TVO Learn is designed to meet each student where they are on their learning journey. Learning Activities are comprehensive and require guided instruction from an adult, while Resources for Learning, Apply the Learning prompts and Vocabulary lists work well to reinforce specific skills or to enable independent exploration of a subject. Use these helpful tips to get the most from TVO Learn.
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Curriculum Overview
Science is a way of knowing which seeks to describe and explain the natural and physical world. An important aspect is making connections between skills and concepts, and the practical applications of science and technology, and learning about life systems, matter and energy, structures and mechanisms, and Earth and space systems. Students develop important scientific literacy and technological skills that will enable them to thrive in today's rapidly changing world, their future professional and personal lives, and to become active problem solvers in their communities. As students engage in STEM education, the goals of the science and technology program is to apply scientific and engineering design processes to develop the sense of wonder about the world, to explore curiosity about what is observed, and to investigate problems relating to science, technology, society, and the environment.
The science and technology curriculum is divided into five strands:
- STEM Skills and Connections
- Life Systems: Growth and Changes in Animals
- Matter and Energy: Properties of Liquids and Solids
- Structures and Mechanisms: Simple Machines and Movement
- Earth and Space Systems: Air and Water in the Environment
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Learning Activities
Learning Activities provide opportunity for deeper exploration of a subject. Learning Activities provide opportunity for deeper exploration of a subject. Organized by grade and topic (or strand), students should be guided through each Learning Activity by an adult. Before clicking on a topic to prepare for or begin this guided instruction, be sure to read these helpful tips about how to get the most out of TVO Learn.
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Resources for Learning
Chosen by TVO educators, these resources support the curriculum outlined above. Review the below list of options along with the activities. Then, read, watch, listen or play to build understanding and knowledge.
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Complete the suggested activities using these resources and other TVO resources.
Apply the Learning
Choose from the following to consolidate learning across all curriculum strands.
- Create your own song or dance about the Water Cycle.
- Research an animal of your choice and investigate its basic needs, characteristics, behaviour and adaptations.
- Research some ways in which animals can be harmful to humans.
- Investigate the properties of liquids by comparing the rate at which different liquids flow.
- Design, build and test a mechanism that includes one or more simple machines.
- Research a device that moves people. What are the simple machines used in this device?
- Design, build and test a structure that involves interactions between solids and liquids, for example an object that floats.
- Assess your personal use of water in your home. Can you make a plan to reduce the amount of water used when possible?
- Create your own definitions for 20 of the words in the vocabulary list.
Vocabulary
Review this list of vocabulary associated with the curriculum. Practice spelling, research definitions, and find these vocabulary words when engaging with the TVO resources or completing learning activities.
Students should understand and be able to apply these words in context.
- Life Systems
Growth and Changes in Animals - Matter and Energy
Properties of Liquids and Solids - Structures and Mechanisms
Simple Machines and Movement - Earth and Space Systems
Air and Water in the Environment
adaption
body covering
classify
climate
feather
fur
insect
life cycle
locomotion
mammals
migration
prey
predator
reptile
clear
hard
granular
greasy
liquid
opaque
property
runny
solid
axle
change
drag
drop
friction
machine
mechanism
movement
object
position
pull
pulley
push
ramp
wheel
characteristic
cooling
condensation
evaporation
fog
gas
liquid
precipitation
stage
scarce
solid
vapour
water cycle
