Science 10 Course Outline
Because Science 10 is a Provincially examinable course, it is important that students
cover all of the ministry PLOs in order to be well prepared for the exam. We realize that
homeschooling families still desire flexibility to choose their own resources, and design a
program specific to the needs and interests of the student, and which promotes and
supports a Biblical, Christian world view.
To this end, this outline is written with two different audiences in mind.
Stream A:
Those looking for the most straight-forward fit with the ministry PLOs.
This utilizes the BC Science 10 textbook and accompanying student
workbook, with excerpts from other resources brought in to provide a
balanced Christian perspective on Scientific study, and some specific
topics.
Stream B:
Those, still desiring to meet the BC PLOs, but from a variety of different
resources. This is based primarily on a variety of different J. Wile
textbooks, with some additional material to supplement topics that Wile
does not cover.
Stream A (BC Science 10 Text):
** As you work through the course outline, you may choose to do the units in a different
order than described. This is fine, but it is recommended that within each unit you follow
the order of activities and assignments as they are laid out.
** Note that assignments in bold text are intended to be handed in to your teacher.
There are other assignment suggestions included in the outline which are optional study
tools, and are not to be handed in.
** As you work through each chapter, you will be given choice as to whether you will
answer the Check Your Understanding questions, or the corresponding questions from
the Student Workbook. Only one of these options is required for completion to be
handed in to your teacher. All other assignments in bold are required elements. Having
said that, there is still opportunity to come up with some other activities on your own that
will meet the same outcomes. If you choose to go this route for any section of the course,
make sure that you clear your plans with your teacher before proceeding.
As this text was specifically designed with the BC PLOs in mind, it is certainly the better
fit of the two streams.
To begin with it would be advisable to spend some time familiarizing yourself with all of
the additional resources available to you from within the text itself. The textbook includes
a tutorial to help you navigate through these resources in the introductory pages. Read
pages x – xx and work through the scavenger hunt on page xxi.
Safety in the laboratory is a key topic in Science 10 and we will spend a little time
addressing that in the first of the Regent Resource Centre lab days (location and dates
TBA). Students will be expected to familiarize themselves with science lab safety
protocol before participating in the resource day, and will write a short safety quiz
on that first lab day. Study pages xxii – xxv (don’t bother with the brochure).
Unit 1: Sustaining Earth’s Ecosystems. (Timeline: 4 to 6 weeks.)
In each chapter, first spend time familiarizing yourself with the learning outcomes that
are covered, and it would be worth while starting a set of study cards that you begin to fill
out as you encounter information which meets those outcomes. (You may want to use the
“Foldables” technique described in the chapter.) The learning outcomes can be found at
the beginning of each chapter in the text.
Chapter 1:
Read through the chapter, using the Practice Problems and Chapter Checks to help you
determine the best information to use on your study cards.
Complete the Activity Analyzing Climatographs. (Complete a formal lab write-up
for this activity. See Appendix A)
Answer the Check Your Understanding questions 1-15 on page 33
OR
Complete pages 4 to 7 from the Student Workbook
***For each section from the textbook you will be given the choice of answering the
Check your understanding questions or the corresponding pages from the student
workbook.
***These first two assignments need to be complete before a student will be considered
to have started the course. Please attempt to have these two assignments complete on or
before September 15 if you are doing Science as a semestered course, or September 30 if
you are planning on taking Science over the whole year.
Answer Check Your Understanding questions 1, 2, 4, 6 – 10, 13 on page 51
OR
Complete pages 10 to 13 from the Student Workbook
Chapter Review: Answer questions 1 – 5, 9, 11, 13, 14, 17, 19, 21, 23 on pages 52/53
Chapter 2:
Read through the chapter, using the Practice Problems and Chapter Checks to help you
determine the best information to use on your study cards.
Answer Check Your Understanding questions 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 13, 15 on page 67
OR
Complete pages 16 to 20 from the Student Workbook
Answer Check Your Understanding questions 1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 10, 12, 14, 19 on page 91
OR
Complete pages 24 to 29 from the Student Workbook
Answer Check Your Understanding questions 2 – 7, 9 – 11, 16 – 18, 20 on page 103
OR
Complete pages 33 to 37 from the Student Workbook
Chapter Review: Answer questions 1, 4, 5, 7, 11, 14, 16, 18 – 21, 28, 29, 31
Chapter 3:
Read through the chapter, using the Practice Problems and Chapter Checks to help you
determine the best information to use on your study cards. There is an emphasis in this
chapter on evolutionary processes. One thing that needs to be pointed out, which Science
textbooks do not generally do a very good job of is that the theory of evolution is in fact a
theory. Most secular scientists now accept this theory as truth, but there are still many
difficult problems which have not yet been solved. Even amongst Christian scientists,
there has been much debate as to the role of evolution in creation. There are Christian
scientists who take a literal, historical view of Genesis, and would deny that evolution has
played any part in the diversity of species. There are also Christian scientists who read
Genesis as metaphorical, allegorical history. There scientists tend to hold the processes of
evolution as part of God’s creative plan. Then there are scientists form both the cristian
and secular community who support the theory of Intelligent Design, which as its title
suggests, points to a designer or creator as the source for the cosmos, but also allows for
some evolutionary processes. If this is a topic which interests you, and you would like to
pursue it further, here are a couple of resources you may want to look at.
http://www.actionbioscience.org/evolution/nhmag.html
http://www.intelligentdesign.org/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVRsWAjvQSg
http://www.creationscience.com/onlinebook/
This may be a topic you choose to write your scientific research paper on.
Answer Check Your Understanding questions 2-7, 9, 13 on page 121
OR
Complete pages 40 to 43 from the Student Workbook
Answer Check Your Understanding questions 1, 2, 4-7, 9, 12, 14 on page 137
OR
Complete pages 46 to 49 from the Student Workbook
Do Activity 3-3B on page 145
Answer Check Your Understanding questions 1-4, 8-11, 14 on page 147
OR
Complete pages 52 to 55 from the Student Workbook
Chapter Review: Answer questions 1, 4, 5, 7-12, 15, 17, 21
Unit 1 Review and Test:
Complete the Unit Review Exercises in order to prepare for the Unit 1 Test. This test
should be completed on or before October 13th for students doing Science in one
semester, so that the marks for this unit can be included in the first term report. This unit
review is not to be handed in, but to be used for study purposes. More sample questions
can be found at the ministry web site. Follow the links here.
http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/exams/search/grade10/english/sample/exam/0811sc_p_a.pdf
http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/exams/search/grade10/english/sample/exam/0811sc_p_b.pdf
Unit 2: Chemical Reactions and Radioactivity (Timeline: 4 to 6 weeks.)
Chapter 4:
Read through the chapter, and answer the Reading Check question on pages 171, 174,
178, 205 and 207 (These can be point form answers, and are for your own study
purposes, not to be handed in.)
Do the Modeling Compounds activity on pg. 181. You will need the Modeling
Compounds sheet in Appendix B , and the periodic table found on pg. 172 of your
textbook.
Answer Checking Your Understanding questions 1 – 14 on pg. 183
OR
Complete pages 60 to 64 from the Student Workbook
Answer Checking Your Understanding questions 1 – 11 on pg. 201 (See appendix C
for question #6 and question # 11.)
OR
Complete pages 68 to 73 from the Student Workbook
Complete pages 77 to 80 from the Student Workbook
Chapter 4 Review: Answer questions 1 – 21 on pg. 217
Chapter 5:
Read through the chapter, and answer the Reading Check questions on pages 228, 238
and 247. (These can be done in point form, and are for your own study purposes, not to
be handed in.)
Answer the Checking Your Understanding questions 1 – 15 on pg. 233
OR
Complete pages 84 to 88 from the Student Workbook
Answer the Checking Your Understanding questions 1 – 12 on pg. 243
OR
Complete pages 91 to 94 from the Student Workbook
Answer the Checking Your Understanding questions 1 – 11 on pg. 251
OR
Complete pages 98 to 101 from the Student Workbook
Chapter 5 Review: Answer questions 1 – 24 on pg. 253
Chapter 6:
Read through the chapter, and answer the Reading Check questions on pages 274 and 276
(These can be done in point form, and are for your own study purposes, not to be handed
in.)
Answer Checking Your Understanding Questions 1 – 6 on pg. 271
OR
Complete pages 105 to 112 from the Student Workbook
Answer Checking Your Understanding Questions 1 – 13 on pg. 281
OR
Complete pages 115 to 119 from the Student Workbook
Chapter 6 Review: Answer questions 1 – 7 on pg. 283
Chapter 7:
Read through the chapter, and answer the Reading Check questions on pages 291, 297
and 315
(These can be done in point form, and are for your own study purposes, not to be handed
in.)
Answer the Checking Your Understanding questions 1 – 13 on pg. 301
OR
Complete pages 123 to 128 from the Student Workbook
Answer the Science Math Connect questions 1 – 3 on pg. 310
Answer the Checking Your Understanding questions 1 – 13 on pg. 311
OR
Complete pages 132 to 136 from the Student Workbook
Answer the Checking Your Understanding questions 1 – 11 on pg. 325
OR
Complete pages 140 to 143 from the Student Workbook
Chapter 7 Review questions 1 – 30 on pg. 325
Unit 2 Review and Test:
Complete the Unit Review Exercises in order to prepare for the Unit 2 Test. This test
should be completed on or before November 17st for students doing Science in one
semester. This will allow your teacher to include these first two units in the first reporting
period. This unit review is not to be handed in, but to be used for study purposes. More
sample questions can be found at the ministry web site. Follow the links here.
http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/exams/search/grade10/english/sample/exam/0811sc_p_a.pdf
http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/exams/search/grade10/english/sample/exam/0811sc_p_b.pdf
Unit 3: Motion. (Timleline: 3 to 4 weeks.)
Chapter 8:
Read through the chapter, and answer the Reading Check questions on pages 347, 351
and 366. (These can be done in point form, and are for your own study purposes, not to
be handed in.)
Complete the Think About It activities 8-1C on pg. 354 and 8-1D on pg. 357. Answer the
questions following these activities. (These can be done in point form, and are for your
own study purposes, not to be handed in.)
Answer the Checking Your Understanding questions 1 – 17 on pg. 361
OR
Complete pages 147 to 153 from the Student Workbook
Do the Science Math Connect questions on Pg. 374
Answer the Checking Your Understanding questions 1 – 17 on pg. 375
OR
Complete pages 156 to 163 from the Student Workbook
Chapter 8 Review: Answer questions 1 – 24 on pg. 377
Chapter 9:
Read through the chapter, and answer the Reading Check questions on page 384 and 395.
(These can be done in point form, and are for your own study purposes, not to be handed
in.)
Answer the Checking Your Understanding questions 1 – 10 on pg. 391
OR
Complete pages 166 to 169 from the Student Workbook
Answer the Checking Your Understanding questions 1 – 13 on pg. 405
OR
Complete pages 172 to 176 from the Student Workbook
Chapter 9 Review: Answer questions 1 – 22 on pg. 407
Unit 3 Review and Test:
Complete the Unit Review Exercises in order to prepare for the Unit 3 Test. This test
should be completed on or before December 15st for students doing Science in one
semester. This unit review is not to be handed in, but to be used for study purposes. More
sample questions can be found at the ministry web site. Follow the links here.
http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/exams/search/grade10/english/sample/exam/0811sc_p_a.pdf
http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/exams/search/grade10/english/sample/exam/0811sc_p_b.pdf
Unit 4: Energy Transfer in Natural Systems. (Timleline: 4 to 6 weeks.)
Chapter 10:
Read through the chapter, and answer the Reading Check questions on pages 426, 427,
428, 430, 440, 443, 446, 451 and 452. (These can be done in point form, and are for your
own study purposes, not to be handed in.)
Answer the Checking Your Understanding questions 1 – 10 on pg. 435
OR
Complete pages 180 to 183 from the Student Workbook
Do the Find Out Activity 10-2A on pg. 437 and answer questions 1 to 4
Answer the Checking Your Understanding questions 1 – 19 on pg. 459
OR
Complete pages 188 to 192 from the Student Workbook
Chapter 10 Review: Answer questions 1 – 20 on pg. 461
Chapter 11:
Read through the chapter, and answer the Reading Check questions on page 467, 470,
473, 474, 487 and 494. (These can be done in point form, and are for your own study
purposes, not to be handed in.)
Do the Find Out Activity 11-1A on pg. 465 and answer questions 1 to 4
Answer the Checking Your Understanding questions 1 – 15 on pg. 481
OR
Complete pages 196 to 199 from the Student Workbook
Do the Find Out Activity 11-2B on pg. 497. Complete the table and answer questions
1 to 3. Refer to the Calculating Carbon Emissions sheet found in Appendix D
Answer the Checking Your Understanding questions 1 – 15 on pg. 501
OR
Complete pages 203 to 206 from the Student Workbook
Chapter 11 Review: Answer questions 1 – 20 on pg. 503
Chapter 12:
Read through the chapter, and answer the Reading Check questions on page 509, 513,
522, 526 and 531. (These can be done in point form, and are for your own study
purposes, not to be handed in.)
Answer the Checking Your Understanding questions 1 – 12 on pg. 517
OR
Complete pages 210 to 213 from the Student Workbook
Answer the Checking Your Understanding questions 1 – 15 on pg. 537
OR
Complete pages 218 to 221 from the Student Workbook
Chapter 12 Review: Answer questions 1 – 23 on pg. 539
Unit 4 Review and Test:
Complete the Unit Review Exercises in order to prepare for the Unit 4 Test. This test
should be completed on or before January 23rd for students doing Science in one
semester. This unit review is not to be handed in, but to be used for study purposes. More
sample questions can be found at the ministry web site. Follow the links here.
http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/exams/search/grade10/english/sample/exam/0811sc_p_a.pdf
http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/exams/search/grade10/english/sample/exam/0811sc_p_b.pdf
**Final Exam Review and Practice:
See your teacher for practice problems and exams to help you prepare for the Provincial
Exam on January 28th, 2009.
Stream B (Exploring Creation Series)
As this textbook series is not specifically designed with the BC curriculum in mind it
takes a bit more effort to pull together the resources which will adequately cover the
learning outcomes. Unit 1 Sustaining Earth’s Ecosystems is not covered directly in
Wile’s texts, but he has much to say on the topic through several different chapters. As
Christians, Ecology should be of great interest to us. It says in Gen. 2:15 that “the Lord
God took the man [and woman] and put him into the Garden of Eden to work it and take
care of it.”
Because Wile’s books don’t have a direct correlation with the BC curriculum, we will
turn to the BC Science text in order to cover this material.
Unit 1: Sustaining Earth’s Ecosystems. (Timeline: 4 to 6 weeks.)
Follow Stream A for this unit as there is little available in Wiles books which cover this
material. Please let your teacher know if you find another curriculum resource which you
would like to use which will meet these same learning outcomes.
Unit 2: Chemical Reactions and Radioactivity (Timeline: 4 to 6 weeks.)
Atoms And Molecules:
Read through Module 1 of Wile’s text Exploring Creation with Physical Science pg. 1–
24.
Answer all of the “On Your Own” questions. (These can be point form answers, and are
for your own study purposes, not to be handed in.)
There are two lab experiments in this module, Experiment 1.1 Atoms and Molecules
and Experiment 1.3 Concentration that you need to work through. Please choose one of
these two labs to complete a formal lab write-up for (as described below). This Lab writeup will be handed in for marks. The other can just be done with some point form notes
for your own use. Your formal lab write-up should follow the format shown in Appendix
A.
Answer all questions 1 to 14 from the Study Guide for Module #1 on page 24.
These answers can be in point form. Show any calculations which you do on your answer
sheet. Do not do your calculations on a separate sheet of paper.
** Refer to Unit 2 from Stream A for the remainder of the unit. If you have completed
Module 1 of Wile’s text, you can omit Chapter 7 of the Stream A Unit 2.
** There will be a resource day offered, where we will spend some time doing Chemistry
demonstrations and labs to support the written work for this unit.
Unit 3: Motion. (Timleline: 3 to 4 weeks.)
Read through Module 9 (pg. 203 – 228), paying particular attention to the worked out
example in the text.
For your own study and practice, complete all of the “On Your Own” questions in the
module. These will not need to be handed in for marks. Please contact your teacher if you
need additional assistance with solving any of these problems, but make sure you have
had a look at the preceding examples. As a wise old sage used to say… “The answer to
the question is always two pages before the question.”
Complete Experiment 9.2 The Acceleration Due to Gravity is Independent of the Object
Falling (no formal write-up required)
Complete Experiment 9.3 Measuring Height with a Stopwatch (complete a formal
write-up for this experiment)
Answer questions 1 -17 from the Study Guide for Module #9 on pages 227 & 228.
** If you would like to work toward some extra credit in this unit, talk to your teacher
about completing some of the experiments from Mudule 10. This would get you a bit of a
head start on Physics 11 if you are leaning in that direction.
Unit 4: Energy Transfer in Natural Systems. (Timleline: 4 to 6 weeks.)
Part 1: Thermal energy in the atmosphere.
Read Pages 66 to 69, ”What is Temperature?”
Complete Experiment 3.2: Seeing the Effect of Changing Temperature (formal writeup required)
Answer the “On Your Own“ questions on Page 69 for your own study purposes (not to be
handed in)
Do a little on-line research to come up with an explanation of the Kinetic Molecular
Theory in your own words.
**This is an important concept, and will almost definitely be covered on the Provincial
Exam.
Now skip back to Module 2 and read pages 32 to 44, which focuses on Climate Change
and Global Warming.
Complete Experiment 2.3 Carbon Dioxide and the Greenhouse Effect (no formal write-up
required)
Answer questions 7, 8, 13, 14, 15 & 20 from the Study Guide for Module #2 on pages
54 and 54.
Part 2: Thermal energy beneath the lithosphere (Plate Tectonics).
Wile does a good job of presenting this topic from a Christian perspective. Plate tectonic
theory is closely linked with questions of ‘the age of the Earth’, evidence leading toward
evolutionary theory and ultimately origins of Earth and its inhabitants. Here again there is
a wide variety of scientific opinions among Christians. Secular scientific texts often refer
to the theory of evolution or the theory of plate tectonics, but then treat both topics as
though they were proven facts in their discussions. I think that we can make the same
mistake as Christians when we read something from the Bible, and turn it into a scientific
truth. Truth is truth, and I’m not suggesting that we have to read parts of the Bible as
truth, and parts as fiction, some for today, and some as only valid for the time it was
written, but it is helpful to remember that it was written for a specific audience, and that
some of its intended meanings would make more sense when looked at through the lense
of the time period for in which they were written. In the past, there have been scientists
who were excommunicated from the Church (or worse) for suggesting things that
religious scholars of the day believed were contrary to the Bible. “The Earth is round, not
flat”, “the Earth revolves around the sun, and not the sun around the Earth”. These are
scientific truths that we take for granted now, and they don’t in any way disprove or
supersede Biblical truths, but they do point to a misunderstanding of Biblical text.
There is always the danger when trying to bend Biblical truths to fit scientific
understanding, but we run into the same danger when we try to bend or discredit
scientific understanding if it doesn’t fit our Biblical understanding. As Christians, and
scientists, I think it is important to uphold that the Bible is God’s true word from cover to
cover, and also that he has gifted us as humans to delve into, study and understand (in
part) his creation. We don’t by any means have the whole picture from either perspective
yet (see 1 Cor. 9 – 12). Science and faith should not be at odds. Science is our attempt to
understand God’s natural creation, and faith steps in to the gaps where we do not yet
understand what we already know to be true because God has gifted us with the faith to
believe. Even within science, faith is relied upon much more than most secular scientists
would be willing to acknowledge.
Read through Module 6 pg. 131 – 156
Answer the “On Your Own” questions as you read, for your own study purposes (not to
be handed in).
Cary out each of the four experiments in the chapter…
Experiment 6.1 How sound Travels Through Different Substances
Experiment 6.2 A Simulation of Plastic Rock
Experiment 6.3 Making an Electromagnet
Experiment 6.4 A Model of Plate Tectonics
Then choose ONE of the experiments to do a formal lab write-up for.
Answer question 1 – 24 from the Study Guide for Module #6 on pages 155 & 156.
Appendix A
Name:
Date:
Partner’s Name: (if you did this with a friend or sibling…which would be a good idea)
Lab Title
Purpose:
Here is where you comment on what you are intending to learn or prove through your
experiment. It may be in the form of a question, or hypothesis. This should be written in
full sentences.
Materials List:
You can copy these from the text. Include any substitutions which you may use.
Procedure:
This is where you would make a point form list of what you actually do (you don’t need
to copy it out word for word from the text).
Data and Observations:
Here is where you would include anything you asked to observe in the procedure, and
anything else that you notice of interest. It is important to record what you actually
observe, and not just what you think is supposed to happen. If things don’t go as
expected, you can make note of such things in your analysis. Data and observations can
be in point form.
Include any tables, charts, and graphs here.
Analysis:
Here is where you would answer any questions posed to you in the lab. You may have
some ideas of your own that come up hear as you try to make sense of your observations
throughout the experiment. These should be written in full sentences.
Conclusions:
Refer back to your purpose here. Attempt to answer the question you may have posed.
Here is where you might also introduce a new question for exploration that came up
during your experiment. This should be written in full sentences.
** Take into consideration that your lab write-up is done so that someone else (your
teacher in this case) can come along after you to read and make sense of your data, or
follow your same procedure in order to attempt to get the same results and verify your
data.
Appendix B
Goal • Record your drawings for Think About It 4-1B, Modelling Compounds.
What to Do
Use these charts to draw Bohr diagrams and Lewis diagrams for Think About It
4-1B, Modelling Compounds, on page 181 of your student book.
Appendix C
Goal • Use these charts to complete your answers to questions 6 and 11 on
page 201.
What to Do
Record your answers below for questions 6 and 11 on page 201 of your student
book.
6.
11.
Appendix D
Goal • Use this page to record your data for Find Out Activity 11-2B,
Calculating Carbon Emissions.
What to Do
Record your data in this data table for Find Out Activity 11-2B, Calculating
Carbon Emissions, on page 497 of your student book.
Appendix E
Grading for Science 10
Ministry Approved Letter Grades:
86 – 100%
A
The student demonstrates excellent or outstanding performance in
relation to expected learning outcomes for the course subject, or
grade
73 – 85%
B
Very good performance
68 – 72%
C+
Good performance
60 – 67%
C
Satisfactory performance
50 – 59%
CMinimally accepted performance
In Progress I
Additional time and planning is needed to meet expected learning
outcomes
Below 50% F
Failed
The mark assigned by RCOA will be based on the following criterion…
-50% based on the completion of textbook work handed into your teacher for
assessment and evaluation
-10% based on lab write-up
-20% based on unit tests (5% on each of the 4 units)
-10% based on final exam review and practice test
-10% based on regular communication of progress throughout the term
This mark assigned by RCOA will account for 80% of the final mark, the remaining 20%
comes from the provincial exam written at completion of the course.