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.
How to Use These Resources
Curriculum Overview
Science is a way of knowing which seeks to describe and explain the natural and physical world. An important part in building scientific and technological literacy is an understanding of the nature of science, which includes an understanding of the following: what scientists, engineers, and technologists do as individuals and as a community how scientific knowledge is generated and validated. As well, what benefits, costs, and risks are involved in using this knowledge and how science interacts with technology, society, and the environment.
The science and technology curriculum is divided into four strands:
- Understanding Life Systems: Cells
- Understanding Structures and Mechanisms: Systems in Action
- Understanding Matter and Energy: Fluids
- Understanding Earth and Space Systems: Water Systems
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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.
Please note: To access the learning activities, visit this page with a computer or tablet.
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.
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.
- Write a point and counterpoint list using a graphic organizer (chart, table, etc.) about transit needs in your area.
- Edit a movie trailer using the concept of at-home DNA testing.
- Make a podcast discussing lab-grown meats.
- Design and create your own tinfoil boat, test it out in a sink and see what it can hold.
- Track your own water consumption over a week and record your observations.
- Make a poster that highlights the water emergency in Attawapiskat.
- 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.
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Life Systems
Cells
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Structures and Mechanisms
Systems in Action
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Matter and Energy
Fluids
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Earth and Space Systems
Water Systems
bacteria
cell membrane
cell reproduction
cell specialization
cell wall
chloroplast
chromosomes
concentration
cytoplasm
diffusion
gradient
magnification
micro-organism
multi-cellular
nucleus
organ system
organism
organelles
osmosis
permeable membrane
square root
tissue
unicellular
block and tackle
efficiency
effort force
force
friction
fulcrum
gear
gear ratio
hydraulic
lever
linkage
load force
machine
mechanical advantage mechanism
piston
pneumatic
pressure
pulley
velocity
velocity ratio
wheel and axle
Archimedes' Principle
Bernoulli's Principle
buoyant
force
compression
density
fair test
flow rate
fluid
fluid mechanics
gas
hydraulic devices
hydraulics
hydrometer incompressibility
laminar flow
liquid
particle theory
pneumatic devices
pneumatics pressure
viscosity
atmosphere
climate
continental divide ecosystems
fresh water
geological features glacier
groundwater
Great Lakes
marine
ocean currents
polar ice caps precipitation
salinity
salt water
sustainability
tides
water cycle
water table
watershed