SI, CP
| (a) |
Observe, describe and locate common landforms (e.g., moraines, potholes, drumlins, buttes, coulees, dunes, oxbow lakes and river valleys) of Saskatchewan. (K) |
| (b) |
Explain how specific landforms are a consequence of depositional and denudation processes (e.g., weathering, erosion, and mass wasting). (K) |
| (c) |
Explain how surficial geological features of Saskatchewan such as the Athabasca Sand Dunes, Cypress Hills, Nipekamew Sand Cliffs and Qu'Appelle Valley are characterized by specific depositional and erosi onal processes. (K) |
| (d) |
Describe the effects of mechanical weathering and erosion, including glaciation, on the surface geography of Saskatchewan as shown by landforms such as drumlins, moraines, eskers, kettles and outwash. (K) |
| (e) |
Explain the importance of chemical weathering to soil quality and formation, atmospheric carbon dioxide and geochemical cycling. (K, S) |
| (f) |
Explain how scientists use stratigraphic columns to infer sea level rise (transgression) and sea level fall (regression) over geologic time. (S, K) |
| (g) |
Speculate on the possible involvement of erosional processes in the development of geographic features found on Mars and other celestial bodies. (K, STSE, A) |
| (h) |
Design, construct and test a model of a structure or process to withstand or mitigate short term (e.g., flooding, wind storm, tsunami, storm surge and earthquake) or long term (e.g., erosion and sinkholes) phenomena that affect surface geography. (STSE, S) |
| (i) |
Apply mapping techniques such as creating and interpreting topographic profiles and translating between two-dimensional (2D) surface maps/cross-sections and three-dimensional (3D) box diagrams to represent surface geographical features. (K, S) |
| (j) |
Investigate how data gathered by technologies such as Earth orbiting satellites and drones can document changes in land forms and help to identify potential surface geological hazards. (K, STSE) |
| (k) |
Interpret and/or create a map of geological, civic and/or environmental data using a geographic information system (GIS) to correlate surface geography with human land use.(S, STSE) |
