Grade 9
Saskatchewan - The Environment
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This list of resources does not define what should be taught in this unit of Science 9. It is meant to give guidance to teachers looking for resources to support the Foundational Objectives for this unit. Those objectives, found in the Curriculum Guide, specify what should be covered during the unit.
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Focus on Forests - Saskatchewan
- "Integrated Resource Management"
- "Tree Tales"
The Living Soil: Land Use and Society
- various sections
Man and the Environment
- Package 13 "Biomes of Saskatchewan"
- Package 14 "The Saskatchewan Game"
- Package 15 "Animal Guess"
- Package 16 "Community Problems"
- Package 17 "Environmental Impact"
- Package 18 "Trade-off Decisions"
- Package 19 "The Dreadful One"
- Package 20 "Environmental Decisions"
Project SOIL Activity Guide
- "Dirt Dilemmas"
- "Moo-o-ve On"
- "Sing a Song of Soil"
- "Sample Saskatchewan"
- "To Cover or Not to Cover"
Saskatchewan Resource Series
- Agriculture
- Energy and the Environment
Science Directions 9
- Environmental Quality", pages 286 - 341
SciencePlus - Technology and Society 9
- "Environmental Quality", pages 352 - 413
Video resources
A Fine Science
- Program 3, Story 1 "Computers and the Dairy Farm" (V 2311)
- Program 5, Story 1 "Lake Diefenbaker" (V 2313)
- Program 8, Story 4 "Saline Soil Tolerance" (V 2316)
- Program 9, Story 4 "Organic Farming" (V 2317)
- Program 11, Story 1 "Archaeology and the Nipawin Dam Project" (V 2319)
- Program 12, Story 5 "Bob Long, Wildlife Film-maker" (V 2320)
A Fine Science 2
- Program 1, Story 3 "The Great Sandhills" (V 2417)
- Program 12 (V 2428)
- Story 1 "Cypress Hills Irrigation"
- Story 2 "Floodplain Management"
- Story 3 "Soil Salinity"
- Story 4 "Terrestrial Ecology Laboratory"
- Story 5 "Exotic Grasses for Pastures in the Southwest"
The Harmony Puzzle (V 3476)
It Starts at Home - Season 1
- episode 10 (V 5021)
Race to Save the Planet series
- "The Enviromental Revolution" (V 5077)
Teacher's notes/additional resources
Chemistry and You
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This list of resources does not define what should be taught in this unit of Science 9. It is meant to give guidance to teachers looking for resources to support the Foundational Objectives for this unit. Those objectives, found in the Curriculum Guide, specify what should be covered during the unit.
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Chemical Education for Public Understanding Program
- Chemical Survey & Solutions and Pollution
- - "Chemical Survey", pages 1 - 16
Individualized Science Instruction System
- Household Science, pages 5 - 30
Science Directions 9
- "Understanding Chemistry", pages xviii - 57
SciencePlus - Technology and Society 9
- "Chemical Changes", pages 74 - 132
TOPS
- Module 10 Analysis
- Module 11 Oxidation
Video resources
The Acme School of Stuff
- Program 6 "glass bottles" (V 3330)
- Program 12 "composite substances" (V 3336)
A Fine Science
- Program 3, Story 4 "Safe Handling of Agricultural Chemicals" (V 2311)
Science Alive series
- "Corrosion"
Teacher's notes/additional resources
Using Electricity
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This list of resources does not define what should be taught in this unit of Science 9. It is meant to give guidance to teachers looking for resources to support the Foundational Objectives for this unit. Those objectives, found in the Curriculum Guide, specify what should be covered during the unit.
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Individualized Science Instruction System
- Energy for Living, pages 36 - 52
- Science, Technology and You, pages 25 - 69
Science Directions 9
- "Using Electricity", pages 166 - 219
SciencePlus - Technology and Society 9
- "Electromagnetics", pages 258 - 350
S.E.E.D.S.
- Sources of Electrical Energy
TOPS
- Module 19 Electricity
- Module 20 Magnetism
Video resources
The Acme School of Stuff
- Program 1 "cassette tapes", "microwave ovens" (V 3325)
- Program 2 "telephones", "video" (V 3326)
- Program 3 "batteries" (V 3327)
- Program 4 "neon", "cathode ray tubes" (V 3328)
- Program 5 "light bulbs" (V 3329)
- Program 6 "electricity" (V 3330)
- Program 9 "alternating current" (V 3333)
- Program 10 "electric shavers" (V 3334)
A Fine Science
- Program 13 (V 2321)
- Story 2 "Electronic Information Systems Engineering"
Risks and Limits
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This list of resources does not define what should be taught in this unit of Science 9. It is meant to give guidance to teachers looking for resources to support the Foundational Objectives for this unit. Those objectives, found in the Curriculum Guide, specify what should be covered during the unit.
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Chemical Education for Public Understanding Program (CEPUP)
- Determining Threshold Limits
- Risk Comparison
TOPS
- Module 08 Probability
Video resources
Perspectives in Science
- Biotechnology (NFB)
- What's Killing the Children? (MHP or PRN)
Teacher's notes/additional resources
The Atmosphere
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This list of resources does not define what should be taught in this unit of Science 9. It is meant to give guidance to teachers looking for resources to support the Foundational Objectives for this unit. Those objectives, found in the Curriculum Guide, specify what should be covered during the unit.
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The Climates of Canada
Learning About Weather
Individualized Science Instruction System
- Everybody Talks About the Weather
Video resources
A Fine Science
- Program 6 (V 2314)
- Story 2 "Automated Climate Reference Station"
Science Alive series
- "Dangerous Rays"
Fluids and Pressure
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This list of resources does not define what should be taught in this unit of Science 9. It is meant to give guidance to teachers looking for resources to support the Foundational Objectives for this unit. Those objectives, found in the Curriculum Guide, specify what should be covered during the unit.
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GEMS - Lawrence Hall of Science
- Discovering Density
Science Directions 9
- "Fluids and Pressure", pages 58 - 117
SciencePlus - Technology and Society 9
- "Fluids", pages 190 - 256
TOPS
- Module 09 Floating and Sinking
- Module 16 Pressure
Video resources
The Acme School of Stuff
- Program 3 "fuel injection" (V 3327)
Teacher's notes/additional resources
Diversity of Life
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This list of resources does not define what should be taught in this unit of Science 9. It is meant to give guidance to teachers looking for resources to support the Foundational Objectives for this unit. Those objectives, found in the Curriculum Guide, specify what should be covered during the unit.
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Focus on Forests - Saskatchewan
- "Geome Tree"
- "Hidden Colours of Leaves"
- "Key a Tree"
- "Leaf Clue"
- "Poplar Names"
- "Seed Sort"
Project SOIL Activity Guide
- "Diversitag"
Science Directions 9
- "Diversity of Living Things, pages 220 - 285
SciencePlus - Technology and Society 9
- "Diversity of Living Things", pages 2 - 72
Wildflowers Across the Prairies
Video resources
Remnants of Eden (V 5081)
Science Alive series
- "Designer Dogs"