Science, Topic A: Waste and Our World

• 4–5: Recognize that human activity can lead to the production of wastes, and identify alternatives for the responsible use and disposal of materials.
• 7: Identify kinds of wastes that may be toxic to people and to the environment.
• 11: Identify actions that individuals and groups can take to minimize the production of wastes, to recycle or reuse wastes and to ensure the safe handling and disposal of wastes.

Social Studies, General Outcome 4.1: A Sense of the Land

• 4.1.1 - value Alberta's physical geography and natural environment
  • appreciate how Alberta's fossil heritage contributes to the province's unique character
  • appreciate the variety and abundance of natural resources in Alberta
  • appreciate the environmental significance of national and provincial parks and protected areas in Alberta
  • appreciate how land sustains communities and quality of life
  • demonstrate care and concern for the environment through their choices and actions
• 4.1.2 - examine, critically, the physical geography of Alberta by exploring and reflecting upon the following questions and issues:
  • What are the significant natural resources in Alberta, and where are they located (e.g., mineral deposits, coal, natural gas and oil, forests)?
  • How are Alberta's provincial parks and protected areas and the national parks in Alberta important to the sustainability of Alberta's natural environment?
• 4.1.4 - analyze how Albertans interact with their environment by exploring and reflecting upon the following questions and issues:
  • How are natural resources used by Albertans (i.e., agriculture, oil and natural gas, forests, coal)?
• Whose responsibility should it be to ensure the preservation of national parks, provincial parks and protected areas in Alberta?

Science, Topic D: Weather Watch

• 5–8: Observe, describe and interpret weather phenomena; and relate weather to the heating and cooling of Earth’s surface.

• 5–9: Investigate relationships between weather phenomena and human activity.

• 11: Understand that climate refers to long term weather trends in a particular region and that climate varies throughout the world.

• 12: Recognize that human actions can affect climate, and identify human actions that have been linked to the greenhouse effect.

Science, Topic E: Wetland Ecosystems

• 9: Identify human actions that can threaten the abundance or survival of living things in wetland ecosystems; e.g., adding pollutants, changing the flow of water, trapping or hunting pond wildlife.

• 10: Identify individual and group actions that can be taken to preserve and enhance wetland habitats.

Social Studies – General Outcome 5.1: Physical Geography of Canada

• 5.1.1 - value Canada's physical geography and natural environment:

  • appreciate the variety and abundance of natural resources in Canada

  • appreciate the environmental significance of national parks and protected areas in Canada

  • appreciate how the land sustains communities and the diverse ways that people have of living with the land

  • appreciate the influence of the natural environment on the growth and development of Canada

  • demonstrate care and concern for the environment through their choices and actions

• 5.1.2 - examine, critically, the physical geography of Canada by exploring and reflecting upon the following questions and issues:

  • How do landforms, bodies of water and natural resources affect the quality of life in Canada?

  • How are Canada's national parks and protected areas important to the sustainability of Canada's natural environment?

• 5.1.3 - analyze how people in Canada interact with the environment by exploring and reflecting upon the following questions and issues:

  • Whose responsibility should it be to ensure the preservation of Canada's national parks and protected areas?

Science, Topic E: Trees & Forests

• 6–10: Describe characteristics of trees and the interaction of trees with other living things in the local environment.

• 1: Identify reasons why trees and forests are valued. Students meeting this expectation should be aware that forests serve as habitat for a variety of living things and are important to human needs for recreation, for raw materials and for a life-supporting environment.

• 3: Describe the role of trees in nutrient cycles and in the production of oxygen.

• 9: Identify human actions that enhance or threaten the existence of forests.

• 10: Identify an issue regarding forest use, identify different perspectives on that issue, and identify actions that might be taken.

Social Studies, General Outcome 6.1: Citizens Participate in Decision Making

• 6.1.6 - analyze how individuals, groups and associations within a community impact decision making of local and provincial governments by exploring and reflecting upon the following questions and issues:

  • How can individuals, groups and associations within a community participate in the decision-making process regarding current events or issues (i.e., lobbying, petitioning, organizing and attending local meetings and rallies, contacting elected representatives)?

Science, Unit 1: Interactions & Ecosystems

• 1. Investigate and describe relationships between humans and their environments, and identify related issues and scientific questions

  • illustrate how life-supporting environments meet the needs of living things for nutrients, energy sources, moisture, suitable habitat, and exchange of gases

  • identify examples of human impacts on ecosystems, and investigate and analyze the link between these impacts and the human wants and needs that give rise to them

• 2. Trace and interpret the flow of energy and materials within an ecosystem

  • analyze an ecosystem to identify biotic and abiotic components, and describe interactions among these components

  • describing and giving examples of energy and nutrient storage in plants and animals

  • describe the process of cycling carbon and water through an ecosystem

• 4. Describe the relationships among knowledge, decisions and actions in maintaining life-supporting environments

  • identify intended and unintended consequences of human activities within local and global environments

Science, Unit B: Plants for Food and Fibre

• 1. Investigate plant uses; and identify links among needs, technologies, products and impacts

  • illustrate and explain the essential role of plants within the environment

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Science, Unit E: Freshwater and Saltwater Systems

• 1. Describe the distribution and characteristics of water in local and global environments, and identify the significance of water supply and quality to the needs of humans and other living things

  • describe, in general terms, the distribution of water in Alberta, Canada and the world; and interpret information about water characteristics

• 2. Investigate and interpret linkages among landforms, water and climate

  • identify evidence of glacial action, and analyze factors affecting the growth and attrition of glaciers and polar icecaps

• Analyze human impacts on aquatic systems; and identify the roles of science and technology in addressing related questions, problems and issues

  • analyze human water uses, and identify the nature and scope of impacts resulting from different uses

  • identify current practices and technologies that affect water quality, evaluate environmental costs and benefits, and identify and evaluate alternatives

Social Studies, General Outcome 8.3: Worldviews in Conflict

• 8.3.1 - appreciate how a society's worldview influences the society's choices, decisions and interactions with other societies
  
  
  

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Science, Unit A: Biological Diversity

• 1. Investigate and interpret diversity among species and within species, and describe how diversity contributes to species survival

  • observe variation in living things, and describe examples of variation among species and within species

  • identify the role of variation in species survival under changing environmental conditions

• 4. Identify impacts of human action on species survival and variation within species, and analyze related issues for personal and public decision making

  • describe ongoing changes in biological diversity through extinction and extirpation of native species, and investigate the role of environmental factors in causing these changes

  • evaluate the success and limitations of various local and global strategies for minimizing loss of species diversity

Social Studies, General Outcome 9.2: Issues for Canadians: Economic Systems in Canada and the United States

• 9.2.1 - appreciate the values underlying economic decision making in Canada and the United States

• 9.2.2 - appreciate the relationship between consumerism and quality of life

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Science 10, Unit D: Energy Flow in Global Systems

• 1. Describe how the relationships among input solar energy, output terrestrial energy and energy flow within the biosphere affect the lives of humans and other species

  • explain how climate affects the lives of people and other species, and explain the need to investigate climate change

  • describe and explain the greenhouse effect, and the role of various gases—including methane, carbon dioxide and water vapour—in determining the scope of the greenhouse effect

• 3. Relate climate to the characteristics of the world’s major biomes, and compare biomes in different regions of the world

  • describe a biome as an open system in terms of input and output of energy and matter and exchanges at its boundaries

  • identify the potential effects of climate change on environmentally sensitive biomes

• 4. Investigate and interpret the role of environmental factors on global energy transfer and climate change

  • investigate and identify human actions affecting biomes that have a potential to change climate and critically examine the evidence that these factors play a role in climate change

  • identify evidence to investigate past changes in Earth’s climate

  • assess, from a variety of perspectives, the risks and benefits of human activity, and its impact on the biosphere and the climate

Science 14 & 24, Unit D: Investigating Matter and Energy in the Environment

• 1. Describe how the flow of matter in the biosphere is cyclical along characteristic pathways and can be disrupted by human activity

  • describe, in general terms, how water, carbon, oxygen and nitrogen are cycled through the biosphere

  • identify and assess the needs and interests of society that have led to technologies with unforeseen environmental consequences

• 2. Analyze a local ecosystem in terms of its biotic and abiotic components, and describe factors of the equilibrium

  • describe how various abiotic factors influence biodiversity in an ecosystem

  • explain how various factors influence the size of populations; i.e., immigration and emigration, birth and death rates, food supply, predation, disease, reproductive rate, number of offspring produced, and climate change

Social Studies, 10-1: Perspectives on Globalization /10-2: Living In A Globalizing World

• Related issue 2

  • 2.3 - accept social responsibilities associated with global citizenship (10-1/10-2)

• Related issue 3 (10-1)

  • 3.1 - recognize and appreciate multiple perspectives that exist with respect to the relationships among politics, economics, the environment and globalization (10-1/10-2)

  • 3.7 - explore multiple perspectives regarding the relationship among people, the land and globalization (spirituality, stewardship, sustainability, resource development) (10-1/10-2)

  • 3.8 - evaluate actions and policies associated with globalization that impact the environment (land and resource use, resource development agreements, environmental legislation) (10-1)

  • 3.8 - analyze the impact of actions and policies associated with globalization on the environment (land and resource use, resource development agreements, environmental legislation) (10-2)

• Related Issue 4

  • 4.3 - accept political, social and environmental responsibilities associated with global citizenship (10-1/10-2)

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Biology 20, Unit B: Ecosystems and Population Change

• General Outcome 1: Students will explain that the biosphere is composed of ecosystems, each with distinctive biotic and abiotic characteristics

  • 20–B1.1k define species, population, community and ecosystem and explain the interrelationships among them

  • 20–B1.4k explain how limiting factors influence organism distribution and range

  • 20–B1.1sts explain how science and technology have both intended and unintended consequences for humans and the environment

Science 20, Unit D: Changes in Living Systems, The Changing Earth

• General Outcome 1: Students will analyze ecosystems and ecological succession in the local area and describe the relationships and interactions among subsystems and components.

  • 20–D1.1k investigate and analyze an aquatic or a terrestrial local ecosystem, distinguish between biotic and abiotic factors

  • 20–D1.4k describe the potential impact of habitat destruction on an ecosystem

  • 20–D1.5k describe the effects of introducing a new species into, or largely removing an established species from, an environment

Science 14, Unit D: Investigating Matter and Energy in the Environment

• 1. Describe how the flow of matter in the biosphere is cyclical along characteristic pathways and can be disrupted by human activity

  • explain the role of living systems in the cycling of matter in the biosphere

  • describe, in general terms, how water, carbon, oxygen and nitrogen are cycled through the biosphere

  • identify and assess the needs and interests of society that have led to technologies with unforeseen environmental consequences

• 2. Analyze a local ecosystem in terms of its biotic and abiotic components, and describe factors of the equilibrium

  • define ecosystems in terms of biotic and abiotic factors

  • describe how various abiotic factors influence biodiversity in an ecosystem

  • explain how various factors influence the size of populations; i.e., immigration and emigration, birth and death rates, food supply, predation, disease, reproductive rate, number of offspring produced, and climate change

  • describe the relationship between land use practices and altering ecosystems

Social Studies, 20-1: Perspectives On Nationalism / 20-2: Understandings Of Nationalism

• Related Issue 2

  • 2.2 - appreciate that the pursuit of national interest has positive and negative consequences (20-1/20-2)

  • 2.3 - appreciate multiple perspectives related to the pursuit of national interest (20-1/20-2)

• Related Issue 3

  • 3.3 - demonstrate a global consciousness with respect to the human condition and global affairs (20-1/20-2)

  • 3.6 - analyze how internationalism can be promoted through foreign policy (multilateralism, supranationalism, peacekeeping, foreign aid, international law and agreements) (20-1/20-2)

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Biology 30, Unit D: Population and Community Dynamics

• General Outcome 1: Students will describe a community as a composite of populations in which individuals contribute to a gene pool that can change over time.

  • 30–D1.2k describe the factors that cause the diversity in the gene pool to change; i.e., natural selection, genetic drift, gene flow, nonrandom mating, bottleneck effect, founder effect, migration, mutation

  • 30–D1.1sts explain that science and technology have both intended and unintended consequences for humans and the environment

Science 30, Unit D: Energy and the Environment

• General Outcome 1: explain the need for balancing the growth in global energy demands with maintaining a viable biosphere

  • 30–D1.3k apply the concept of sustainable development to increasing the efficient use of energy

  • 30–D1.4k explain the need to develop technologies that use renewable and nonrenewable energy sources to meet the increasing global demand

  • 30–D1.5k describe the environmental impact of developing and using various energy sources; i.e., conventional oil, oil sands, solar power, wind power, biomass, hydroelectricity, coalburning power, nuclear power, geothermal

Science 24: Unit B: Understanding Common Energy Conversion Systems

• 4. Analyze and describe the impact of fossil fuel based technologies and their importance in meeting human needs

  • explain the importance of the fossil fuel industry in Alberta in meeting energy requirements

  • compare present fossil fuel consumption by industry, homes and automobiles with projected consumption in the future

  • assess the impact of fossil fuel based technologies on the environment

Social Studies, 30-1: Perspectives On Ideology / 30-2: Understandings Of Ideologies

• Related issue 1

  • 1.2 - appreciate various perspectives regarding the relationship between individualism and common good (30-1/30-2)

  • 1.3 - explore factors that may influence individual and collective beliefs and values (culture, language, media, relationship to land, environment, gender, religion, spirituality, ideology) (30-1/30-2)

• Related issue 4

  • 4.2 - exhibit a global consciousness with respect to the human condition and world issues (30-1/30-2)

  • 4.3 - accept responsibilities associated with individual and collective citizenship (30-1/30-2)

  • 4.8/4.9 - develop strategies to address local, national and global issues that demonstrate individual and collective leadership (30-1/30-2)

  • 4.9/4.10 - explore opportunities to demonstrate active and responsible citizenship through individual and collective action (30-1/30-2)

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