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:
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STEM Skills and Connections
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Life Systems: Needs and Characteristics of Living Things
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Matter and Energy: Energy in Our Lives
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Structures and Mechanisms: Everyday Materials, Objects, and Structures
- Earth and Space Systems: Daily and Seasonal Changes
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Learning Activities
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.
Learning Activities
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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.
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Make a poster or short speech to explain how showing care and respect for all living things helps to maintain a healthy environment.
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Make a list and identify the location and function of the major parts of the human body including your sense organs. For example, the lungs are in your chest and they are used for breathing.
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Make a list or chart of different fasteners (tape, glue, button, zipper) and describe the use for each.
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Design, build, and test a structure for a specific purpose (for example, a tent, a model of a swing set, a bird feeder, a wigwam)
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Design and construct a device that uses energy to perform a task (for example, a kite that uses wind, an instrument that uses human energy to make sounds).
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How does your family use electricity at home? How can you reduce energy consumption?
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Investigate the amount of change in heat from the sun throughout the day. Draw a diagram or explain using pictures you find. How does this affect your daily routine?
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Investigate the amount of change in heat from the sun throughout the year. Draw a diagram or explain using pictures you find. How do you adapt to these changes?
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Create your own definitions for 20 of the words in the vocabulary list.
Vocabulary
Review this list of vocabulary associated with the curriculum. Practise 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.
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Life Systems
Needs and Characteristics of Living Things -
Matter and Energy
Energy in Our Lives
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Structures and Mechanisms
Everyday Materials, Objects, and Structures
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Earth and Space Systems
Daily and Seasonal Changes
colour
energy
environment
explore
food
grow
investigation
needs
reproduce
sense organs
size
shape
waste
air
design
construct
earth
energy
electricity
explore
food
grow
investigate
land
source
sun
survival
resource
water
cloth
colour
design
experiment
explore
fastener
flexible
foam
height
materials
object
plastic
paper
properties
purpose
rigid
shape
smooth
steel
structure
texture
wood
change
cycle
daily
day
dormant
energy
heat
hibernate
investigate
night
season
seasonal
sun
survival
temperature