Grade 8 Science Global Focus

Learning Activity 1

Zoom From Earth to Ontario City Canada, MicroPixieStock/Creatas Video/Getty Images

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 Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 6, United Nations, URL: https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal6, Published 2015, Accessed 2022/06/09.

Understanding the effects of melting glaciers on drinking water, University of Alberta, Smart Water Magazine, URL: https://smartwatermagazine.com/news/university-alberta/understanding-effects-melting-glaciers-drinking-water, Published 2019/12/17, Accessed 2022/08/04.

The Causes And Effects Of Melting Glaciers, A. Chen, WorldAtlas, URL: https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-are-the-effects-of-melting-glaciers.html, Published 2020/10/28, Accessed 2022/08/04.

Goal 6: Ensure access to water and sanitation for all, United Nations, URL: https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/water-and-sanitation/, Published 2015, Accessed 2022/08/04.

Water is Knowledge, Marina Guessous, Water Teachings, URL: https://www.waterteachings.com/water-is-knowledge, Accessed 2022/08/04. Based on McGregor, D. (2012) Traditional Knowledge: Considerations for Protecting Water in Ontario, The International Indigenous Policy Journal, 3(3).

Promoting Indigenous knowledge and values for more sustainable water resource management (Transformations to Sustainability Knowledge Briefs), International Science Council, URL: https://transformationstosustainability.org/assets/uploads/2020/10/GIP02365_ISC_KnowledgeBrief05_Final_WEB.pdf, Published October 2020, Accessed 2022/08/04.

United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, United Nations, URL: https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2018/11/UNDRIP_E_web.pdf, Published 2007, Accessed 2022/08/04.

June Williams, a water technician at Lake Babine Nation, First Nations Education Steering Committee, First Nations Schools Association of British Columbia, URL: https://vimeo.com/139999788?embedded=true&source=video_title&owner=7569998, Published 2016, Accessed 2022/02/24. Source: Video - June Williams, Chief Operator, Tachet Water Treatment Plant, Career Journeys, FNESC and FNSA.

Career Journeys: First Nations Career Role Models: A Resource for Teachers, First Nations Education Steering Committee, URL: http://www.fnesc.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Career-Journeys-Teacher-Resource-Guide-2015-10-29-FULL-VERSION.pdf, Published November 2015, Accessed 2022/08/04.

Water protector Autumn Peltier speaks at UN, CBC News, CBC/Radio-Canada, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OusN4mWmDKQ, Published 2019/09/28, Accessed 2022/02/24.

Learning Activity 2

Water quality | International Decade for Action “Water for Life” 2005–2015, United Nations, URL: https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/quality.shtml, Accessed 2022/04/18.

What is eutrophication?, NOAA, United States Government, URL: https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/eutrophication.html, Accessed 2022/04/18.

Project Flow: For the Love of Water, Learning for a Sustainable Future, URL: https://www.lsf-lst.ca/media/LSF_-_FLOW_-_ON_Grade_8_Water_Unit_Sample.pdf, Accessed 2022/04/18.

How Climate Change Impacts Water Access, National Geographic Society, URL: https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/how-climate-change-impacts-water-access/, Accessed 2022/04/18.

Learning Activity 3

Share of the population with access to safely managed drinking water, Our World in Data, URL: https://ourworldindata.org/water-access, Published 2020, Accessed 2022/02/24. Data source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply and Sanitation. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

The Water Brothers - Water Everywhere but Not a Drop to Drink, The Water Brothers Inc, SK Films, URL: https://www.tvo.org/video/documentaries/water-everywhere-but-not-a-drop-to-drink, Published 2013/10/08, Accessed 2022/06/09.

The Agenda with Steve Paikin - Why is Ottawa breaking their water advisory promise?, TVO, OECA, URL: https://www.tvo.org/article/what-lifting-boil-water-advisories-solves-and-what-it-doesnt, Published 2020/12/14, Accessed 2022/06/09.

Home page, UNICEF Canada: Children's Charity - For Every Child, UNICEF Canada, URL: https://www.unicef.ca/en, Published 2022, Accessed 2022/08/04.

Learning Activity 4

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.

Grade 8: Lesson 1 - Density!, Science North, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36Ja7SOBHw8, Published 2020/05/15, Accessed 2022/06/09.

Chemistry: Charles's Law (Gas Laws) with 2 examples, Socratica, Socratica LLC, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZpuMBkf1Ss, Published 2015/01/23, Accessed 2022/06/16.

Chemistry: Gay-Lussac's Law (Gas Laws) with 2 examples, Socratica, Socratica LLC, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Oq7bCSDPxE, Published 2015/02/04, Accessed 2022/06/16.

Chemistry: Boyle's Law (Gas Laws, Socratica, Socratica LLC, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xto88gMmDzw, Published 2015/01/14, Accessed 2022/06/16.

Learning Activity 5

BRITAIN-WEATHER-FLOODING, Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images

What Are Five Ways That the Groundwater Supply Can Be Polluted?, Kevin Lee, Sciencing, URL: https://sciencing.com/five-ways-groundwater-supply-can-polluted-22397.html, Published 2017/04/25, Accessed 2022/08/04.

Trends in Groundwater Storage from NASA GRACE Mission (2003-2013), NASA, United States Government, URL: https://www.nasa.gov/jpl/grace/study-third-of-big-groundwater-basins-in-distress, Published 2015/06/16, Accessed 2022/02/24. Source: Richey, A.S, B.F. Thomas, M. Lo, J.T. Reager, JS. Famiglietti, K. Voss, S. Swenson, M. Rodell (2015). Quantifying Renewable Groundwater Stress with GRACE. Water Resources Research, doi: 10.1002/2015WR017349.

Fracking protest in New Brunswick, Colin McPhail, The Common Sense Canadian, URL: https://commonsensecanadian.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Obey-law-minister-tells-New-Brunswick-fracking-protesters_2.jpg, Published 2013/10/11, Accessed 2022/06/16.

Learning Activity 6

Water Treatment and Distribution Operator, ECO Canada, URL: https://eco.ca/career-profiles/water-treatment-and-distribution-operator/, Published 2021/01/06, Accessed 2022/08/04.

We Turn it into a Wetland, Central Contra Costa Sanitary District, URL: https://www.centralsan.org/post/we-turn-it-wetland, Published 2020/06/15, Accessed 2022/08/04.

Cleaning Poop from Drinking Water, National Geographic, URL: https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/cleaning-poop-drinking-water/, Accessed 2022/08/04.

Learning Activity 7

Treat it Right! Storm Water Teacher's Guide (Grade 8), Louise Finlaison, City of Edmonton, URL: https://resources4rethinking.ca/media/Treat%20it%20Right%20Storm%20Water%20WaterGuideGrade8.pdf, Published 2014, Accessed 2022/07/05.

Green Infrastructure and Stormwater Management, The Global Designing Cities Initiative, URL: https://globaldesigningcities.org/publication/global-street-design-guide/utilities-and-infrastructure/green-infrastructure-stormwater-management/, Published 2018/04/12, Accessed 2022/08/04.

Innovative Stormwater Management at APLNG, ConocoPhillips, URL: https://www.conocophillips.com/sustainability/sustainability-news/story/innovative-stormwater-management-at-aplng/, Published 2020/06/18, Accessed 2022/08/04.

Learning Activity 8

Satellite view of North American watersheds, Robert Szucs, Grasshopper Geography, URL: https://www.archdaily.com/940976/global-watersheds-and-waterways-captured-in-vibrant-colorized-maps, Accessed 2022/02/24.

Goal 6: Ensure access to water and sanitation for all, United Nations, URL: https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/water-and-sanitation/, Published 2015, Accessed 2022/08/04.

British Eco Rainwater Harvesting System, Sustainable Development Commission, URL: http://www.sd-commission.org.uk/case-study-slideshow.php@id=266.html, Accessed 2022/02/24.

Lee Tunnel Flow Transfer System, Mott MacDonald, URL: https://waterprojectsonline.com/custom_case_study/lee-tunnel-flow-transfer-system/, Published 2016, Accessed 2022/02/24.

Grade 8: Lesson 6 - Watersheds!, Science North, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDLjnxBiACA, Published 2020/05/20, Accessed 2022/06/09.

Learning Activity 9

Goal 6: Ensure access to water and sanitation for all, United Nations, URL: https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/water-and-sanitation/, Published 2015, Accessed 2022/08/04.

The World Bank is eliminating the term "developing country" from its data vocabulary, T. Fernholz, Qz.com, URL: https://qz.com/685626/the-world-bank-is-eliminating-the-term-developing-country-from-its-data-vocabulary/, Published 2016/05/17, Accessed 2022/08/15.

The Water Brothers - No Woman No Water, The Water Brothers Inc, URL: https://www.tvo.org/video/documentaries/no-woman-no-water, Published 2013/10/01, Accessed 2022/07/05.

WaterSeer Harvests 11 Gallons of Clean Water Directly From the Air, W. Levith, InsideHook, URL: https://www.insidehook.com/article/home-goods/waterseer-harvests-vici-labs-air-drinking-water, Published 2019/04/06, Accessed 2022/08/04.

VICI Labs water condensation storage under ground, VICI Labs, URL: https://www.insidehook.com/article/home-goods/waterseer-harvests-vici-labs-air-drinking-water/, Accessed 2022/02/24. Source: WaterSeer Harvests 11 Gallons of Clean Water Directly From the Air, InsideHook, January 13, 2017.

Flowered Project - Home, Flowered Project, URL: http://www.floweredproject.org/en/index.php, Published 2022, Accessed 2022/08/04.

The Hippo Roller, Hippo Roller, URL: https://borgenproject.org/hippo-roller-water-collection-solution/, Published 2016, Accessed 2022/06/21.

Three innovative solutions to water shortage in South Africa, B. Rawoot, Design Indaba, URL: https://www.designindaba.com/articles/creative-work/three-innovative-solutions-water-shortage-south-africa, Published 2016/05/11, Accessed 2022/08/04.

Scientific Research Process Intermediate, TVO, OECA.

Learning Activity 10

City of Lethbridge's Water Treatment Process, City of Lethridge, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsq7SBfKjfw, Published 2018/03/15, Accessed 2022/02/24.

Scratch screenshot indicating 5 separate Scratch 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/.

Scratch screenshot indicating the “Screening pipe” sprite 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/.

Scratch screenshot indicating the 3 “Screening pipe” sprite 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/.

Scratch 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/.

Scratch 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/.

Scratch 6, 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/.