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Earth and Space

• A Matter

  • A.1 Properties and characteristics of matter on Earth

    • A.1.a Compares the properties of different types of soil (e.g. composition, capacity to retain water, capacity to retain heat)

    • A.1.b Describes the various ways in which the quality of water, soil or air affects living things

    • A.1.c Distinguishes between a fossil (or a trace of a living thing) and a rock

      • Introduction to fossils (3-K.1)

  • A.2 Organization of matter

    • A.2.a Describes the observable properties of crystals (colour, geometric patterns)

  • A.3 Transformation of matter

    • A.3.c Explains the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff and infiltration)

      • Label parts of water cycle diagrams (3-M.2)

• B Energy

  • B.1 Sources of energy

    • B.1.a Explains that the sun is the main source of energy on Earth

    • B.1.b Identifies natural sources of energy (sun, moving water, wind)

      • Evaluate natural energy sources (4-J.2)

  • B.3 Transformation of energy

    • B.3.a Describes what renewable energy is

    • B.3.b Explains that sunlight, moving water and wind are renewable sources of energy

    • B.3.c Describes the methods invented by humans to transform renewable sources of energy into electricity (hydroelectric dam, wind turbine, solar panels)

• C Forces and motion

  • C.1 Rotation of the Earth

    • C.1.a Associates the cycle of day and night with the rotation of the Earth

      • Day and night (4-O.3)

• D Systems and interaction

  • D.2 System involving the sun, the Earth and the moon

    • D.2.b Describes the rotational and revolutionary motion of the Earth and the moon

      • Earth’s rotation and orbit (4-O.2)

    • D.2.c Illustrates the phases of the lunar cycle (full moon, new moon, first and last quarters)

      • Identify phases of the Moon (4-O.6)

    • D.2.d Illustrates the formation of eclipses (lunar, solar)

      • Solar eclipses (4-O.7)

  • D.5 Stars and the Galaxies

    • D.5.a Recognizes the stars and the constellations on a map of the stars

      • Identify constellations (4-O.8)

  • D.6 Meteorological systems and climates

    • D.6.a Makes connections between weather conditions and the types of clouds in the sky

  • D.7 Technologies related to the Earth, the atmosphere and outer space

    • D.7.a Recognizes the influence and the impact of technologies related to the Earth, the atmosphere and outer space on people's way of life and surroundings (e.g. prospecting equipment, meteorological instruments, seismograph, telescope, satellite, space station)

• E Techniques and instrumentation

  • E.1 Use of simple observational instruments

    • E.1.a Appropriately uses simple observational instruments (e.g. magnifying glass, binoculars)

  • E.2 Use of simple measuring instruments

    • E.2.a Appropriately uses simple measuring instruments (e.g. rulers, dropper, graduated cylinder, balance, thermometer, wind vane, barometer, anemometer, hygrometer)

      • Read a thermometer (3-L.1)
      • Compare temperatures on thermometers (3-L.2)

  • E.3 Design and manufacture of measuring instruments and prototypes

    • E.3.a Designs and manufactures measuring instruments and prototypes

• F Appropriate language

  • F.1 Terminology related to an understanding of the Earth and the universe

    • F.1.a Appropriately uses terminology related to an understanding of the Earth and the universe

    • F.1.b Distinguishes between the meaning of a term used in a scientific or technological context and its meaning in everyday language (e.g. space, revolution)

  • F.2 Conventions and types of representations specific to the concepts studied

    • F.2.a Communicates using appropriate types of representations that reflect the rules and conventions of science and technology (e.g. symbols, graphs, tables, drawings, sketches)

      • Collect and graph temperature data (3-L.3)