Description:
Science is the study of many interconnected disciplines, including physics, chemistry, biology, Earth science, astronomy, and computer science. Science is creative, collaborative, and dynamic; is based on experience and evidence; and employs objective methods for observing, collecting, and analyzing data. Scientific knowledge is developed, refined, and extended as new evidence is uncovered. The study of science allows students to nurture curiosity, ask and answer questions, explore scientific and technological concepts, and acquire knowledge and understanding of the world.
Prerequisite:
- None
This course is set up for teacher use only. If you would like to enroll students please contact yolanda.chang@blackgold.ca
*Course resources shared by Marla Kniesel from Home-Based School
Description:
Science 4 explores more complex structures to demonstrate how wheels and levels move things. Students will explore how light behaves in prisms and mirrors; and how shadows form. They will also investigate how light, temperature and water affect the growth of plants, and they’ll act to reduce waste and make our world a better place.
Prerequisite:
- None
*Course Developed by Home-Based School in Black Gold School Division
Description:
Science 5 explores building simple electrical circuits and devices and learning about the connection between magnetism and electricity. By mixing different materials together, students will learn to recognize what dissolves and what reacts. Students will carry out field and classroom studies of wetlands, learning about organisms, interactions and human impacts that occur in ecosystems. Lastly, they will observe, describe and interpret weather phenomena and understand that weather and climate can be affected by human actions.
Prerequisite:
- None
*Course Developed by Home-Based School in Black Gold School Division
This course is set up for teacher use only. If you would like to enroll students please contact yolanda.chang@blackgold.ca
* Course shared by Peace Wapiti School Division
Description:
Knowledge and Employability science provides basic science literacy. The courses promote awareness, understanding and the development and application of science skills, knowledge and attitudes for successful living at home, in the workplace and in the community.
*Course developed by Jolanda Nichols, Derek McKinnon, Jennifer Southcombe and Mo Brenneis in Black Gold School Division.
This course is set up for teacher use only. If you would like to enroll students please contact yolanda.chang@blackgold.ca
*Course developed and shared by Nicolle Gillies (Peace Wapiti School Division)
Description:
An Alberta Science 9 course intended for use in a blended learning classroom and not independent online learning. This is a work in progress but is has a lot of material ready for use. It's designed for use in a blended learning classroom where a teacher can give supporting lessons and activities as well as end of unit assessments.
*Course was shared by Anthony Green of Rocky View Schools
Description:
Knowledge and Employability science provides basic science literacy. The courses promote awareness, understanding and the development and application of science skills, knowledge and attitudes for successful living at home, in the workplace and in the community.
*Course developed by Mo Brenneis from Black Gold School Division.
Description: (5 credits)
Science 10 is an academic course with biology, chemistry, physics and climate change units. This is the foundation for progression through those science courses at the 20 and 30 levels.
This course uses the Addison Wesley Textbook for Science 10
Prerequisite:
- Science 9
*Course developed and shared by Jennifer Southcombe (BGSD)
Description: (5 credits)
Science 14 is an activity based basic science course covering basic biological, chemical and physical principles.
Prerequisite:
- None
*Course developed and shared by Aspenview School Division
Description:
What should I do to keep my body healthy? Knowledge and Employability Science 10-4 students explore the digestive and circulatory systems of the human body. They investigate common chemicals used at home and in the workplace, and how to safely handle them. Students discover how force and heat energy are transferred in technologies they use in their daily lives, and they ask questions about how human activities affect the natural world.
Prerequisite:
- As recommended by teacher / counselor
*Course shared by Lac La Biche Regional Outreach Schools with permission for BGSD to use/adapt/alter their resources.
Description: (5 credits)
Science 20 is a multi-disciplinary course that consists of four units of study: chemical changes (chemistry), changes in motion (physics), the changing Earth (Earth science) and changes in living systems (biology).
Prerequisite:
- Science 10
Details:
Resource includes videos, Gizmo lab interactives and learning guide & assignments. Self-tests for each lesson are automarked. Unit tests are online but print versions are also available.
Hidden section contains hybrid/print booklets available as an alternate course.
*Course created by Khristi Elford and Jennifer Southcombe from Black Gold, some resources created and shared by PAVE School (Peace Wapiti School Division)
Description: (5 credits)
Science 24 is an activity based basic science course covering basic biological, chemical and physical principles.
Prerequisite:
- Science 14 or 40% (or greater) in Science 10
*Course developed and shared by Aspenview School Division
Description:
How do seat belts keep me safe? In Knowledge and Employability Science 20-4, students gain an understanding of the applications of science skills and knowledge for success at home, at work and in the community. They investigate and classify simple chemical reactions; learn about energy conversions and conservation; and examine how social, environmental and genetic factors affect human health. They also apply their knowledge of moving objects and conservation of momentum to transportation safety.
Prerequisite:
- Science 10-4
*Course shared by Lac La Biche Regional Outreach Schools with permission for BGSD to use/adapt/alter their resources.
Description: (5 credits)
Science 30 is a multi-disciplinary science covering topics in biology (circulation and immunity), environmental chemistry, physics (electromagnetic energy) and energy production technologies.
This is a diploma course where students will write a government exam for 50% of their mark.
Prerequisite:
- Science 20, Biology 20, Chemistry 20 or Physics 20
*Course created by Jennifer Southcombe
An alternate print hybrid course created by Jennifer Southcombe (BGSD) can be found in the teacher 'hidden' section.
Description: (5 credits)
Biology 20 is an introductory study of living systems. Topics include energy and matter exchange in the biosphere, ecosystems and population change, photosynthesis and cellular respiration and five human systems.
Prerequisite:
- Science 10
*Course created by Khristi Elford from Black Gold School Division
Description: (5 credits)
Biology 30 is a continued in-depth study of physiological systems, genetics and population ecology.
This is a diploma course where students will write a government exam for 50% of their mark.
Prerequisite:
- Biology 20
*Course created by Laurie Jensch (edits by Khristi Elford) from Black Gold School Division
Description: (5 credits)
Chemistry 20 is an introductory course with a focus on the study of chemical bonding, solutions, acids and bases, gaseous systems, and quantitative relationships in chemical reactions.
Prerequisite:
- Science 10
*Course Developed by Alberta Education
Description: (5 credits)
Chemistry 30 focuses on organic chemistry, thermochemical changes, electrochemistry and equilibrium of acid and base systems. Scientific and technological knowledge is integrated with societal issues and there is an emphasis on communication skills. This is a diploma course where students will write a government exam for 50% of their mark.
Prerequisite:
- Chemistry 20
Description: (5 credits)
The physics 20 course investigates the motion of objects and explains why they move. Physics 20 requires a strong math background as concepts are developed with corresponding equations that are used to solve problems.
Prerequisite:
- Science 10
*Course developed in Black Gold School Division by Dan Blackburn
Description:
When does a model or a theory need to change? Physics 30 students consider historical experiments and explore why the model of the atom has changed as a result of experiments and observations of natural phenomena. Students apply a quantitative approach to describe conservation of momentum in an isolated system, and they investigate applications and implications of electric and magnetic forces and fields.
Prerequisite:
- Physics 20
*Course developed in Black Gold School Division by Dan Blackburn