Science 10 Course Outline
Unit
Curriculum
Outcomes
Weather
Dynamics
Weather:
Observations and
Measurements
• use weather
instruments
effectively and
accurately
for collecting local
weather data and
collect and
integrate weather
data from regional
and national
weather
observational
networks
• identify questions
and analyse
meteorological data
for a given time
span and predict
future weather
conditions, using
appropriate
technologies
Assessment Events
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Evaluation
Heat capacity lab
Heat of fusion lab
Relative humidity lab
Weather data project
Weather map assignment
In class
video
Quiz
assignment
• describe how the
atmosphere and
hydrosphere act as
heat sinks in the
water cycle
Weather
Dynamics:
and Energy
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El Nino assignment
Sea Breeze reflection
Quiz
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Quiz
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8
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4
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4
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4
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4
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8
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4
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4
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4
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4
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4
Heat capacity assignment
Heat
• use weather data
to describe and
8
on
Water Cycle
• using scientific
theory, identify
questions, illustrate,
and explain heat
energy transfers
that occur in the
water cycle
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Satellites
assignment
and
Radar
explain heat
transfers in the
hydrosphere and
atmosphere
showing how these
affect air and water
currents
• illustrate and
display how science
attempts to
explain seasonal
changes and
variations in
weather
patterns for a given
location
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Reflection
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Severe weather assignment
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4
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2
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4
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30
Weather
Forecasting
• describe examples
of Canadian
contributions to
weather forecasting
and satellite
imaging, showing
how scientific
knowledge evolves
• identify and report
the impact of
accurate weather
forecasting from the
personal to the
global point of
view
• analyse and report
on the risks,
benefits, and
limitations of
society's responses
to weather
forecasting
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Unit test
Total = 100
Physical
Investigate
Science:
Motion
Velocity
• use instruments
effectively and
accurately for
collecting data in
various experiments
• describe the
relationship among
distance, time, and
average speed of an
object's linear
motion
• analyse through
experiments,
graphically and
quantitatively, the
relationship among
displacement, time,
and velocity
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Constant velocity lab
Acceleration lab
Talk the talk
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Quiz on language of
motion
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• distinguish
between
instantaneous and
average
Velocity
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4
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5
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5
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4
Constant velocity lab
Quiz
on
motion
formula and positiontime graphs
Position time graph
assignments
( 2 – 3)
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2
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8
Quiz
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12
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4
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8
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8
Period of a pendulum
lab or
Speed of a lab cart
down an incline
Assignments
(2 – 3)
Velocity, Time,
and Acceleration
• design and
perform
experiments,
predicting and
hypothesising,
identifying
variables,
estimating
quantities, sources
of errors, and
uncertainty in
measurements
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Transportation
assignment
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Future
mode
transport
assignment
• describe, interpret,
and evaluate
graphically and
quantitatively, the
relationship among
velocity,
time, and
acceleration
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6
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2
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2
Reflection
STSE and Motion
• describe and
evaluate the design
and functions of
motion technology
• using relevant
research on motion,
identify further
questions and
multidisciplinary
studies that could
be investigated
• describe examples
of Canadian
contributions to
science
and
technology in the
area of motion
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Unit test
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30
Total = 100
Final mark = average of 4 unit marks