Science 4
Outcomes:
Investigate the interdependence of plants and animals, including humans, within habitats and communities.
Analyze the structures and behaviours of plants and animals that enable them to exist in various habitats.
Assess the effects of natural and human activities on habitats and communities, and propose actions to maintain or restore habitats.
Outcomes:
Investigate the characteristics and physical properties of natural and artificial sources of light in the environment.
Analyze how light interacts with different objects and materials to create phenomena such as shadows, reflection, refraction, and dispersion.
Assess personal, societal, and environmental impacts of light-related technological innovations including optical devices.
Outcomes:
Explore natural and artificial sources of sound in the environment and how those sounds are detected by humans and animals.
Draw conclusions about the characteristics and physical properties of sound, including pitch and loudness, based on observation.
Assess personal, societal, and environmental impacts of sound-related technologies.
Outcomes:
Investigate physical properties of rocks and minerals, including those found in the local environment.
Assess how human uses of rocks and minerals impact self, society, and the environment.
Analyze how weathering, erosion, and fossils provide evidence to support human understanding of the formation of landforms on Earth.