Grade 7 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

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.

The World’s Largest Lesson | Global Goals, World's Largest Lesson, Project Everyone, in partnership with UNICEF, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBxN9E5f7pc, Published 2015/09/03, Accessed 2022/04/18.

United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal 11, United Nations, URL: https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal11, Published 2015, Accessed 2022/02/24.

Nancy Rowe quotation, from World Water Day March 22 Resource, Source unknown, URL: https://sway.office.com/CMlrnx13KwNy4NtZ, Accessed 2022/02/24.

Ecological Knowledge & the Dish with One Spoon - Conversation in Cultural Fluency #2, Six Nations Polytechnic, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=RL83GvOO_C0, Published 2016/01/29, Accessed 2022/08/04.

Two-Eyed Seeing, Institute for Integrative Science & Health, URL: http://www.integrativescience.ca/Principles/TwoEyedSeeing/, Accessed 2022/08/04.

The Agenda Interview - Can Indigenous Knowledge Help Solve Climate Change?, TVO, OECA, URL: https://www.tvo.org/video/can-indigenous-knowing-help-solve-climate-change, Published 2021/07/16, Accessed 2022/07/05.

Autumn Peltier, Linda Roy, Inerva Photography, URL: https://www.womenofinfluence.ca/2019/11/05/meet-autumn-peltier-14-year-old-internationally-recognized-clean-water-advocate-and-the-anishinabek-nation-chief-water-commissioner/, Published 2019/11/05, Accessed 2022/02/24. Source: Meet Autumn Peltier: 15-year-old internationally recognized clean water advocate and the Anishinabek Nation chief water commissioner, Women of Influence.

Learning Activity 2

Mae Jemison, Space Frontiers/Archive Photos/Getty Images

MCU HA potato peel pouring onto compost heap, Zac Motion Images Limited/Image Bank Film: Signature/Getty Images

Close up view of woman's hands in gardening gloves throwing organic waste into a compost container, hopsalka/Creatas Video+ / Getty Images Plus/Getty Images

Collecting Biodegradable Waste In A Container, captamotion/Creatas Video/Getty Images

Learning Activity 4

How Do Wind Turbines Work?, Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, United States Government, URL: https://www.energy.gov/eere/wind/how-do-wind-turbines-work, Accessed 2022/08/04.

History of Wind Turbines, Zachary Shahan, Renewable Energy World, URL: https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/storage/history-of-wind-turbines/#gref, Published 2014/11/21, Accessed 2022/08/04.

Learning Activity 5

Coal Mining, Lignite Surface Mine - AERIAL, Schroptschop/Vetta/Getty Images

Environmental Impacts of Mining, Compiled by Alaskans for Responsible Mining, Western Mining Action Network, URL: https://wman-info.org/resource/environmental-impacts-of-mining/, Accessed 2022/08/04.

5 Ways to Make Mining More Sustainable, Megan R. Nichols, Empowering Pumps & Equipment, URL: https://empoweringpumps.com/5-ways-to-make-mining-more-sustainable/?msclkid=6478e91bc74c11ecb758364929b8be22, Published 2020/02/18, Accessed 2022/08/04.

Learning Activity 6

Scientist mixing and pouring liquids, Wavebreak/Creatas Video/Getty Images

CU Human hand applying peanut butter and jelly on bread, Pigeon Productions Inc./Image Bank Film: Signature/Getty Images

Stirring creamy peanut butter in jar, MariuszBlach/Creatas Video+ / Getty Images Plus/Getty Images

LD Hands of postal workers sorting parcels on the conveyor belt, Simonkr/Vetta/Getty Images

African women at work, mashing and sieving cassava flour in wooden pod, Nikada/Vetta/Getty Images

Preparing Drip Brew Coffee Close-up, captamotion/Creatas Video/Getty Images

Glass recycling - clearing cullet under electromagnet belt roller, Akurra/Creatas Video+ / Getty Images Plus/Getty Images

Natural Sciences Grade 7, 7.1 Mixtures, Siyavula, URL: https://intl.siyavula.com/read/science/grade-7/separating-mixtures/07-separating-mixtures, Accessed 2022/08/04. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 3.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/.

Chapter 3: Separating Mixtures, Science & Technology Perspectives 7, Maurice Di Giuseppe et al, Nelson, Published 2008, Accessed 2022/08/04. pp. 56-119.

Sustainable Separation Processes: A Road Map to Accelerate Industrial Application of Less Energy-Intensive Alternative Separations, American Chemistry Society: Green Chemistry Institute, URL: https://www.acs.org/content/dam/acsorg/greenchemistry/redesign/roundtables/altsep-report-2019.pdf, Published 2019, Accessed 2022/08/04.

Learning Activity 7

Option A Scratch, TVO, Created with Scratch, Published 2022, Accessed 2022/02/24. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/.

Option A Scratch 2, TVO, Created with Scratch, Published 2022, Accessed 2022/02/24. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/.

Tree sprite blockings, TVO, Created with Scratch, Published 2022, Accessed 2022/02/24. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/.

Tree code block 1, TVO, Created with Scratch, Published 2022, Accessed 2022/02/24. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/.

Tree code block 2, TVO, Created with Scratch, Published 2022, Accessed 2022/02/24. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/.

Tree code block 3, TVO, Created with Scratch, Published 2022, Accessed 2022/02/24. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/.

Tree code block 4, TVO, Created with Scratch, Published 2022, Accessed 2022/02/24. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/.

Tree code block 5, TVO, Created with Scratch, Published 2022, Accessed 2022/02/24. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/.

Carbon dioxide scripts, TVO, Created with Scratch, Published 2022, Accessed 2022/02/24. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/.

CO2 code block 1, TVO, Created with Scratch, Published 2022, Accessed 2022/02/24. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/.

CO2 code block 2, TVO, Created with Scratch, Published 2022, Accessed 2022/02/24. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/.

CO2 code block 3, TVO, Created with Scratch, Published 2022, Accessed 2022/02/24. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/.

Backdrop code, TVO, Created with Scratch, Published 2022, Accessed 2022/02/24. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/.

Learning Activity 8

How Engineers Keep Buildings Standing, Design Everest Lounge, URL: https://designeverest.com/blog/how-engineers-keep-buildings-standing/, Accessed 2022/08/04.

Canadian POV Documentaries - from Earth to Sky, Unceded Productions, URL: https://www.tvo.org/video/documentaries/from-earth-to-sky, Published 2021/12/29, Accessed 2022/04/18.

Krakani Lumi building by Taylor + Hinds, Photography Adam Gibson, Australian Design Review, URL: https://www.australiandesignreview.com/architecture/taylor-hinds-krakani-lumi/, Published 2018/05/10, Accessed 2022/02/24.

Meno Ya Win Health Centre by Douglas Cardinal, Photography Taeko Rhodes, ARIDA, URL: https://arido.ca/2020/11/09/the-medicine-wheel-is-a-motif-in-the-design-of-this-health-centre/, Published 2020/11/09, Accessed 2022/02/24.

Wiikiaami by studio:Indigenous, Photograpy studio:Indigenous, URL: https://www.studioindigenous.com/wiikiaami, Published 2017, Accessed 2022/02/24.

Celebrating Indigenous Architecture: Exploring 5 Projects from Around the World, The Turett Collaborative, URL: https://www.turettarch.com/celebrating-indigenous-architecture-exploring-5-projects-from-around-the-world/, Published 2022, Accessed 2022/08/04.

Health-US-ECONOMY-REAL-ESTATE-HEALTH-VIRUS, Chris Delmas/AFP/Getty Images

Learning Activity 10

Costa Rica will run on more than 98% renewable energy for fifth consecutive year, government says, Alejandro Zúñiga, The Tico Times, URL: https://ticotimes.net/2019/09/24/costa-rica-will-run-on-more-than-98-renewable-energy-for-fifth-consecutive-year-government-says, Published 2019/09/24, Accessed 2022/08/04.

Green Roofs or How to Save with Rooftop Gardens, Sustainability for All, ACCIONA, URL: www.activesustainability.com/construction-and-urban-development/green-roofs-or-how-to-save-with-rooftop-gardens, Published 2019, Accessed 2022/08/04.

Energy efficient building design, J. Hanania, University of Calgary, URL: https://energyeducation.ca/encyclopedia/Energy_efficient_building_design, Published 2015/08/26, Accessed 2022/08/04.

Sustainable Transportation, R. Kukreja, David Suzuki Foundation, URL: https://davidsuzuki.org/project/sustainable-transportation/, Accessed 2022/08/04.

Sustainability in Kenya, Goethe Institut Kenia, URL: https://www.goethe.de/ins/ke/en/kul/dos/sus.html, Accessed 2022/08/04.

Bristol biomethane gas-powered bus refuelling station opens, BBC News, BBC, URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-48830582, Published 2019/07/02, Accessed 2022/08/04.

How Can We Convert Food Waste to Energy?, TRVST Ltd, URL: https://www.trvst.world/waste-recycling/food-waste/converting-food-waste-to-energy/, Published 2020/02/09, Accessed 2022/08/04.

Cities Use Food Scraps to Power Buses, Buildings, Elizabeth Daigneau, Government Technology, URL: https://www.govtech.com/fs/cities-use-food-scraps-to-power-buses-buildings.html#:~:text=Cities%20Use%20Food%20Scraps%20to%20Power%20Buses%2C%20Buildings,food%20waste%20from%20landfills.%20March%2001%2C%202016%20%E2%80%A2, Published 2016/03/01, Accessed 2022/08/04.