Activity 1: Culminating Activity
Assignment
Assignment: Culminating Assignment
Complete the following assignment and submit your work to your teacher.
Make sure your name appears on the top of each page. Ensure you cite and reference
your sources.
Introduction: You will be researching the different areas of the grade 10 science course
to investigate how technology, chemicals, and/or environmental factors can affect and
influence you as a human. There are four parts in the culminating activity - biology,
chemistry, earth and space science, and physics. You will need to complete only two of
these parts. You get to choose. Remember to complete the written portion of your
research in your own words.
Part 1 - Biology: Tissues, Organs, and Systems
Task: Research only one of the following technologies used in Canada. Write a one
page report in sentence form and in your own words. Check for spelling and grammar
after completing your summary and add visuals related to your research topic.
Questions: Answer one of the following questions:
a. Describe how ultrasound is used to monitor fetal development.
b. Describe the ways that nuclear isotopes (nuclear medicine) can be helpful to the
human body and some of the risks involved in this technology.
Resources
The following resources may be used along with other reputable websites to complete
the assignment.
1. Kids Health - Ultrasound type in Kids Health, ultrasound because this link does
not work
2. How Stuff Works – Pregnancy Ultrasound
3. How Stuff Works – Nuclear Medicine
4. Nuclear Medicine
5. Radiation Safety
Part 2 - Chemistry: Chemical Reactions and Their Practical Applications
Task: You will design a small poster on one profession that works with chemicals. Word
Perfect, Microsoft Word, Photoshop Elements, Microsoft Publisher, and Smart Ideas are
tools that can help you create a poster.
Poster requirements:
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4.
minimum size paper of 8 ½ by 11 inches
written information: answers to questions below
visuals should be relevant, neat, organized, and include some colour
title included on the front of the poster
Enter the site career cruising site to complete the assignment.
Your teacher or guidance department will provide you with login
information.
Instructions:
1. Choose one of the following professions:
firefighter, pest controller, or medical lab tech (technician or technologist)
2. You will be using the website career cruising to research one of the professions.
3. Enter the site “Career Cruising” site. (www.careercruising.com)
4. Ask your teacher or guidance office for the following information for the career
cruising website.
username: ___________________
password: ___________________
5. Follow the instructions on the career cruising web site.
6. click on Explore careers
7. type in the word(s) of the profession in the “search for careers box”
8. click on the name of the profession
9. Notice the different categories of information for the job. Click on the category “job
description” or “working conditions” to research the information for the questions
below. Read through the category as you answer the questions. Answer the
questions in sentence form and in your own words.
Questions to be answered:
1. What are some of the safety concerns/and or chemicals that this professional is
exposed to in the work place?
2. What are the duties of this professional that relate to substances/and or chemicals
in the work place?
3. Describe some of the safety precautions or procedures this professional would
carry out in his/her working environment?
Part 3 - Earth and Space Science: Earth's Dynamic Climate
Task: You are representing your school at the next Earth Summit and you are required
to create a speech to represent the youth of Canada.
Background:
The Earth Summit is a United Nations conference with the purpose of stopping the
destruction of natural resources that cannot be replaced. The individuals involved with
the Earth Summit are finding ways to reduce pollution. The main focus of your speech
should be on climate change.
Some questions to consider while producing your speech are:
a. What are some of the factors that are changing our climate? (e.g., greenhouse
gases)
b. What evidence do we have of climate change?
c. How might climate change affect Canada in the future?
d. What has been done in the past to protect our environment? (e.g., Earth Summit in
1992 in Rio, Kyoto Protocol)
e. What are some of the things we can do to decrease the effects of climate change
in the future?
Requirements of the speech:
1. 12 pt Times New Roman font in your speech text
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5.
introductory statement, body of speech (paragraph form), concluding statement
may be written in first person
date and name at the top of the speech
double spaced, approximately 250 words
Resources
The following resources may be used along with other reputable websites to complete
the assignment.
1. Wording Towards a Change
2. 2008 G8 Summit
3. Kyoto Protocol
4. Climate Change Youth Café
Part 4 - Physics: Light and Applications of Optics
Task: In this part of the culminating activity you will research some of the ways light is
used in technology and then display the information on a poster. Word Perfect,
Microsoft Word, Photoshop Elements, Microsoft Publisher, and Smart Ideas are tools
that can help you create a poster.
Instructions:
1. Research three examples of light technology in our society (e.g. incandescent
light bulbs, LEDs (light emitting diodes), transmission holograms, light
microscopes, etc.)
2. Find a visual(s) for each of the examples of light technology that you have
researched.
3. Display the visual on a poster and use word processing to briefly describe how this
technology works. Place the description under each of the visuals on the poster.
4. Write your name at the bottom of your poster.
Poster requirements:
1.
2.
3.
4.
minimum size paper of 8 ½ by 11 inches
use word processing to complete written portion
visuals should be relevant, neat, organized, and include some colour
title included on the front of the poster
Resources
The following resources may be used along with other reputable websites to complete
the assignment.
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2.
3.
4.
How Stuff Works – Light bulb
How Stuff Works - Holograms
How Stuff Works – Light Microscope
How Stuff Works – LEDs
Rubric for Your Culminating Assignment
Categories
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
(50 - 59%)
(60 - 69%)
(70 - 79%)
(80 - 100%)
Knowledge and
Understanding
-explain how the
properties of light
are applied in the
operation of an
optical device
PH3.08
-explains how the
properties of light
are applied in the
operation of an
optical device
with limited
effectiveness
-explains how the
properties of light
are applied in the
operation of an
optical device
with some
effectiveness
-explains how the
properties of light
are applied in the
operation of an
optical device with
considerable
effectiveness
-explains how the
properties of light
are applied in the
operation of an
optical device with
a high degree of
effectiveness
Thinking
-analyse on the
basis of research
medical imaging
technologies used
in Canada to
explore, diagnose,
or treat the human
body
BI1.01
-analyses on the
basis of research
medical imaging
technologies with
limited
effectiveness
-analyses on the
basis of research
medical imaging
technologies with
some
effectiveness
-analyses on the
basis of research
medical imaging
technologies with
considerable
effectiveness
-analyses on the
basis of research
medical imaging
technologies with
a high degree of
effectiveness
Thinking
-analyse on the
basis of research
various ways in
which living things
and natural
systems have been
affected by climate
change
ES1.01
-analyses on the
basis of research
the various ways
in which living
things and natural
systems have
been affected by
climate change
with limited
effectiveness
-analyses on the
basis of research
the various ways
in which living
things and natural
systems have
been affected by
climate change
with some
effectiveness
-analyses on the
basis of research
the various ways
in which living
things and natural
systems have
been affected by
climate change
with considerable
effectiveness
-analyses on the
basis of research
the various ways
in which living
things and natural
systems have
been affected by
climate change
with a high degree
of effectiveness
Communication
-expression and
organization of
ideas and
information (e.g.,
clear expression,
logical
organization) in
reflective writing
SI1.11
-expresses and
organizes ideas
and information
with limited
effectiveness
-expresses and
organizes ideas
and information
with some
effectiveness
-expresses and
organizes ideas
and information
with considerable
effectiveness
-expresses and
organizes ideas
and information
with a high degree
of effectiveness
Application
-identify practical
applications of
chemical reactions
in a particular
profession and
assess hazards
CH1.02
-identifies
practical
applications of
chemical
reactions in a
particular
profession and
assesses hazards
with limited
effectiveness
-identifies
practical
applications of
chemical
reactions in a
particular
profession and
assesses hazards
with some
effectiveness
-identifies
practical
applications of
chemical
reactions in a
particular
profession and
assesses hazards
with considerable
effectiveness
-identifies
practical
applications of
chemical
reactions in a
particular
profession and
assesses hazards
with a high degree
of effectiveness