Ontario Curriculum
B.3.1: identify some major contemporary environmental challenges (e.g., global warming, acid precipitation), and explain their causes (e.g., deforestation, carbon and sulfur emissions) and effects (e.g., desertification, the creation of environmental refugees, the destruction of aquatic and terrestrial habitats)
C.2.3: investigate, through laboratory inquiry or field study, water samples from natural and disturbed environments (e.g., tap water; pond, river, or lake water from disturbed and undisturbed areas; water from an outdoor pool), and analyse the resulting data
D.3.2: describe the basic requirements for plant growth (e.g., growing medium, light, moisture, nutrients)
Growing Plants
Measuring Trees
F.2.1: use appropriate terminology related to energy conservation, including, but not limited to: renewable resource, non-renewable resource, and R-value
F.2.2: investigate energy consumption and costs in their household over a given period of time, and suggest ways in which their household could conserve energy
F.2.5: plan and conduct an inquiry to evaluate the effectiveness of various insulation materials and/or techniques (e.g., straw, foam, fibreglass, blown cellulose)
F.3.3: explain the basic principles and characteristics of various types of renewable (e.g., tidal, geothermal, solar, wind) and non-renewable (e.g., coal, oil, gas) energy production and their impact on the environment
Correlation last revised: 8/18/2015