Science 7: Virtual Reference Sets: Environmental Sustainability

Core Competencies

• Communication, Thinking, Personal & Social

Big Ideas

• The electromagnetic force produces both electricity and magnetism.
• Earth and its climate have changed over geological time

Content

• Electricity – generated in different ways with different environmental impacts
• Evidence of climate change over geological time and the recent impacts of humans – physical records

Curricular Competencies

• Questioning and predicting – What is the energy consumption of your school? Your house? What about your local community centre?
• Planning and conducting – Organize a power down month to investigate the reduction in energy consumption in your school/house/community centre.
• Processing and analyzing data and information + Evaluating – How much did your building’s energy decrease over the month?
• Applying and innovating – What can your school do to decrease its long term energy use? The same question applies for any other building type.
• Communicating – Communicate your findings to your class, your Principal and even your Board of Education, Mayor & Council.

Note - This page is under construction.

Planet Earth.http://planetnutshell.com/climate-science/

National Geographic Kids videos (Energy and Climate change in general – includes some of the below)http://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/3oE256

Human Footprint - Nat Geo Books http://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/3qtiD5

Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development: Our Common Future”http://www.un-documents.net/wced-ocf.htm

Reality Check: The State of Climate Progress in Canada
http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/webarchives2/20130322165455/http://nrtee-trnee.ca/reality-check-the-state-of-climate-progress-in-canada

Explora – Climate Change and Scholastic search results

http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&bquery=(climate+change)+AND+(SO+scholastic)&cli0=FT&clv0=Y&type=1

World Book - Climate https://www.worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar119200#tab=homepage

World Book - Global Warming https://www.worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar226310&st=climate+change#tab=homepage

World Book - Articles related to global warming https://www.worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar226310&st=climate+change#tab=relativeinfo_link_1

Nat Geo Kids

The Power of the Oceans – wave power (2 videos) http://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/3obv91
Solar Power Plants (3 videos) http://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/3obx8X
Wind Power (2 videos) http://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/3obyw0
Geothermal Power (2 videos) http://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/3obzM3

Helix – Bill Nye – Electrical Current https://hml.sd42.ca/Play/159

BC Hydro First Wave Resources https://www10.bchydro.com/About/resources

Energy efficiency (1 video) http://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/3oc2R5