Grade 4 Science Global Focus

Acknowledgements

Some images supplied by Getty Images. Other images, graphs, diagrams, and illustrations in this course, unless otherwise specified, are TVO created.

Learning Activity 1

United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 15, United Nations, URL: https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/blog/2015/12/sustainable-development-goals-kick-off-with-start-of-new-year/, Published 2015, Accessed 2022/06/14.

UN Sustainable Development Goals - Overview, UNICEF Georgia, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-iJM02m_Hg, Published 2018/04/25, Accessed 2022/06/14.

2004 Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Wangari Maathai, Micheline Pelletier/Corbis Historical/Getty Images

Rehabilitating the Aberdares: The Trickling Effect, The Green Belt Movement, URL: https://youtu.be/9GkgwzBHADA, Published 2012/05/24, Accessed 2022/06/14.

Responding to climate change at the grassroots - a Green Belt Movement experience, The Green Belt Movement, URL: https://youtu.be/dm1FoXziPYc, Published 2015/09/02, Accessed 2022/06/14.

US Senator for Illinois Barack Obama with 2005 Nobel Prize Wangari Mathai, Simon Maina/AFP/Getty Images

Wangari Maathai, Nobel peace prize winner, dies at 71, Xan Rice, The Guardian, URL: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/sep/26/wangari-maathai-nobel-winner-dies, Published 2011/09/26, Accessed 2022/08/04.

Green Belt Movement in Kenya, Wendy Stone/Corbis Historical/Getty Images

Learning Activity 2

The Ontario Curriculum Grades 1-8: Science and Technology, Ontario Ministry of Education, © Queen's Printer for Ontario, URL: http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/elementary/scientec18currb.pdf, Published 2007, Accessed 2022/08/04.

What Is A Habitat, The Ranger Zak Show, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO-wM1A4lZ8, Published 2021/07/06, Accessed 2022/06/15.

Learning Activity 3

Finding Stuff Out with Zoey - Into the Woods, Apartment 11 Productions, URL: https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/finding-stuff-out-zoey/videos/woods, Published 2017/08/25, Accessed 2022/07/05.

Learning Activity 5

Science for the Classroom: Habitats, Science North, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLHwymzpJeA, Published 2018/07/05, Accessed 2022/06/15.

Learning Activity 6

How Light Travels. Everything You Need to Know! *Fun* Science for Kids, Turtlediary, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm__GAlrBuQ, Published 2016/05/18, Accessed 2022/07/04.

TVOKids Teacher Power Hour - Light and Sound, TVOKids, OECA, URL: https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/tvokids-teacher-power-hour/videos/light-and-sound-junior-lesson-tvokids, Published 2020/06/18, Accessed 2022/07/04.

ScienceXplosion - A Reflection on Refraction, GAPC Entertainment, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJxls7NJydA, Published 2020/06/18, Accessed 2022/07/04.

Learning Activity 7

Leo's Fishheads - Border Patrol, FG-Fish Inc, Fifth Ground Entertainment Inc, URL: https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/leos-fishheads/videos/border-patrol, Published 2020/06/18, Accessed 2022/07/05.

Scratch Code, TVO, Created with Scratch, Published 2022, Accessed 2022-07-05. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/.

Building a Scratch Code, TVO, Created with Scratch, Published 2022, Accessed 2022/07/05. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/.

Duplicate Option, TVO, Created with Scratch, Published 2022, Accessed 2022/07/05. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/.

Dragging Blocks Individually, TVO, Created with Scratch, Published 2022, Accessed 2022/07/05. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/.

Building Scratch Code – displaying the variable value, TVO, Created with Scratch, Published 2022, Accessed 2022/07/05. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/.

Sound, TVO, Created with Scratch, Published 2022, Accessed 2022/07/05. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/.

Music, TVO, Created with Scratch, Published 2023, Accessed 2022/07/05. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/.

Learning Activity 8

The Ontario Science Curriculum Grades 1-8, Government of Ontario, © Queen's Printer for Ontario, URL: https://www.dcp.edu.gov.on.ca/en/curriculum/science-technology, Published 2007, Accessed 2022/08/23.

Light Pollution, National Geographic Society, URL: https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/light-pollution, Accessed 2022/08/04.

INDIA-ANIMAL-FROG, PRAKASH SINGH/AFP/Getty Images

Noise pollution and the environment, Dr. Kristen Parris & Associate Professor Robert McCauley, reviewers, Australian Academy of Science, URL: https://www.science.org.au/curious/earth-environment/noise-pollution-and-environment, Accessed 2022/08/04.

Learning Activity 9

Deforestation, National Geographic Resource Library, National Geographic Society, URL: https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/deforestation, Accessed 2022/08/23.

Death in the Forest: Deforestation Effects on Animals and What You Can Do, Stand For Trees, URL: https://standfortrees.org/blog/deforestation-effects-on-animals/, Accessed 2022/08/23.

Estimating the Global Conservation Status of More than 15,000 Amazonian Tree Species, Hans Ter Steeg, Science Advances, URL: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.1500936, Published 2015/11/20, Accessed 2022/08/23.

Business as Usual Threatens Thousands of Amazon Tree Species, Tim Vernimmen, Scientific American, URL: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/business-as-usual-threatens-thousands-of-amazon-tree-species/, Published 2019/06/24, Accessed 2022/08/23.

Amazon, World Wildlife Fund, URL: https://www.worldwildlife.org/places/amazon, Accessed 2022/08/04.

BRAZIL-AMAZON-DEFORESTATION, CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images

The Water Brothers - Flying Rivers, Water Brothers Inc, SK Films, URL: https://www.tvo.org/video/documentaries/flying-rivers, Published 2017/03/03, Accessed 2022/06/15.

Learning Activity 10

Africa's safari destination: Kruger National Park, Anadolu Agency/Anandolu Agency/Getty Images

Fauna In Salinas Y Aguada Blanca National Reserve, NurPhoto/NurPhoto/Getty Images

Litchfield National Park, Laura Carey/Getty Images News/Getty Images

Theme 4 - Relationship with Land and Water, FNMIEAO, URL: https://vimeo.com/292619573, Published 2018/09/30, Accessed 2022/06/15.

Striking Balance - Tsa Tue Biosphere Reserve, Striking Balance 2 Inc, URL: https://www.tvo.org/video/documentaries/striking-balance-tsa-tue-biosphere-reserve, Published 2020/10/04, Accessed 2022/06/15.