Ontario Curriculum: Structures and Mechanisms: Machines and Their Mechanisms

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C Matter and Energy

C1 Relating Science and Technology to Our Changing World
- C1.1 assess the impacts on society of devices that use the properties of light or sound, or both
- C1.2 assess the impacts on the environment of light energy and sound energy produced by various technologies, while taking different perspectives into account
C2 Exploring and Understanding Concepts
- C2.1 identify a variety of natural and artificial light sources
- C2.2 distinguish between objects and living things that emit their own light and those that reflect light from other sources
- C2.3 describe properties of light, including that light travels in a straight path and that light can be absorbed, reflected, and refracted
  - How do we see objects? (4-E.1)
  - How does light travel and interact with matter? (4-E.2)
- C2.4 describe properties of sound, including that sound travels through a medium as a wave and that sound can be absorbed or reflected and modified
- C2.5 explain how vibrations cause sound waves
- C2.6 describe how different objects and materials interact with light and sound energy
- C2.7 distinguish between sources of light that emit both light and heat and those that emit light but little heat
- C2.8 identify sensory organs and devices that make use of the properties of light and sound

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C Matter and Energy

C1 Relating Science and Technology to Our Changing World

C1.1 assess the impacts on society of devices that use the properties of light or sound, or both

C1.2 assess the impacts on the environment of light energy and sound energy produced by various technologies, while taking different perspectives into account

C2 Exploring and Understanding Concepts

C2.1 identify a variety of natural and artificial light sources

C2.2 distinguish between objects and living things that emit their own light and those that reflect light from other sources

C2.3 describe properties of light, including that light travels in a straight path and that light can be absorbed, reflected, and refracted

C2.4 describe properties of sound, including that sound travels through a medium as a wave and that sound can be absorbed or reflected and modified

C2.5 explain how vibrations cause sound waves

C2.6 describe how different objects and materials interact with light and sound energy

C2.7 distinguish between sources of light that emit both light and heat and those that emit light but little heat

C2.8 identify sensory organs and devices that make use of the properties of light and sound