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Skills available for Ontario grade 6 science curriculum

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C Matter and Energy

C1 Relating Science and Technology to Our Changing World
- C1.1 assess the short- and long-term impacts of electrical energy generation technologies in Canada on society and the environment, including impacts on First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities, and on climate change
  - Evaluate claims about natural resource use: fossil fuels (6-S.2)
  - The greenhouse effect (6-T.4)
- C1.2 assess choices that reduce personal use of electrical energy from both renewable and non-renewable sources, and advocate for the responsible use of electrical energy by the school community
C2 Exploring and Understanding Concepts
- C2.1 explain commonly observed electrostatic phenomena, using the principles of static electricity
- C2.2 describe current electricity, and compare and contrast current electricity with static electricity
- C2.3 identify materials that are good conductors of electric current and materials that are good insulators
  - Conductors and insulators (6-G.3)
- C2.4 describe how technologies transform various forms of energy into electrical energy
  - Explore energy transformations: roller coaster ride (6-F.2)
- C2.5 describe ways in which electrical energy is transformed into other forms of energy
  - Explore energy transformations: roller coaster ride (6-F.2)
  - Electric circuits (6-G.2)
- C2.6 explain the functions of the components of a simple electrical circuit
  - Electric circuits (6-G.2)
- C2.7 distinguish between series and parallel circuits, and identify common uses of each type of circuit

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C Matter and Energy

C1 Relating Science and Technology to Our Changing World

C1.1 assess the short- and long-term impacts of electrical energy generation technologies in Canada on society and the environment, including impacts on First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities, and on climate change

C1.2 assess choices that reduce personal use of electrical energy from both renewable and non-renewable sources, and advocate for the responsible use of electrical energy by the school community

C2 Exploring and Understanding Concepts

C2.1 explain commonly observed electrostatic phenomena, using the principles of static electricity

C2.2 describe current electricity, and compare and contrast current electricity with static electricity

C2.3 identify materials that are good conductors of electric current and materials that are good insulators

C2.4 describe how technologies transform various forms of energy into electrical energy

C2.5 describe ways in which electrical energy is transformed into other forms of energy

C2.6 explain the functions of the components of a simple electrical circuit

C2.7 distinguish between series and parallel circuits, and identify common uses of each type of circuit