1. Teacher(s): Time: The Course Organizer Student: Course Dates: This Course: Assessed Goals: Scientific Attitude: Scientific Knowledge: Scientific and Technological Skills: Science/Technology/Social/Environmental Relationships: Assessed Learning Outcomes: Course Questions / Unit Focus Questions Posted Science 90 Course Outcomes Assessment Tasks: (assessed based on course outcomes) Quizzes Labs / Projects Introduction to Science Assessment Unit Assessments (4 units) Final Assessment Course Progress Graph Course Questions: is about Course Assessment: developing an understanding and appreciation for atoms and elements, electricity, human reproduction and development, and our universe through the use of scientific inquiry, decision making, problem solving while taking into account various cultural perspectives. 1. What is the difference between physical and chemical properties of common substances? 2. How has the Dalton, Thomson, Rutherford, and Bohr explanation helped our understanding of the structure of matter? 3. How are pure substances (elements and compounds) classified? 4. How do our historical and cultural understandings of static electricity and current electricity help us understand their characteristics? 5. What relationship exists among voltage, current, and resistance in series and parallel circuits? 6. How do operating principles, costs, and efficiencies of various devices that produce or use electrical energy compare? 7 What is the impact of past, current, and possible future methods of small and large scale electrical energy production and distribution in Saskatchewan? 8. How does genetic information transfer from one generation to another and what impact does this process have our societies? 9. What is the significance of cellular reproductive processes like mitosis and meiosis? 10. How does sexual and asexual reproduction in plants and animals impact a species? 11. How do reproductive and contraceptive technologies impact human reproduction? 12. How has our understanding of the motion and characteristics of astronomical bodies in our solar system and universe changed? 13. How has our solar system and universe formed and evolved? 14. How do various cultures understand and represent astronomical phenomena? 15. How do we as humans explore the universe? Science 90

2. Community Principles Learning Strategies Course Map This Course: includes Adaptive Dimension Student: Critical Concepts Learned in these Units 5 4 6 7 8 Science 90.. WHIMS Static Genetics Universe Matter Current Cell Solar System Physical Properties Electron Transfer DNA Celestial Bodies Chemical Properties Circuits Traits Space Exploration Atomic Structure Voltage Cell Division Light Speed Elements Current Sexual Repr. Equatorial Coord. Compounds Resistance Asexual Repr. Star Life Cycle Mixtures Voltage Human Dev. Cell Repr. Techn. Atoms and Elements Characteristics of Electricity Reproduction and Human Development Exploring our Universe Course OrganizerLabs Unit OrganizersQuizzes Lessons Independent Practice Demonstrations Framing Routines Independent WorkGroup Work InquiryProblem Solving